The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

Overview:

  • Title: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: 1976
  • ISBN-10: 0048231274
  • Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
  • Pages: 286
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
  • Notes:
    • Deluxe Edition 1st impression issued 1976.
    • Bound with black cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine and multi coloured gilt dragon illustration to the front board. Issued in a matching box. Dapled edges.
    • From the copyright page: "© George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1966, 1975, 1976".
    • From the copyright page: First published in 1937, Fourth impression 1946, Second edition 1951, Tenth impression 1963, Third edition (paperback) 1966, Nineteenth* impression 1974, Rseset (Fourth edition) 1975, De Luxe edition 1976.
    • Includes five colour illustrations and eight black and white illustrations (coloured by H. E. Riddett) by Tolkien.
    • Endpapers are printed with black & red maps (Thror's Map and Map of Wilderland) signed by J. R. R. Tolkien.
    • Issued without a dust jacket.
    • Additional data from TolkienBooks.net The Hobbit Deluxe Edition.
    • From TolkienBooks.net:
      • There were four impressions issued under the George Allen & Unwin imprint:
      1st Impression 1976
      
2nd Impression 1979
      
3rd Impression 1984
      
4th impression 1986
      A further impression under the Unwin Hyman imprint was issued in a slipcase in 1990.
    • *This is probably a misprint as the 1974 impression was the Ninth.