The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

Overview:

  • Title: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
  • Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 0395177111
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Pages: 317
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
  • Notes:
    • Copyright 1966.
    • First printing of this "Collector's Edition" was October 1973, at a price of $12.50. See J. R. R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography by Hammond & Anderson.
    • Sixth undated printing per printer's key: H 10 9 8 7 6.
    • Bound in imitation green leather with gold and red gilt, in cardboard slipcase also bound in imitation green leather with an illustrated title label paste-on. Green speckling on the page block edges.
    • Two unnumbered pages follow the last numbered page and contain the map of Wilderland (would be pp. 318-319).
    • Includes both the uncolored drawings (here tinted green) and the color paintings (inserted as unpaginated plates). Maps are also tinted green.