the hobbit, Prima edizione (17 risultati)

No Binding. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. High Quality Repro (facsimile) dust jackets (does not include book) made to order from scans of rare originals. Can be re-sized to fit your book at no extra charge. Retaining wear and tear for a super-realistic look. Six-colour printing for superior results. Matte 120gsm photographic paper for authentic look and feel. Removable mylar-fronted archival sleeves for protection. Protect and Enhance Your Books. Accurate reference for restoration. Customers include The British Library, Hamish Hamilton,...

No Binding. Condizione: Not a Book. Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included). No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] THE HOBBIT 'Mountains and Dragon' design, raised across three panels with GILT stamping inspired by the first edition outstanding graphic cover & is finished inside & out in elegant Black Nuba®, a fine,...

No Binding. Condizione: Not a Book. Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included). No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] THE HOBBIT 'Mountains and Dragon' design, raised across three panels with GILT stamping inspired by the first edition outstanding graphic cover & is finished inside & out in elegant GREEN. This clamshell is...

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. JRR Tolkien (illustratore). 1st Edition. The Hobbit, 1937 1st Edition 2nd printing, 4 colour plates and 8 black and white illustrations. In very good condition with no internal signatures. All original Binding tight, square and the only fault is light foxing throughout but mainly towards the front. Both map endpapers in place and unmarked. A wonderful BH Blackwell book sellers small sticker on the bottom of the front endpaper. Presented in a 1st edition facsimile...

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien First Edition Second Impression George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1937. No previous owner's name inscriptions or signs of ownership. Contents clean and unblemished throughout, free of any foxing. Binding remains tight. Top edge tint still present. Covers are VG and have no wear or fraying to head or tail of spine.

Full-Leather. Condizione: Very Good. J. R. R. Tolkien (illustratore). 1st Edition. 310, [2] pages; with frontispiece and three plates in colour as called for. Second impression: [December] 1937, the first to include Tolkien's illustrations in colour. Rebound in gold calf with raised bands; upper board decorated with a Smaug done in fish leather and kid on a black lambskin field. All original elements retained: map end-papers, half title, advert leaf at rear; with the original spine and cloth from...

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, Second Impression, 1937 A near fine very clean unrestored copy. The first printing of The Hobbit was issued on 21st September 1937 with a print run of only 1500 copies. The book was an immediate success and sold out within months. The second impression (of which this copy is one), was printed in December the same year in an edition of 2300 copies (423 of which were destroyed at the warehouse...

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. This is the rare, true first printing of "THE HOBBIT - or, There and Back Again" by J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937 1st edition, 1st printing (with "First Published in 1937" stated on the copyright page and no subsequent printings listed); George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; London. All illustrations are present as called for, and are firmly attached. The frontispiece and all illustrations are in black & white. "Thror's Map" and "Map of Winderland"...

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Poor. 1st Edition. Second impression (George Allen & Unwin, 1937). The second impression of The Hobbit was the first to contain coloured illustrations. It appeared three months after the first in December 1937, and was first published in January 1938. The print run consisted of 2,300 copies, but 423 of these were destroyed during the Blitz in 1940. Original green cloth with lettering and decoration to boards and spine in dark blue. Map...

First colour-illustrated edition, preceded only by the first edition, first impression. Only 2,300 copies were printed of this second impression, of which 423 copies in sheets were destroyed in the London blitz in 1940. The first impression of 1,500 copies had been published in September 1937 and had sold out by December. The coloured illustrations "had been commissioned for the first American edition, and were in the American publisher's hands when Allen & Unwin decided to include them in...

Condizione: Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth with dark green pictorial stamping, top edge stained green. Good, with soiling and wear to cloth, cloth thinned at foot of spine and front joint, with a moderate partial split to the rear joint though binding intact. Light foxing to textblock edge. Owner initials to front free endpaper, owner bookplates to front free endpaper and the following blank sheet with light wrinkling to those pages; bookplate...

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book bound in the publisher's green cloth boards with black lettering to the spine. The boards are very clean indeed with no fading or colour loss to the spine. There is mild pushing to the spine tips with light bumping to the top corner of the front board. Internally, the pages are clean with light foxing to the page blocks, but with no signs...

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien First Edition, First Impression (1937) A True First Printing of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, Published by George Allen & Unwin in 1937 An exceptional and rare first edition, first impression of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the novel that introduced Middle-earth to the world. A rare and highly desirable first edition, first impression of The Hobbit, published by George Allen & Unwin in 1937. One of only 1,500...

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1937" printed on the copyright page. This First Issue dustjacket has the First Issue point with the correction of the 'e' in the 'Dodgeson' present on the rear flap. This original dustjacket has the publisher's 7s. 6.d NET printed on the front flap with some light wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth and is...

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Allen and Unwin 1937 1st printing of the 1st Edition. We are thrilled to offer the now super rare Hobbit 1st/1st. This is a separate copy from my set of the first four Hobbit printings. We are not splitting up that set. These come up for sale so rarely we cannot say when we will see another, especially in the original jacket. Jacket covers have some darkening to spine,...

First edition, first issue of Tolkien's classic tale, "among the very highest achievements of childrenâs authors during the 20th centuryâ (Carpenter & Pritchard, 530), one of only a handful of presentation copies reserved for Tolkien to give to family members, colleagues and close friends. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece and 9 full-page uncolored illustrations after drawings by Tolkien. Presentation copy, inscribed by Tolkien on the flyleaf, "Mr. & Mrs. Livesley & Edgar with best wishes from J.R.R. Tolkien."...

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. We are thrilled to offer the most unique set of books in our 22 years as a specialist Tolkien dealer, the first four editions of the Hobbit in the original very good to near fine, unrestored dust jackets. Only once before have all four been available, by us. See our website for the links. Please note, we are selling these four only as a set, but do have other...