The Hobbit (or There and Back Again) 50th Anniversary Edition
by: J.R.R. Tolkien

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, BC Ed., 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in a gold foil slipcase, 319 pages. 50th Anniversary Edition, originally published in 1937. The definitive edition of The Hobbit, the basis of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and illustrated by Tolkien. A bright copy in golden boards stamped in red and green gilt. Green endpapers. Light orange topstain with full color plates and other illustrations by the author and with a Foreword by Christopher Tolkien. The Book Club edition as indicated by the small embossed square on the rear board. Clean copy.