The Hobbit (or There and Back Again) by J.R. Tolkien [Houghton Mifflin, 1973]

The Hobbit (or There and Back Again)

 by J.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 1973 | Hardcover with Slipcase
ISBN: 0395177111

Condition: Very Good 
Forest green simulated leather boards with red and gold gilt runic inscription around the periphery in front and a stylized road-going-into-forest-in-front-of-mountains illustration in gold gilt a little above center. Text block and pages are clean and unmarked with no writing, underlining, or highlight. Printed on heavy paper. All original illustrations from HM1938 restored, including color plates. Black-and-white illustrations printed as black-and-green, maps in black and green, 317 numbered pages.

 Matching slipcase in simulated leather with the same cover illustration on a paste-down in green, black, and yellow. Slipcase has rubbing on front and rear with wear on corners on box. Some toning of paste-down.

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