Fourth impression, in a fourth-impression dust jacket. A war-time production issued in a shorter binding, using thinner pages, and containing just one color illustration.
Publisher and Year: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1946
Edition: Fourth impression, in a fourth-impression dust jacket retaining the price of 7s 6d on the front flap. Printed shortly after the Second World War, when materials were still rationed, the fourth impression was produced in accordance with the Book Production War Economy Agreement, as stated on the copyright page. Consequently, the book was smaller than the first two impressions, printed on thinner paper, retained only one of the four color illustrations introduced in the second impression (the frontispiece), and omitted one monochrome plate. One of 4,000 copies. (Hammond & Anderson A3, p. 16)
Condition and Description: Octavo, 7.5” x 5”, publisher's green cloth stamped in dark blue, green top stain, 310 pp. (+2 pp. ads). Illustrated by Tolkien with maps on the endpapers, a color frontispiece, and eight black-and-white drawings. A sharp example of the book. Clean and fresh cloth, with just a hint of rubbing to the spine ends. Top stain faded, as usual. Secure hinges and binding. Erased name in pencil to the first blank leaf and an ink name written over it. No other prior owner’s markings. Dust jacket with chips to the spine crown and upper corner of the front flap; a little rubbing to the surface and extremities; and modest tanning to the spine. Old tape repairs to the verso of the jacket, not visible on the recto, limited to the fold extremities: 1.75" and 1" vertically at the upper front and rear folds, respectively, and .75" horizontally at each lower fold. Housed in archival mylar and a slipcase with a gilt-stamped recreation of the front board of the book and Tolkien’s monogram.
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
The Hobbit established the blueprint for modern high fantasy. Upon publication, few would have suspected that the novel would have such a profound impact on literature. Seventeen years later, Tolkien published the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, another watershed moment in the genre.
Inventory ID: 064 - 095 - 549
Fourth impression, in a fourth-impression dust jacket. A war-time production issued in a shorter binding, using thinner pages, and containing just one color illustration.
Publisher and Year: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1946
Edition: Fourth impression, in a fourth-impression dust jacket retaining the price of 7s 6d on the front flap. Printed shortly after the Second World War, when materials were still rationed, the fourth impression was produced in accordance with the Book Production War Economy Agreement, as stated on the copyright page. Consequently, the book was smaller than the first two impressions, printed on thinner paper, retained only one of the four color illustrations introduced in the second impression (the frontispiece), and omitted one monochrome plate. One of 4,000 copies. (Hammond & Anderson A3, p. 16)
Condition and Description: Octavo, 7.5” x 5”, publisher's green cloth stamped in dark blue, green top stain, 310 pp. (+2 pp. ads). Illustrated by Tolkien with maps on the endpapers, a color frontispiece, and eight black-and-white drawings. A sharp example of the book. Clean and fresh cloth, with just a hint of rubbing to the spine ends. Top stain faded, as usual. Secure hinges and binding. Erased name in pencil to the first blank leaf and an ink name written over it. No other prior owner’s markings. Dust jacket with chips to the spine crown and upper corner of the front flap; a little rubbing to the surface and extremities; and modest tanning to the spine. Old tape repairs to the verso of the jacket, not visible on the recto, limited to the fold extremities: 1.75" and 1" vertically at the upper front and rear folds, respectively, and .75" horizontally at each lower fold. Housed in archival mylar and a slipcase with a gilt-stamped recreation of the front board of the book and Tolkien’s monogram.
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.”
The Hobbit established the blueprint for modern high fantasy. Upon publication, few would have suspected that the novel would have such a profound impact on literature. Seventeen years later, Tolkien published the first volume of The Lord of the Rings, another watershed moment in the genre.
Inventory ID: 064 - 095 - 549
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