The Hobbit or There and Back Again, Collector's Issue by Tolkien, J.R.R - 1966

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Hardcover. First thus, third printing. Lacking the entire backstrip, otherwise very good+ hardcover with a couple of flattened dog-ears and only showing minimal signs of handling/shelving in a Good slipcase with wear to the corners and edges and light staining to the label; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The 1966 collector's edition of The Hobbit bound in dark green leatherette, stamped in gilt and red, all edges marbled, in the publisher's matching slipcase with a paste-down illustrated label. Written and illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien. 319 pages; 5 color plates + 7 full-page 2-color illustrations + 2 text illustration + 2 full-spread maps; 7 x 9.25 inches.