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The Hobbit or, There and Back Again
by Tolkien, J.R.R. and Michael Hague(Illustrator)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395362903
- ISBN 13
- 9780395362907
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984. First US Edition Thus/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Full number line 10-1. In green marbled boards with gilt to type and design motif. Corners bumped with small splits at bottom ones. Wear/nicks to spine ends with 1 1/4 inch split to top of rear spine gutter and much smaller one at bottom. Bottom of rear board and spine bumped in three places. Small gift inscription to ffep. One page in book was creased and as a result miscut at printer so is slightly longer on front edge. Jacket is unclipped ($19.95) with edgewear/nicks, some chips to spine ends and a 3/4 inch tear to bottom of front spine crease.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB004536JT
- Title
- The Hobbit or, There and Back Again
- Author
- Tolkien, J.R.R. and Michael Hague(Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition Thus/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395362903
- ISBN 13
- 9780395362907
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Tolkien;
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Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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