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The Illustrated Hobbit or, There and Back. By J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated by Michael Hague. LONDON : 1992. HARDBACK in JACKET. [ Tolkien Centenary ]
by TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0261102494
- ISBN 13
- 9780261102491
- Seller
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Hammersmith, 1992. Not Given . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by Michael Hague. LONDON : 1992. [ Printing numbering starts at 2 onwards.]. Scarce Harper Collins edition; published to mark the centenary of Tolkien's birth. Hardback. Illustrated by Michael Hague. Green cloth; gilt lettered spine and gilt monogram to cover. In green and full-colour and gold pictorial (Smaug up close) dust-jacket (not price-clipped). Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. NEAR FINE in like jacket now in a clear protective sleeve. (x), 290 pages. Folio; approx. 12 x 10 inches. **Heavy book; extra postage needed outside the UK. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Everyman, Keswick, Inklings, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ] SCARCE.
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- Rosley Books
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- Title
- The Illustrated Hobbit or, There and Back. By J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated by Michael Hague. LONDON : 1992. HARDBACK in JACKET. [ Tolkien Centenary ]
- Author
- TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Michael Hague
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Not Given
- ISBN 10
- 0261102494
- ISBN 13
- 9780261102491
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Hammersmith
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 304
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
About Rosley Books
SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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