1979 1st Edtn (Thus)/2nd Prnt Deluxe THE HOBBIT By J.R.R. Tolkien Illus. J.R.R. Tolkien Very Good Tolkien

1979 1st Edition (Thus) 2nd Printing, Deluxe
THE HOBBIT

By J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.

Illustrated By: J.R.R. Tolkien


Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: George Allen & Unwin, London

octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 286

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction. The book is recognized as a classic in children's literature, and is one of the best-selling books of all time with over 100 million copies sold.



SKU: BTETM0002336
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg