The Hobbit An Illustrated Edition Tolkien 1977 Rankin & Bass 1st Edition Abrams
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The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition
Text by J.R.R. Tolkien
And Illustrations from the film by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
1977. First edition. Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York. Hardcover with illustrated boards and Mylar dust jacket. Approximately 11 3/4 inches by 11 inches. 200 pages. Over 230 illustrations.
This is a 1977 first edition of the Rankin/Bass illustrated edition of "The Hobbit or There and Back Again, " with "published by arrangement with Houghton Mi...fflin Company" denoted on the copyright page.
Great looking book with solid binding. The illustrated boards are clean and fresh with some rubbing along the bottoms and just a hint of wear at the corners, which are still sharp. Some light rubbing to the spine ends. Interior pages clean and flat with light toning but no writing or marks.
The Mylar dust cover shows some minor rubbing and scratching with four small chips, each roughly 1/4- to 3/8-inch in size and two with accompanying splits. They are: right bottom corner of front cover, where there is also a roughly 1-inch vertical split; top of back cover flap fold, where a roughly 2 1/2 -inch split then runs obliquely through Smaug's right wing on the back cover; left bottom corner / inside flap of back cover, and left side of spine tail.
Please see the photos for more detail.
Thank you for looking.
Text by J.R.R. Tolkien
And Illustrations from the film by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass
1977. First edition. Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York. Hardcover with illustrated boards and Mylar dust jacket. Approximately 11 3/4 inches by 11 inches. 200 pages. Over 230 illustrations.
This is a 1977 first edition of the Rankin/Bass illustrated edition of "The Hobbit or There and Back Again, " with "published by arrangement with Houghton Mi...fflin Company" denoted on the copyright page.
Great looking book with solid binding. The illustrated boards are clean and fresh with some rubbing along the bottoms and just a hint of wear at the corners, which are still sharp. Some light rubbing to the spine ends. Interior pages clean and flat with light toning but no writing or marks.
The Mylar dust cover shows some minor rubbing and scratching with four small chips, each roughly 1/4- to 3/8-inch in size and two with accompanying splits. They are: right bottom corner of front cover, where there is also a roughly 1-inch vertical split; top of back cover flap fold, where a roughly 2 1/2 -inch split then runs obliquely through Smaug's right wing on the back cover; left bottom corner / inside flap of back cover, and left side of spine tail.
Please see the photos for more detail.
Thank you for looking.
