The Hobbit or There and Back Again : Rankin and Bass by J. R. R. Tolkien - 1977

ABRAMS, 1977. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Glassine cover shows moderate scuffing; Front gutter is cracked with exposed binding; Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

CollectibleGood. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

New York: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0810910608 . 220 p. 27.5 x 29.5 cm. oblong Sound and square binding, in illustrated, paper-covered boards. A couple of tiny areas of rippling on upper board, likely done in binding. A tiny ding to the top edge of the upper board. Light rubbing to the edges and corner tips. A little bumped at the spine ends. The edges of the black end papers are lightly rubbed. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked. The printed, acetate dust jacket is shelf rubbed, but has no tears and just a little edge wear. An illustrated edition of this classic work by J.R.R. Tolkien. Includes 230 colour illustrations from the animated television movie "The Hobbit" produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass in 1977. May require extra postage due to weight of book. It is recommended that you enquire about shipping cost before purchase. .

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1976. First Thus. Large Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 11x10x1. Abrams, Lester; Jones, Robert; Kubo, Tsuguyuki; Lynch, John S.; Morrow, Gray; Nishida, Minoru; Robson, Carol Ann; Simonson, Walter; Vess, Charles. First thus. Good in very good jacket. Hinges weakening, minor loss from titles and Smaug art on jacket, 1 inch stain on top page edge (does not affect margins/text/illustrations). 1976 Large Hardcover. 220 pp. Color maps and illustrations from the animated film, including several fold-outs. Clear acetate jacket with Smaug and white titles super-imposed over pictorial boards. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1976. First Thus. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11x10x1. Abrams, Lester; Jones, Robert; Kubo, Tsuguyuki; Lynch, John S.; Morrow, Gray; Nishida, Minoru; Robson, Carol Ann; Simonson, Walter; Vess, Charles. First thus. Minor blemishes to acetate jacket, significant fading to rear board. Binding tight, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. One of the best copies of this edition we have handled. 1976 Large Hardcover. 220 pp. Color maps and illustrations from the animated film, including several fold-outs. Clear acetate jacket with Smaug and white titles super-imposed over pictorial boards. The classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings. "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort." The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member… Read More