Hobbit or There and Back Again. by TOLKIEN, J. R. R - 1956

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author: color frontispiece and six black and white plates. Eighth impression of the second American edition (revised, 1,000 copies). Octavo, bound in rust brown cloth with dark blue lettering and design, map endpapers printed in black and red, "Printed in Great Britain" with no date or printing history on the copyright page, signature marks start with B on page 17 following with one letter every 32 pages and an asterisk on page 307. Hint of foxing to text block edges, else very good or better in a very good (light age toning along the spine and flap edges) dust jacket. The dust jacket states "Eighth Impression" on the front flap, with no price; "Printed in Great Britain" at the base of the rear flap. ; 315 pages .