The Hobbit or There and Back Again

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1975}. Forty-eighth Printing of the Fourth Edition. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the front board and on the spine with map end papers. There is what appears to be mildew staining to both boards at the upper, lower and fore edges. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the corners of the spine area, a 1/4 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel and minor scuffing to the front panel. The jacket shows a price of $3.95 on the front flap in the upper corner. 255 pages of text with illustrations by the author with the maps at the front and rear of the text. (Hammond, J.R.R Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, A3n) (Inventory #: TB33671)