first edition
1938 · Boston and New York
by Tolkien, J.R.R.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. Near Fine. First American edition, first state with a bowing hobbit on the title page, and Chapter VII mistakenly titles Chapter VI. Bound in publisher's original buff cloth stamped in blue and red; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light soiling to covers and light bumping to corners. A very sharp copy of Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece, with illustrations by the author.
(Inventory #: 140943788)