THE HOBBIT 1961 J R R Tolkien Thirteenth Imp. RARE Superior Lord of the Rings

A very good+ copy of the Thirteenth Impression of the Hobbit from the early 1960s importantly without the usual heavy fading to the spine. In a hole in 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. And so started - one of the most famous books ever written. It met with instant critical acclaim when first published in 1937. It is a timeless classic and its plot includes the Hobbit - Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard, Gandalf, an invisible universally coveted invisible ring, a dangerous dragon and the spectacular Middle-earth.

Green boards with black illustrations by Tolkien himself. Clean boards with no marks & just slither lightening to cloth at head & tail of spine. No tears, nicks or chips. Internally complete and clean with no foxing. Small No chipping or splitting to covers.

Some light spotting to prelims. Map endpapers original and unsplit.

Small mark to foot of leading edge of textblock but not into text o/w no marks. One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all. And in the darkness bind them.