The Hobbit. Or there and back again

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979.

Deluxe edition, second impression. 8vo. 286 pages. Thirteen colour plates, including the frontispiece, and illustrated map endpapers at the front and the rear. Bound in black buckram with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, dragon on the front in gilt, silver and red, some light soiling to front. Housed in the publisher's black box, light edgewear, with white paper label on the front lettered in red and black, two corners of the lid split.