TOLKIEN, J.R.R: THE HOBBIT
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1971
Third edition, sixth impression. SIGNED ON THE HALF-TITLE BY THE AUTHOR (“signed for B.R. Witherden’), ownership inscription of ‘Brian Witherden, Merton’ on front free endpaper. 4 colour plates, 8 illustrations & pictorial endpapers. 8vo., original green cloth blocked in gilt with gilt stamp of Merton College, Oxford on the front boards, original dust jacket. Dust jacket a little chipped with small area of loss (16 x 23mm) from top edge.
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£2,500 - £5,000
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£9,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
*The first owner was a
student at Merton College, Oxford between 1969 & 1974 while Tolkien was a
resident on the same staircase. Witherden was awarded a book prize after
gaining a first in mathematics which Tolkien then signed, hence the Merton
stamp.
Provenance: Sotheby’s
8 July 2004, lot 380
