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55 TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit or There and Back Again. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1937 with two tolkienesque onlaid designs in colour First edition, first impression, of the work that first introduced Tolkien’s enduringly popular fantasy world to the reading public. The first edition has no colour illustrations; this superb pictorial binding takes its onlaid cover designs from the earliest colour- illustrated editions, giving this copy a most attractive appearance. Octavo. Finely bound in green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, burgundy endpapers and original
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map endpapers bound in, edges gilt, elaborate onlay to both the front and back boards. Housed in a green leather entry slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery. Frontispiece and 9 other illustrations in black and white by the author. ¶ Hammond & Anderson A3a. £19,750 [156966] 56 TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954–55
tolkien's masterpiece First editions, first impressions. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most popular and influential works of literature in the 20th century, containing richly rendered detail of a new mythological world, not yet surpassed. 3 volumes, octavo. Finely bound in red morocco, spines lettered and decorated in gilt with the “Eye of Sauron” blocked at the foot of the spines, “Eye of Sauron” to front boards gilt, blue endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in a custom red leather entry slipcase. Folding map in red and black at rear of each volume. A fine copy. ¶ Hammond & Anderson A5a i, ii, & iii. £18,750 [151711] 57 TWAIN, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876 "once upon a bye, there was a mischievous boy named tom sawyer" First US edition, first printing. Octavo. Finely bound in dark blue morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. Wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations by True Williams and others, 4 pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. Small expert paper repair to corner of p. 39, contents a little toned, an excellent copy in a fine binding. ¶ BAL 3369; Grolier American 79; Grolier Children’s 41; Johnson p. 27; Peter Parley to Penrod 43. £8,750 [132079] 58 WELLS, H. G. The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896
a seminal work of science fiction First edition, first issue. This is one of Wells’s best-known books and a major influence on popular culture both at the time and since. Octavo. Finely bound in yellow morocco, spine lettered in black, pictorial title block on front cover in red and black after the original cover design, turn-ins ruled in black, bright red endpapers, gilt edges. Half-title ever so slightly browned and spotted, an excellent copy in a fine binding. £2,250 [138298]
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