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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, First Alan Lee Illustrated Edition. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xii; 289. With 26 full-page coloured illustrations and numerous in-text drawings. Number 574 of just 600 copies SIGNED by the artist in black ink to the limitation page. Publisher's burgundy quarto morocco, with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to matching cloth over boards. All edges gilt, with marbled endpapers. With the matching cloth-covered slipcase. Internally crisp and clean. Some moderate wear and marks to boards and slipcase. Very good. Item #75150
Price: £3,500.00
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