The Hobbit, First Edition, 3rd Printing, 1942 with Original Jacket

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Allen and Unwin, London, 1942

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Allen and Unwin 1946, first edition, 3rd printing of the 1st Edition with the original unrestored dust jacket. Arguably more scarce with an original jacket than a 1st/1st. Some number were destroyed in a warehouse fire in London during the war. Some of the sheets were used to produce the Book Club edtion, see my other listing. Thin war-time paper book and jacket meant greater damage by attrition even by normal use and handling. The dust jacket paper is very brittle and dried out, especially on the spine. This happens with many of the early Hobbits as they were frankly cheaply printed. Extensive acid free tape has been applied to the reverse of the spine jacket to stopped further tearing and paper chips falling off and being lost. This we conservation repair, not restoration, as it is all still the original jacket. This is not as visible from the image side and actually looks pretty good overall. Book has no flaws or damage. This copy could be restored. Collecting Tolkien first editions is like classic car collecting, restored automobiles have a lot of value among collectors, but the unrestored originals are worth exponentially more, millions verses thousands. However in Tolkien books, as original dust jackets with minimum damage still come up, there is not yet such a price differential. Invest in original, unrepaired, unrestored while you still can. It will pay off hugely much later. The general rule: if there is no damage or wear and looks too good to be true, its been restored. I'm surprised to see major auction houses selling restored dust jackets without a mention. The Hobbit First editions compared with second edition: Firstly, in that first edition Bilbo at the Unexpected Party had sandwiches with tomatoes in them - tomatoes are of course from the New World, so Tolkien changed that in the second edition to pickles. Indeed, Tolkien spends quite some time in Letters explaining how potatoes might have existed, as well as tobacco - both New World varieties. In this case, Tolkien cleverly used 'taters' and 'pipeweed', thus obscuring the origin of the plants in question. The second and largest and most significant change was to the chapter 'Riddles in the Dark', where the last section of the chapter is completely different. Gollum, having lost the riddle game to the Hobbit, apologises profusely and offers to lead Bilbo out as compensation for the gift he would have given him (presumably the magic ring). He takes him so far along the tunnels, and then gets suspicious, and Bilbo then has to get past him - overhearing Gollum's talk to himself that reveals that the ring is capable of making him invisible. The Hobbit originally in 1937 had no link to Middle earth and the magic ring was just an equaliser device to give Bilbo some edge and extra powers to become 'heroic' when he was not brave or very resourceful. Since changing the text would have required all the metal plates for printing being recast anew, this was no small change.

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Titel
The Hobbit, First Edition, 3rd Printing, 1942 with Original Jacket
Autor
J.R.R. Tolkien
Verlag
Allen and Unwin, London
Veröffentlichungsjahr
1942
Zustand
Very Good
Schutzumschlag
Good
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
Ausgabe
1st Edition
Druck
3rd Printing
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J.R.R. Tolkien

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