The Hobbit – 1987 50th Anniversary Green Slipcase Collector’s Edition (HC)

Slip this volume from its matching green case and you’re greeted by swirling marbled page edges and a cover framed in red-and-gold dwarf runes – a design Tolkien approved for the first U.S. deluxe issue back in the ’70s and revived for the 50th-anniversary printing in 1987. Inside are sixteen pages of two-colour art plus five full-colour plates, Thror’s map on the end-papers, and Tolkien’s own hand-lettered chapter headings, all printed in black with green accents for a vintage feel. The text is the revised 1966 version, complete on cream stock and still a brisk 320 pages. Collectors prize this issue for its sturdy faux-leather binding (no fragile dust-jacket to lose) and the attractive slipcase that keeps the gilt stamping bright. Condition on this copy is excellent: covers glossy, hinges tight, pages unmarked; only slight shelf-rub to the slipcase corners visible in photos. Whether you’re upgrading a reading copy or gifting a Tolkien fan, it’s a handsome, long-out-of-print edition that displays beautifully on the shelf.Item Breakdown:- Title: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company (Boston)- Edition/Printing: 1987 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition; later impression indicated by “H 20 19 18” printer’s key- ISBN: 0-395-17711-1 / 9780395177112 - Format: Faux-leather hardcover in matching slipcase- Pages: xvi + 320 pp. - Illustrations: 5 colour plates & numerous two-colour drawings by Tolkien himself - Fea