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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd imp.[Complete number line 3.So 1st edn,3rd impresssion.Originally considered for publication in January 1937,after a number of revisions of an improvised story told,whilst on holiday,to Michael his 4 year old son.It was abandoned when his publishers asked instead for a sequel,which culminated in 'The Lord of the Rings'. 'Roverandom' was finally published in 1998 by this same publisher.This issue published in 2013.] MINT/FINE.[It is only the fact that the dw/dj is price-clipped that stops the grading at being MINT/NMINT.] No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,J.R.R Tolkien colour pictorial decorated dw/dj with black+brown lettering; with negligible shelf- wear and creasing to edgesand corners - no nicks or tears present.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original maroon cloth bds (boards) with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,with immaculate Tolkien colour pictorial illustrated endpapers.UK,16mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3rd… Read More