Houghton Mifflin Company<br/>Date of 1977<br/>hardcover<br/>first American Edition<br/>Very Good/Good<br/>8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0-395325730 Copyright date is 1977 first American edition second printing green cloth over boards with gold and silver lettering and design on the front and on the spine no tears or bent pages nor any writing map in the back of the book is still intact in very good condition dust jacket has tears along the edges small chip out of the top of the head of the spine chip out on the back for edge now protected by a clear cover bright clean text with a tight binding a solidbook the beginning of the hobbit and Lord of the rings