The marvellous land of Snergs
By: E. A. Wyke Smith
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Ernest Benn Limited
Published: 1927
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220
Notes: This is the true first edition of this book. It is bound in a red cloth spine over a purplish colored paper boards. The cloth has gold stamping on the spine. I have seen the cloth color vary from a pinkish red to a maroon. Many copies have faded boards that look more of a brownish color with a slightly purple tint. This book was read by J.R.R. Tolkien and his children and was a family favorite. Tolkien credited Snergs as "An unconscious source-book! for the Hobbits..." or as a source for his creation of Hobbits themselves, although for nothing else from The Hobbit.