The Annotated Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0618134700 / ISBN 13: 9780618134700

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002

About this Item

2002 Houghton Mifflin. Second printing. New condition without marks or writing. Dust jacket protected in an archival Brodart cover. Looks like new. Fine hardcover has green boards with gilt text and design. Clearly unread condition. Illustrated with Tolkien's own art and that of other artists liberally throughout text. Includes maps and photos. In black and white with color prints bound in on glossy stock. Annotated by Douglas A. Anderson, winner of Mythopoetic Scholarship Award. A fine gift quality collectible. Orders shipped promptly in a well padded sturdy box. Priority shipping available.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Annotated Hobbit
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618134700
• ISBN 13: 9780618134700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • Fantasy
  • Classic childrens

About this title

Synopsis

For readers throughout the world, The Hobbit serves as an introduction to the enchanting world of Middle-earth, home of elves, wizards, dwarves, goblins, dragons, orcs and a host of other creatures depicted in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion -- tales that sprang from the mind of the most beloved author of all time, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Newly expanded and completely redesigned, Douglas A. Anderson's The Annotated Hobbit is the definitive explication of the sources, characters, places, and things of J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless classic. Integrated with Anderson's notes and placed alongside the fully restored and corrected text of the original story are more than 150 illustrations showing visual interpretations of The Hobbit specific to many of the cultures that have come to know and love Tolkien's Middle-earth. Tolkien's original line drawings, maps and color paintings are also included, making this the most lavishly informative edition of The Hobbit available.
The Annotated Hobbit shows how Tolkien worked as a writer, what his influences and interests were, and how these relate to the invented world of Middle-earth. It gives a valuable overview of Tolkien's life and the publishing history of The Hobbit, and explains how every feature of The Hobbit fits within the rest of Tolkien's invented world. Here we learn how Gollum's character was revised to accommodate the true nature of the One Ring, and we can read the full text of The Quest of Erebor, Gandalf's explanation of how he came to send Bilbo Baggins on his journey with the dwarves. Anderson also makes meaningful and often surprising connections to our own world and literary history -- from Beowulf to The Marvellous Land of Snergs, from the Brothers Grimm to C. S. Lewis.

About the Author

DOUGLAS A. ANDERSON, a leading American Tolkien scholar, is acknowledged as the worldwide expert on the textual history of The Hobbit. He has contributed the text notes for all Houghton Mifflin Tolkien editions for more than a decade. He is also a bookseller, formerly in Ithaca, New York, now in northern Indiana.