The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Illustrated by the author 50th anniversary edition.
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston., 1988
- Hardcover
- Used
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The book is bound in golden boards with bright red & green decorative borders & spine. All clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. Book Club mark on the back cover. The slipcase has 2 stains on the front, otherwise clean & bright. Good 0nly.
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- Title
- The Hobbit or There and Back Again. Illustrated by the author 50th anniversary edition.
- Author
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston.
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0395177111
- ISBN 13
- 9780395177112
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Item weight
- 0.988 kilograms
This deluxe collector’s edition of Tolkien’s modern classic is boxed and bound in green leatherette with gold and red foil stamping on the spine and cover. The text pages are printed in black with green accents. It includes five full-page illustrations in full color and many more in two color in addition to Thror’s map―all prepared by the author.
"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit." So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature’s most enduring and well-loved novels.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an epic adventure story. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.
As an unlikely hero, Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, this beloved classic fantasy, The Hobbit, has sold many millions of copies worldwide and established itself as a modern epic fantasy classic.
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About the Author
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over sixty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.
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