The Hobbit or There and Back Again

Tolkien, J.R.R.

ISBN 10: 0395071224 / ISBN 13: 9780395071229

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1966

About this Item

In green cloth with blue type and illustration. In pale green cloth with blue type. Some pigment loss to type and hat at top of spine and light discoloration to spine cloth. Slight cock to spine, tape residue/scars to free endpapers, name to ffep and small bookstore sticker to rear pastedown. Interior nice nd clean. Binding a little shaken and a little wear to corners with ding to bottom rear.Jacket is unclipped ($6.95) with tiny chips to spine ends and corners, 1 1/4 inch tear to bottom of front flap crease and 3/4 inch tear to bottom of rear panel. Printed in October 1976. 33rd Printing.

Seller Inventory # LPB006252JT

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hobbit or There and Back Again
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395071224
• ISBN 13: 9780395071229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Hague, Michael
• Edition: Third Edition.
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

"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, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and well-loved novels. Presented here in the standard hardcover edition using the author's original jacket design.

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 adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

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 Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies worldwide and established itself as a modern classic.

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.