The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, Text by J.R.R. Tolkien and Illustrations from the Film by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass

Tolkien, J.R.R.

ISBN 10: 0345277112 / ISBN 13: 9780345277114

Published by Ballantine Books, 1978

About this Item

A Firm , clean copy of the this First Printing Thus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again, Text by J.R.R. Tolkien and Illustrations from the Film by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345277112
• ISBN 13: 9780345277114
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy
  • Film

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Synopsis

THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME

Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo–alone and unaided–who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside . . .

This stirring adventure fantasy begins the tale of the hobbits that was continued by J.R.R. Tolkien in his bestselling epic The Lord of the Rings.



From the Paperback edition.

About the Author

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in the First World War, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of 81.


From the Paperback edition.