Description: Further DetailsTitle: The HobbitCondition: NewFormat: HardbackSubtitle: Illustrated by the AuthorEAN: 9780008627836ISBN: 9780008627836Edition: Illustrated Deluxe editionPublisher: HarperCollinsRelease Date: 09/14/2023Description: For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937. With a beautiful cover design, a handful of black & white drawings and two maps by the author himself, the book became an instant success and was reprinted shortly afterwards with five colour plates. Tolkien’s own selection of finished paintings and drawings have become inseparable from his text, adorning editions of The Hobbit for more than 85 years. But the published art has afforded only a glimpse of Tolkien’s creative process, and many additional sketches, coloured drawings and maps – although exhibited and published elsewhere – have never appeared within the pages of The Hobbit. In this unique enhanced edition of Tolkien’s enchanting classic tale, the full panoply of his art is reproduced for the first time, presenting more than 50 illustrations to accompany Bilbo Baggins on his adventure ‘there and back again’. Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Thror’s Map and Wilderland, an illustrated 88-page booklet, and a printed art card reproducing Tolkien’s original dustjacket painting. It is additionally quarterbound, with raised ribs on the spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in gold and include a ribbon marker.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 149mmItem Width: 27mmItem Weight: 1420gAuthor: J. R. R. Tolkien, Rob Inglis, HarperCollins Publishers LimitedGenre: FictionTopic: Classic Fiction, FantasyNarrator: Rob InglisType: FantasyRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Hobbit
Title: The Hobbit
Subtitle: Illustrated by the Author
EAN: 9780008627836
ISBN: 9780008627836
Release Date: 09/14/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 228mm
Item Length: 149mm
Item Width: 27mm
Item Weight: 1420g
Topic: Fantasy
Narrator: Rob Inglis
Book Title: The Hobbit
Narrative Type: Fiction
Edition: Reprint
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Original Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Features: Illustrated
Publisher: HarperCollins
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Number of Pages: 384
