The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition Hardcover – Illustrated, October 1, 2013 by J.R.R. Tolkien, Jemima Catlin

Description

Author: Tolkien J.R.R.

Brand: J R R Tolkien

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• The Hobbit Illustrated Edition

Format: Illustrated

Package Dimensions: 28x240x1220

Number Of Pages: 384

Release Date: 01-10-2013

Details: Product Description

“A glorious account of a magnificent adventure, filled with suspense and seasoned with a quiet humor that is irresistible . . . All those, young or old, who love a fine adventurous tale, beautifully told, will take
The Hobbit to their hearts.” –
New York Times Book Review

A beautiful gift edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s enchanting tale, fully illustrated by Jemima Catlin.

Bilbo Baggins enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling farther 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 to whisk him away on a journey to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. . .

Amazon.com Review

From the Illustrated Edition of The Hobbit

“[This was] in fact no other than the great Thorin Oakenshield himself, who was not at all pleased at falling flat on Bilbo’s mat with Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur on top of him.”

“All that the unsuspecting Bilbo saw that morning was an old man with a staff. He had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey cloak, a silver scarf over which his long white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.”

“Smaug lay, with wings folded like an immeasurable bat, turned partly on one side, so that the hobbit could see his underparts and his long pale belly crusted with gems and fragments of gold from his long lying on his costly bed”.

About the Author

J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892–1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and
The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.