Special collector's film tie-in hardback of the best-selling classic,featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design inspired by The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and brand new reproductions of all the drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien.
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...
The prelude to The Lord of the Rings,The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937,establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
Britain's best-known fantasy author,the academic J.R.R. Tolkien first ventured into Middle Earth with his short novel,The Hobbit. He returned to the world,penningThe Silmarillionand then the trilogy(The Fellowship of the Ring,The Two TowersandThe Return of the King) that would becomeThe Lord of the Rings,a book that was to take him fourteen years to write.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780007487301Number of pages: 320Weight: 560 gDimensions: 222 x 141 x 31 mmEdition: Special Collector's edition
MEDIA REVIEWS
'One of the best loved characters in English fiction... a marvellous fantasy adventure'Daily Mail
'Finely written saga of dwarves and elves,fearsome goblins and trolls... an exciting epic of travel,magical adventure,working up to a devastating climax'The Observer
'A flawless masterpiece'The Times
J. R. R. Tolkien
A legendary fantasy writer best known as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction asThe Hobbit,The Lord of the Rings,The SilmarillionandThe Children of Hurin.
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