Description: This deluxe collector's edition of Tolkien's modern classic is boxed and bound in green leatherette with gold and red foil rune stamping on the spine and cover. The text pages are printed in black with green accents. It includes five full page illustrations in full color and many more in two color in addition to Thror's map -- all prepared by the author. J.R.R. Tolkien's own description for the original edition: "If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) -- if you do not already know all about these things -- much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period. For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said)becoming rather rare. They do not like noise."
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Location: East Hanover, New Jersey
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EAN: 9780395177112
UPC: 9780395177112
ISBN: 9780395177112
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Hobbit
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Topic: Fantasy & Magic, Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, General, Boys & Men, Fantasy / Epic
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 1973
Features: Collector's Edition
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Item Weight: 40.7 Oz, 40.2 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Item Width: 6.8 in
Book Series: The Lord of the Rings Ser.
Format: Hardcover