The Hobbit: Or There And Back Again (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: Limited Numbered and Signed Edition - No. 90 0f 250 copies.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Signed and Numbered by the artist.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit — and with that immortal opening line, J.R.R. Tolkien launched one of the most beloved fantasy adventures in literary history. The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again chronicles the extraordinary journey of Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving hobbit of the Shire, who is swept into an epic quest by the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves led by the noble Thorin Oakenshield. Their mission: to reclaim the dwarves' ancestral homeland and its vast treasure from Smaug, a terrifying and cunning dragon. Along the way, Bilbo encounters trolls, giant spiders, wood-elves, and a most singular creature named Gollum — from whom he acquires a plain gold ring of seemingly little consequence, yet of world-altering significance. Tolkien, a Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon, drew upon a vast well of Norse mythology, Old English poetry, and invented linguistics to craft a world of staggering depth and internal consistency. This illustrated edition, brought to vivid life by celebrated artist Alan Lee, presents Tolkien's masterwork with a visual grandeur that perfectly complements the richly textured prose of the original. A cornerstone of 20th-century literature, The Hobbit is not merely a children's adventure story but a profound meditation on courage, greed, home, and the quiet heroism of the unlikely — leaving the reader to wonder whether the ring Bilbo pocketed in that dark tunnel beneath the Misty Mountains was truly found by chance, or by fate.
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien; Alan Lee
Format: Hardback
Published: 1997, HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Fantasy
Edition: Limited Numbered and Signed Edition - No. 90 0f 250 copies.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Signed and Numbered by the artist.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit — and with that immortal opening line, J.R.R. Tolkien launched one of the most beloved fantasy adventures in literary history. The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again chronicles the extraordinary journey of Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving hobbit of the Shire, who is swept into an epic quest by the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves led by the noble Thorin Oakenshield. Their mission: to reclaim the dwarves' ancestral homeland and its vast treasure from Smaug, a terrifying and cunning dragon. Along the way, Bilbo encounters trolls, giant spiders, wood-elves, and a most singular creature named Gollum — from whom he acquires a plain gold ring of seemingly little consequence, yet of world-altering significance. Tolkien, a Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon, drew upon a vast well of Norse mythology, Old English poetry, and invented linguistics to craft a world of staggering depth and internal consistency. This illustrated edition, brought to vivid life by celebrated artist Alan Lee, presents Tolkien's masterwork with a visual grandeur that perfectly complements the richly textured prose of the original. A cornerstone of 20th-century literature, The Hobbit is not merely a children's adventure story but a profound meditation on courage, greed, home, and the quiet heroism of the unlikely — leaving the reader to wonder whether the ring Bilbo pocketed in that dark tunnel beneath the Misty Mountains was truly found by chance, or by fate.