{"product_id":"2026100009031-secondhand-the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again-signed","title":"The Hobbit: Or There And Back Again (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: Limited Numbered and Signed Edition - No. 90 0f 250 copies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Slipcase: Good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Signed and Numbered by the artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\n\nTolkien, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49276119351515,"sku":"2026100009031-SECONDHAND","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/268d7771-ee57-48f0-b445-4092ba10f921.png?v=1789092623","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009031-secondhand-the-hobbit-or-there-and-back-again-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}