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Biographical note
J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide
<p>‘The Hobbit belongs to a very small class of books which have nothing in common save that each admits us to a world of its own. Its place is with Alice and The Wind in the Willows.’<br />Times Literary Supplement</p>
<p>‘One of the best loved characters in English fiction… a marvellous fantasy adventure’<br />Daily Mail</p>
<p>‘Finely written saga of dwarves and elves, fearsome goblins and trolls… an exciting epic of travel, magical adventure, working up to a devastating climax’<br />The Observer</p>
This deluxe slipcased edition of The Hobbit, printed and bound using superior materials including a silk ribbon marker, features the definitive text, plus Tolkien’s paintings and drawings in full colour, and a special fold-out version of Thror’s Map.
Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again.
Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad…
This deluxe slipcased edition of The Hobbit, printed and bound using superior materials including a silk ribbon marker, features the definitive text, plus Tolkien’s paintings and drawings in full colour, and a special fold-out version of Thror’s Map.
The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel
• The most successful of all Tolkien titles, The Hobbit has been translated into almost 60 languages and sold over 100 million copies
• Read by each new generation since publication in 1937
• Winner of the Keith Barker Millennium Book Award for most significant children’s books of the century, as voted for by the Library Association: School Libraries and Youth Libraries Group, and the School Library Association
• Includes Tolkien’s maps and 13 paintings and drawings, 8 of which appear exclusively here in colour for the first time in 15 years
Competition: A;Game of Thrones;The;Witcher;Chronicles of Narnia;His Dark Materials;Outlander;Stranger Things;Star Wars;Harry Potter;Hunger Games. George R R Martin;Ursula K. Le Guin;C. S. Lewis;Philip Pullman;Neil Gaiman;J K Rowling;Alan Lee;Christopher Tolkien
Product details
Biographical note
J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into 50 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide