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The Hobbit
Read the classic edition of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures in Middle-earth. Featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT trilogy.
The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel
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Read the classic edition of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures in Middle-earth. Featuring more than 60 colour paintings and pencil drawings by the award-winning artist, Alan Lee, Conceptual Designer on Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy.
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.
It is now available in a smart new package, and is illustrated throughout in gorgeous watercolour and delicate pencil by Alan Lee, Conceptual Artist for Peter Jackson’s films, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again.
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The Hobbit is celebrated for creating an enchanting world that stands alongside classics like Alice in Wonderland and The Wind in the Willows. The book features beloved characters and is praised for its marvellous fantasy adventure, with a captivating narrative involving dwarves, elves, goblins, and trolls that builds to an intense and thrilling conclusion.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780007270613
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2008
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Edition: Illustrated edition
Illustration: 36 b/w illus, 28 col plates (20pp), (2 x b/w maps by J.R.R. Tolkien)
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Alan Lee
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 310g
Pages: 400
About the Author
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 over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. Alan Lee is the illustrator of the highly-successful centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings and diamond edition of The Hobbit. He studied graphic design and the depiction of Celtic and Norse myths and has illustrated a wide range of books, including Faeries, Merlin Dreams and Castles, and was conceptual designer for Terry Jones' film Erik the Viking. He was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrated edition of Black Ships Before Troy.
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