The hobbit, or, There and back again /
Hobbit There and back again
J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
- xix, 300 p. : ill. (some col.) 1 map ; 23 cm.
This deluxe hardcover edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy contains a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien’s own drawings and full-color illustrations, including the rare “Mirkwood” piece.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.