The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition: Or There and Back Again

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It’s the perfect way to introduce Tolkien’s magical Middle Earth to new generations of readers, of which I hope there are many more to come. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. R. Tolkien, the reclusive, pipe-smoking Oxford don, was in the vanguard, and so great was his achievement that his name became virtually synonymous with the literature of fantasy.

Velmeran wrote:I hope they stop the Illustrated by the Author line here though, as they already had to stretch the definition of an illustration pretty thin for The Silmarillion and I don't think there is enough material left to fill another book after this release. 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.O livro é tudo que dizem e mais um pouco, mas para ser sincero ele é mais um livro de arte do que um livro de literatura. Leaving his comfortable hobbit hole Bilbo Baggins goes on a reluctant adventure to defeat a dragon, and along the way he encounters the vile, but pathetic Gollum, and his ‘Precious’ – a ring to rule them all. Folio commissioned Hokyoung Kim for the artwork, while the late author’s wife, Wendy Benchley, provides a fascinating new introduction. For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.

His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies world wide. Pub Date :2013-05-01 Pages: 450 Language: Chinese Publisher: Shanghai People's Publishing House Bilbo .But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep to whisk him away on a journey to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.