The Hobbit Hardcover – Special Edition, 1 November 2012
Special Collector’s film tie-in hardback of the bestselling classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design inspired by The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and brand new reproductions of all the drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. 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. The most successful of all Tolkien titles, The Hobbit has been translated into 60 languages and sold over 100 million copies, Read by each new generation since publication in 1937, has a huge cult following plus potential for far wider readership, both children and adult, special film tie-in edition with striking film image on cover– also includes the first chapter of The Lord of the Rings.
Categories: Action & Adventure
