The Hobbit or There and Back Again (With Slipcase)

J.R.R. Tolkien

ISBN 10: 0395177111 / ISBN 13: 9780395177112

Editore: Houghton Mifflin, 1973

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9th printing. Beautiful copy, issued in green faux leather with red and gold accents. Green end sheets which are a little discolored. Beautiful full page color illustrations by the author throughout. 317 pages with two page Thror's map in the front and two page map of Wilderland in rear. No dust jacket as issued. Comes in a beautiful slipcase with a paper label on front. A very nice copy of a scarce title!

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• Titolo: The Hobbit or There and Back Again (With Slipcase)
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1973
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0395177111
• ISBN 13: 9780395177112
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Near Fine

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Riassunto

This deluxe collector's edition of Tolkien's modern classic is boxed and bound in green leatherette with gold and red foil rune stamping on the spine and cover. The text pages are printed in black with green accents. It includes five full page illustrations in full color and many more in two color in addition to Thror's map -- all prepared by the author.

 

J.R.R. Tolkien's own description for the original edition: "If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) -- if you do not already know all about these things -- much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period. For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise."

Informazioni sull?autore

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892–1973), beloved throughout the world as the creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition, but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.