The Hobbit or There and Back Again
by TOLKIEN, J.R.R
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1965 The Hobbit JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings Bilbo Baggins Gandalf Fantasy
"The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien, is a fantasy novel that tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, a small and unassuming hobbit who is unexpectedly swept into an epic adventure. Gandalf the wizard and a group of dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, recruit Bilbo to help them reclaim their ancestral homeland, the Lonely Mountain, from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Throughout their journey, Bilbo and his companions encounter various challenges, including trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and a mysterious creature named Gollum. Bilbo discovers a magical ring that grants invisibility, which becomes crucial to the success of their quest. The story explores themes of courage, friendship, and self-discovery, as Bilbo transforms from a timid homebody into a brave and resourceful hero.
Item number: #30764
Price: $499
TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Hobbit or There and Back Again
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1965].
Details:
· Collation: Complete
o 315, [1]
o 9 illustrations
· Edition Note:
o Printed 1965 – 20th printing stated
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Green cloth
o Facsimile dust jacket
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.75in (21cm x 14cm)
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Synopsis
The Hobbit tells the famous story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is caught up in the affairs of wizards. His journey through Mirkwood and the climactic confrontation with the dragon Smaug served as the launching point for Tolkien's transformative trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. Many of the essential elements of Tolkien's classic saga have their roots in this children's book. The story remains popular, and stands as one of the most enduring (and endearing) stories of the last century. The Hobbit sparked a creative explosion in speculative fiction, a fire that burns brightly to this day. The revival in interest in recent years, in part due to the popularity of the film series inspired by Tolkien's books only shows the timelessness of his story, and the importance of his work.
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Reviews
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (but nobody really calls it that anyway), a tale written some time ago by some J. R. R. Tolkien fella, is the story of a Hobbit who indeed goes there... and back again. You see, in the going of there, preceding the coming back again to the place he was before he went there, he came across many an interesting thing in the wild lands to the east (As well as the less wild lands to the west of the East, known to some as the West. There was also some northward travel, but we won't get into that in this review, or the next review for that matter, as the next review will likely have nothing to do with this review, making stories of the northward travels of hobbits of no use, but I digress. Back to the list I was about to list.), such as dwarves, trolls, goblins, a neat ring that most likely will serve no real importance in future adventures by Tolkien, wargs, eagles, a bear dude named Beorn, spiders, elves, some other guys, a dragon, a thrush, some ravens, some rocks, I guess, a wizard, various waters, treasure, glorious gemstone, and some other things that I don't care to recall. Anyway, the story is about Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who does some stuff and goes somewhere (an unusual thing for a Hobbit, apparently, despite the number of books and movies and erotic fanfics based on the adventures of various Hobbits). Most importantly though, the book comes fully equip with two maps! TWO! Not one, not three, but TWO! Of course, I was reading the 70th anniversary edition, bought from www.biblio.com (sign up today!), so the number of maps may vary, depending on whether or not you're reading a library edition that has had numerous pages unceremoniously removed by children. Though, this version has the maps on the back of the front cover and front of the back cover (or would that be the back of the back cover?), making it a lot harder for me/children to rip them from the book to store in my/their stolen map collection. I figure this is enough for a review, so I'll stop rambling now. But I must insist the few of you who haven't read this book stop not having read this book and read this book! I read it and I have a (self-proclaimed) mental disorder (that I take lots and lots of sexy sounding medication for, much of which isn't legal or medication at all).
This book has one huge major flaw: There are NO female characters. I am guessing all the ladies are in Upper Earth and Lower Earth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30764
- Title
- The Hobbit or There and Back Again
- Author
- TOLKIEN, J.R.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1965 The Hobbit JRR Tolkien Lord of the Rings Bilbo Baggins Gandalf Fantasy, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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