About the Book

This popular paperback edition of the classic work of fantasy, with a striking new black cover based on JRR Tolkien’s own design and featuring brand new reproductions of all his drawings and maps.

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.

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780261102217
• ISBN 10: 0261102214
• Imprint: HarperCollins
• On Sale: 10/27/2011
• Pages: 400
• List Price:10.99 CAD
• BISAC1 : FICTION / Fantasy / Epic
• BISAC2 : FICTION / Classics
• BISAC3 : FICTION / Fantasy / Dragons & Mythical Creatures
• BISAC4 : FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure
• BISAC5 : FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

J. R. R. Tolkien

Biography

J.R.R. Tolkien is creator of Middle-earth and author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. He was awarded a CBE and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Oxford University, and died in 1973.
Mark Walker has taught Latin to adults and children for several years. His published work includes the English translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The Life of Merlin (Vita Merlini), the historical novel Amida, and three Latin-themed books: Annus Horribilis: Latin for Everyday Life, Annus Mirabilis: More Latin for Everyday Life, and Britannica Latina: 2,000 Years of British Latin. He is also the founder and editor of VATES: The Journal of New Latin Poetry.

Other Works by J. R. R. Tolkien

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  The Silmarillion

  By J. R. R. Tolkien

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  The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth

  By J. R. R. Tolkien

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  The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Book 1)

  By J. R. R. Tolkien