The hobbit special edition book

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.

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.

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What would you like to know about this product? Please enter your name, your email and your question regarding the product in the fields below, and we'll answer you in the next hours. The Hobbit, Collector's Edition. By: J. Stock No: WW Wishlist Wishlist. Advanced Search Links. These are described in detail in the Annotated Hobbit. The first of these revisions were made in and incorporated into the new edition of Only the title page and dust jacket have changed to name the publisher.

The foot of the spines are marked Houghton Mifflin Company. Hardback with dust wrapper. Houghton Mifflin Co. Identical sheets and illustrations as the 6th UK printing second printing of AU , but the binding reverted to a design similar to HM, only smaller and without the bowing hobbit insignia on the front cover. Unlike the corresponding UK edition, the American covers changed color roughly every printing, though samples can be found with sheets from one UK printing and binding color prevalent on a neighboring US printing.

Unlike the UK impressions, most of the US printings of the second edition did not declare the impression on the reverse of the title page, making them difficult to identify. All illustrations have been removed, and the maps are printed in black-and-white.

HM — Houghton Mifflin Co. Covers and dust jacket similar to HM, but cover is light green and does not vary in successive printings. Color frontispiece removed, and the red from the end paper maps has changed to black. There is no color left within the book at all.

These comprise the US 16th through 24th? Format has enlarged to Cover art by Barbara Remington. Maps in black and white; no internal illustrations. Hardback without dust wrapper. The Heritage of Literature Series. Section B, No. It has four color plates, and end paper maps in black, white, and red. We are working hard to bring more hobbit editions Paper jacket on stiff paper with tolkien's color pencil illustration of Smaug over Lake Town.

Maps in black and white; no other illustrations. As in HM, no color illustrations, and maps in black and white. Pleasure in Reading Edition, 2nd Impression Unwin Books. Hardback with bound on dust wrapper. Ex-library — dust wrapper bound onto boards. Resized and end-papers removed. Introduction by R. Forest green simulated leather boards with red and gold gilt runic inscription around the periphery in front and a stylized road-going-into-forest-in-front-of-mountains illustration in gold gilt a little above center.

Matching slipcase in simulated leather with the same cover illustration on a paste-down in green, black, and yellow. Printed on heavy paper. All original illustrations from HM restored, including color plates. Black-and-white illustrations printed as black-and-green, maps in black and green, and each page neatline is in green.

Continuation of BB Cover art has changed to tolkien's illustration of Bilbo Comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves. Reset New Edition Hardback in slipcase. Paperback in slipcase. Reset New Edition , 2nd Impression Unwin Paperbacks. Abrams, Inc. All illustrations in full color, some fold-out. Illustrations printed directly on the front and back boards: front the company in the Misty Mountains during the storm; back Smaug's treasure.

Clear acetate jacket overlays the book title and author onto the boards' illustrations and augments the cover illustrations with Smaug's image. In the front, he's flying around the mountain to attack the company, even though the illustration is of the Misty Mountains, not the Lonely Mountain. On the rear, Smaug lies on his hoard. Bilbo's ghostly image appears in the foreground. Hardback with dust wrapper in slipcase. First Methuen Edition October Reset New Edition , 6th Impression Illustrations by Eric Fraser.

Burgundy leather quarter-bound with remainder in burgundy cloth on boards. Gold gilt "maze" pattern on front and spine. End-paper maps in black, white and red; other illustrations in black and white. Light gray-green slipcase. Cover art has changed to Darrell K. Sweet's illustration of The Lord of the Eagles. Large Print Edition Illustrated by Michael Hague.

Guild Publishing. Cover art has reverted to tolkien's illustration of Bilbo Comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves, but framed and shrunk down comparatively.

Similar in design to HM, but covers and slipcase are in gold instead of green, and the front cover illustration is a "50" in green. All monochrome illustrations, including maps, in gold and black instead of green and black.

Color plates same as HM Foreword by Christopher Tolkien describes the history of the writing and publication of The Hobbit.