The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again

Tolkien, J R R, and Anderson, Douglas A (Notes by)

ISBN 10: 0618002219 / ISBN 13: 9780618002214

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 1999

About this Item

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. SC 297.

Seller Inventory # Alibris.0047766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618002219
• ISBN 13: 9780618002214
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Condition: Fine.

About this title

Synopsis

J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies worldwide and established itself as a modern classic.

About the Author

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.