The Annotated Hobbit

Author:   J. R. R. Tolkien ,  Douglas A. Anderson
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Edition:   Revised 30th Anniversary edition
ISBN:  

9780008323332


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   18 March 2019
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The Annotated Hobbit


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The definitive edition of this beloved children's classic, featuring a wealth of accompanying illustrations and notes which take the reader further into both the story, and the tale of how it was written. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad... As with all classics, repeated readings continue to bring new detail and perspectives to the reader's mind, and Tolkien's Middle-earth is a vast mine of treasures and knowledge, its roots delving deep into folklore, mythology and language. The Hobbit is, therefore, an ideal book for annotation: as well as offering a marvellous and entrancing story, it introduces the reader to the richly imagined world of Middle-earth, a world more fully and complexly realised in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Douglas Anderson's annotations make fascinating reading. Additionally, many of Tolkien's own illustrations embellish the text, and numerous illustrations from foreign editions exhibit an extraordinary range of visual interpretation. In an appendix there are details of the revisions made by Tolkien at various times to the publsihed text, which provide an uncommon and privileged glimpse into the special concerns of an exceptional and painstaking writer.

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Author:   J. R. R. Tolkien ,  Douglas A. Anderson
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:   HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Edition:   Revised 30th Anniversary edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 25.20cm
Weight:   0.270kg
ISBN:  

9780008323332


ISBN 10:   000832333
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   18 March 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Postponed Indefinitley
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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`Not only fascinating, but useful. It makes of The Hobbit a kind of Tolkien handbook.' The Washington Post


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J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

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