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.