CHUCK DIXON / TOLKIEN, JOHN RONALD REUEL
AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE FANTASY CLASSIC WITH SIX NEW PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS!u003cbru003e u003cbu003e u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eFirst published in the United States more than seventy-five years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien's u003ciu003eThe Hobbit u003c/iu003eis one of the best-loved books of all time. Now a blockbuster film by Peter Jackson, Academy Awardwinning director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, u003ciu003eThe Hobbitu003c/iu003e was also adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, a classic in its own right, presented here in a new expanded edition.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim stolen treasure from the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the most dreaded dragon in all Middle-earthand a destiny that waits in the dark caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, where a twisted creature known as Gollum jealously guards a precious magic ring.
