The hobbit, or, There and back again / J.R.R. Tolkien ; illustrated by Michael Hague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Contributor:

Hague, Michael, illustrator.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Hobbit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Earth (Imaginary place)--Fiction.

Middle Earth (Imaginary place).

Baggins, Bilbo--Fiction.

Baggins, Bilbo.

Fantasy fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Hobbit.

There and back again.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1996]

Summary:

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to share in an adventure from which he may never return.

Contents:

I An Unexpected Party 1

II Roast Mutton 25

III A Short Rest 41

IV Over Hill and Under Hill 50

V Riddles in the Dark 65

VI Out of the Frying-Pan and into the Fire 85

VII Queer Lodgings 105

VIII Flies and Spiders 129

IX Barrels Out of Bond 157

X A Warm Welcome 174

XI On the Doorstep 186

XII Inside Information 196

XIII Not at Home 217

XIV Fire and Water 229

XV The Gathering of the Clouds 239

XVI A Thief in the Night 250

XVII The Clouds Burst 257

XVIII The Return Journey 270

XIX The Last Stage 281.

Notes:

"Copyright restored 1996 by the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien, assigned 1997 to the J.R.R. Tolkien Copyright Trust" -- T. verso.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0395362903

9780395362907

0395520215

9780395520215

OCLC:

501174795

Online:

Reading group guide Valid as of Nov. 21, 2002

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