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The hobbit, or, There and back again / by J.R.R. Tolkien.
LIBRA - Special PR6039.O32 H6 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
- Series:
- Lord of the Rings.
- The Lord of the Rings
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place).
- Fantasy.
- Baggins, Bilbo.
- Dwarfs (Persons).
- Dwarfs (Folklore).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Epic fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fantasy.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 271 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Hobbit
- There and back again
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [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 take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
- Contents:
- Chapter I An Unexpected Party 3
- Chapter II Roast Mutton 27
- Chapter III A Short Rest 43
- Chapter IV Over Hill and Under Hill 52
- Chapter V Riddles in the Dark 64
- Chapter VI Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire 84
- Chapter VII Queer Lodgings 103
- Chapter VIII Flies and Spiders 128
- Chapter IX Barrels Out of Bond 154
- Chapter X A Warm Welcome 170
- Chapter XI On the Doorstep 182
- Chapter XII Inside Information 191
- Chapter XIII Not at Home 210
- Chapter XIV Fire and Water 221
- Chapter XV The Gathering of the Clouds 230
- Chapter XVI A Thief in the Night 240
- Chapter XVII The Clouds Burst 246
- Chapter XVIII The Return Journey 257
- Chapter XIX The Last Stage 265.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1937 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
- ISBN:
- 0618002219
- 9780618002214
- 9780618968633
- 0618968636
- OCLC:
- 42363969
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