This popular hardcover edition of the classic fantasy work features an impressive new black cover based on the design by JRR Tolkien and includes brand new reproductions of all his drawings and maps.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling further than his hobbit-hole at Bag End. But his prosperity is disrupted when the wizard Gandalf and a company of thirteen dwarves appear at his door one day to offer him an unexpected adventure. They have a plan to steal the treasure of Smaug the Magnificent, a great and very dangerous dragon...

As a prelude to the "Lord of the Rings" series, The Hobbit has sold millions of copies since its first edition in 1937, establishing it as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.