NEW SEALED JRR Tolkien The Hobbit Deluxe Hardcover Slipcase Boxed Lord Rings

The Hobbit - Special Green Deluxe Slipcase Edition. Includes special Illustrated 88 page booklet. Printed art card featuring Tolkien's original Dustjacket painting.

Tolkien's own selection of finished paintings and drawings have become inseparable from his text, adorning editions of. For more than 85 years. But the published art has afforded only a glimpse of Tolkien's creative process, and many additional sketches, colored drawings, and maps-although exhibited and published elsewhere-have never appeared within the pages of. In this unique enhanced edition of Tolkien's enchanting classic tale, the full panoply of his art is reproduced for the first time, presenting more than 50 illustrations to accompany Bilbo Baggins on his adventure there and back again. Unique to this edition are two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of Thror's Map and Wilderland, an illustrated 88-page booklet, and a printed art card reproducing Tolkien's original dustjacket painting. It is additionally quarterbound with raised ribs on the spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in a custom-built clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in gold and include a ribbon marker.