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Thedefinitiveeditionofthisbelovedchildren'sclassic,featuringawealthofaccompanyingillustrationsandnoteswhichtakethereaderfurtherintoboththestory,andthetaleofhowitwaswritten.SeldomhasanybookbeensowidelyreadandlovedasJ.R.R.Tolkien'sclassictale,TheHobbit.Sinceitsfirstpublicationin1937ithasremainedinprinttodelighteachnewgenerationofreadersallovertheworld,anditshero,BilboBaggins,hastakenhisplaceamongtheranksoftheimmortals:Alice,Pooh,Toad...Aswithallclassics,repeatedreadingscontinuetobringnewdetailandperspectivestothereader'smind,andTolkien'sMiddle-earthisavastmineoftreasuresandknowledge,itsrootsdelvingdeepintofolklore,mythologyandlanguage.TheHobbitis,therefore,anidealbookforannotation:aswellasofferingamarvellousandentrancingstory,itintroducesthereadertotherichlyimaginedworldofMiddle-earth,aworldmorefullyandcomplexlyrealisedinTheLordoftheRingsandTheSilmarillion.DouglasAnderson'sannotationsmakefascinatingreading.Additionally,manyofTolkien'sownillustrationsembellishthetext,andnumerousillustrationsfromforeigneditionsexhibitanextraordinaryrangeofvisualinterpretation.InanappendixtherearedetailsoftherevisionsmadebyTolkienatvarioustimestothepublsihedtext,whichprovideanuncommonandprivilegedglimpseintothespecialconcernsofanexceptionalandpainstakingwriter.