The Hobbit Illustrated by the Author

《哈比人歷險記》特別增強版——首次完整收錄托爾金的超過50幅插畫與地圖

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首次推出的這部特別增強版《哈比人歷險記》，作為《魔戒》的迷人序曲，全書配有超過50幅由J.R.R. 托爾金親自繪製的草圖、插畫、畫作與地圖，並以雙色印刷完整呈現原文。

比爾博．巴金斯（Bilbo Baggins）是一名哈比人，他過著舒適無憂的生活，極少走出夏爾袋底洞的食品儲藏室。但他的平靜生活在某一天被巫師甘道夫（Gandalf）與十三名矮人打破，他們邀請比爾博踏上一場意料之外的旅程，目的是襲擊巨大而危險的龍——「壯麗的史矛革」（Smaug the Magnificent）的寶藏……

**《哈比人歷險記》**原是J.R.R. 托爾金為自己的孩子所寫，於1937年9月21日出版，書中包含由托爾金親自繪製的精美封面設計、黑白插圖及兩幅地圖。該書一經推出便廣受歡迎，隨後不久又再版，新增五幅彩色插圖。

托爾金挑選的精美畫作與插圖已與這部經典作品密不可分，超過85年來裝飾著各個版本的《哈比人歷險記》。然而，已出版的插畫僅展示了托爾金創作過程的一角，許多其他草圖、彩色畫作及地圖雖曾展出或在其他場合發表，但從未在《哈比人歷險記》的書頁中出現。

在這部獨特的增強版中，托爾金的藝術創作首次完整呈現，書中超過50幅插圖將伴隨比爾博．巴金斯的冒險旅程「意料之外，奇幻歸來」。

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For the first time ever, a special enhanced edition of the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout with over 50 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien himself and with the complete text printed in two colors.

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there and back again.' They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon . . .

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hobbit was published on 21 September 1937. With a beautiful cover design, a handful of black & white drawings and two maps by the author himself, the book became an instant success and was reprinted shortly afterwards with five color plates.

Tolkien's own selection of finished paintings and drawings have become inseparable from his text, adorning editions of The Hobbit 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 The Hobbit.

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.'