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The Artwork of the Hobbit
by J.R.R Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull (HarperCollins £25, 144pp)
When the Hobbit was being thought-about for publication, the writer’s ten-year-old son informed him that the e book did ‘not want any illustrations. It’s good and may enchantment to all youngsters between the ages of 5 and 9’.
He was proper, after all, besides in regards to the footage.
An illustration by J.R.R Tolkien, which is sure to please followers hoping to see Hobbiton via the writer’s eyes
Tolkien’s draft copy of The Hobbit was stuffed together with his lovely drawings of Center Earth, most of that are unknown to readers at present.
This charming e book rescues over 100 of Tolkien’s personal illustrations from obscurity and can delight followers hoping to see Hobbiton via the writer’s eyes.