The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien - Yellow 1981 77th Ballantine Books paperback - Reading Copy

Condition: Acceptable. Bent pages. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as: • Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover• Creases, marks, or small tears on pages or dust jacket• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name/notes insideBlurb: J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings trilogy—the enchanting prelude to the Lord of the Rings.  Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum. Awards: Keith Barker Millennium Book Award, Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (1997), Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies (1990)