TOLKIEN, J. R. R.; LEE, Alan (illus.).

£3,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Hobbit or There and Back Again. First Lee edition, signed limited issue, number 275 of 600 copies signed by the illustrator and specially bound. Lee's illustrated editions of Tolkien were a key inspiration for Peter Jackson, who recruited Lee as a lead concept artist for the films. It is Lee's visualization of Middle-earth that is perhaps most familiar to a 21st-century audience.This deluxe issue was produced exclusively for Hatchards to celebrate both the 60th anniversary of the work's publication and the 200th anniversary of the bookshop's founding.

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