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learned later.

ftirt even with the Baglas
IJ they were sti/l outnum¬
bered. In that last hour
Jeorn Himself had appeared-
to one knew how or from
vhere. Heeamealone, and in
’ear's shape;and beseemed
bo have grown almost to
O wrath was redoubled, so
that nothing could withstand
him, and no weapon seemed
tboodbyigteuahrimd,.anHde spcualltetderdeodwtnhe
Bolg himself and crushed him.

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all directions. But weariness
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pursued themclosely,andpre-
escaping where they could.





tarings fell from Bilbo
soon in that house.Yet
MfcHat place could not
houqht BiwaueSf bis
Home. After a week,
'efore, he said fore-

At each point on the road
Bilbo recalled the hap¬

penings and the word* of a
year 5go-it seemed to Him
more line ten—so that, of

TVlbo had arrived back in the
] JJ middle of an auction/ There
> was a large notice in black and
trhedatHounngJuonneththeegTatwee,nsttya-tsiencognd
Messers. Grubb, Grubb, and Bur-
| rowes would sell by auction the
effects of the late Bilbo Baggins

ST'he return ofMr. r than spoons—he had lost his repu-
1*2/ Bilbo Sagging honourofdwait-s, —wizards, and
tcthurerebaaHtenidlcl eqa,unbdioteothvaeuir\ntadh-eer di folk as ever passed that wag;
Hill, and across the
iVater; it was a but he was no longerquliite respectable.
Sgrneinaet ddaegals'mwoornedtehra.n
The legal bother,
indeed, lasted for
gears.





3.3tS.®oiMen

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892—1973) was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke
College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and then, until his retirement in 1959,
Merton Professor of English Language and Literature. His chief interest was
in the literary and linguistic tradition of the English West Midlands,
especially in Beowulf, the Ancrene Wisse, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight;
but he is better known to the reading public as the author of Farmer Giles of
Ham, The Hobbit, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, and the three volumes of
The Lord of the Rings..

David Wenzel began his career in 1975 by illustrating Middle Earth, The World
of Tolkien Illustrated by Lin Carter, and has now come full circle with the
completion of The Hobbit. His style combines classic pen and watercolor
techniques and graphic storytelling. Artistic inspiration came from Arthur
Rackham, Howard Pyle and Hal Foster, plus a large medieval reference library.
Other illustrated works by Wenzel include Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure
Island, Robert E. Howard's Solomon Kane, H. B. Pieper's The Adventures of Little
Fuzzy, and Kingdom of the Dwarfs by Rob Walsh.

Charles Dixon

Charles Dixon has written various children's books for Golden Books and
Walt Disney, including new adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He has worked
prolifically in comics since 1984, producing original stories and series
continuity for every major comics company. His works include: Airboy,
Evangaline, Strike, Radio Boy, Valkyrie!, Black Terror, Alien Legion, Moon Knight,
Super Cops, Alias, and many others.

Sean Deming came to Eclipse Books as an assistant editor in 1985 . He went
on to edit many titles and also held the position of Distribution Manager
from 1988 to 1990. It was during this time that he began working on The
Hobbit. He co-created and edited the New Wave series during the late '80s,
and created the Naive Inter-dimensional Commando Koalas.

Bill Pearson

Bill Pearson has written, edited, colored, and illustrated comics over the last
thirty years for almost every publisher in the field, but is most often
employed as a letterer. His skillful use of letter forms enhances the overall
sense of design of The Hobbit. Other recent lettering works include Clive
Barker's Tapping the Vein, and P. Craig Russell's adaptation of The Magic Flute.



First published in the United States over 50 years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien’s
The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time.

Now Tolkien’s fantasy classic has been adapted into a fully painted
graphic novel.

The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins... a quiet and contented hobbit
whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf
and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim the dwarves’ stolen .
treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger—and in the end
it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, ^
the most-dreaded dragon Smaug.

Illustrated in full color throughout, and accompanied
by the carefully abridged text of the original

■> novel, this handsome authorized edition
will introduce new generations to a
magical masterpiece—and be
treasured by Hobbit fans of
all ages, everywhere.