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J. R. R. Tolkien accompanied his Middle-earth fantasy writings with a wide variety of non-narrative materials, including paintings and drawings, calligraphy, and maps.In his lifetime, some of his artworks were included in his novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; others were used on the covers of different editions of these books, and later on the cover of The Silmarillion.
Information regarding the print run sizes of the Second American Edition of the Hobbit is held by the University of Reading Special Collections Service. [5] The American second editions from the 5th through 14th printings measure 12.7 x 19.0 cm, contain 315 numbered pages, and have end-paper maps printed in black, white, and red.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien.It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction.
Published in a collected edition by Ballantine in 1990, The Hobbit: An Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic is one of the most successful graphic format adaptations of a piece of classic literature. [3] In 2001, it was updated by Del Rey Books with a new cover, larger format, and 32 new pages of artwork.
Lee has illustrated dozens of fantasy books, including some non-fiction, and many more book covers. [2] Among the numerous works by J. R. R. Tolkien that he has illustrated are the 1992 centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, a 1999 edition of The Hobbit, the 2007 The Children of Húrin, the 2017 Beren and Lúthien, the 2018 The Fall of Gondolin, and the 2022 The Fall of Númenor.
The book was published in 1971 by Mirage Press, a specialist science fiction and fantasy publisher, in a limited edition. [3] A paperback edition was issued by Ballantine Books in 1974. [4] The author profile in the first edition describes Robert Foster as the then-"Tengwar Consultant" to the Tolkien Society of America. [5]
Some of the more extensive sites include Elrond's Library, [3] The Lord of the Rings in Translation, [4] Impressions of Books by J.R.R. Tolkien Published in Japan, [5] and the Tolkieniano Collection (in Italian). [6] Editions of all the translations in this list can be found illustrated in one or more of these collections.
Barbara Remington with artwork. Barbara Remington (23 June 1929 – 23 January 2020) [1] was an American artist and illustrator. Born in Minnesota, she was probably best known for her cover-art for Ballantine Books' first paperback editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and for her Tolkien-related poster A Map of Middle-earth.
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