The hobbit, or, There and back again /
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by J.R.R. Tolkien.
- London : Unwin Hyman, 1987.
- xvi, 256 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.