THE HOBBIT 'Illustrated by the Author' Editions Officially Revealed
I have been holding off on this post until the slipcased edition had been revealed (cover art, description, ISBN). Some may go 'but wait! aren't most editions of The Hobbit already illustrated by Tolkien??' Indeed, many do feature some of the artwork he created for the book. Some of the artwork he created. This new edition greatly expands on the included imagery, as well printing the text in two colours, as well as a ribbon-marker (likely white for the standard edition, and green for the slipcased edition.) Following the 'illustrated by the author' series that began with The Lord of the Rings and continued with The Silmarillion , now The Hobbit will be among them, in terms of design and style. You'll see in this post. As is my usual custom, I'll provide the cover art, ISBN and description below for both the standard edition and the slipcased one. ISBN: 9780008627782 For the first time ever, a special enhanced edit...