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by J.R.R. Tolkien ; with illustrations by David Wyatt
There and back again
364 p
ill., maps
First published: 1937
Summary: Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo's life is never to be the same again. (Publisher)