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Hey guys, I'm trying to find an apparently rare, illustrated version of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit that I remember seeing in my elementary school's library in 5th grade, but have yet to ever see since.
It was illustrated with pictures, illustrations and character designs from the old 1977 The Hobbit film by Rankin/Bass, which even included illustrations of scenes from the book that never made it into the film.
I have yet to ever see it again, and as far as I can remember, I THINK the cover might have been blue. It was such a beautiful book, like a combination of an "The Art Of" movie book with the original novel, and I would love to find it again. Is there anybody here who might know about it?
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Posted 16 July 2009 - 10:18 AM
Never seen it. I have the slip cased Green Book with JRR's illustrations.
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Posted 19 July 2009 - 04:38 PM
I've been doing some digging and one of the only other official illustrated versions of The Hobbit was done by Alan Lee. I have never seen this one before, but it's on Amazon.
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http://www.amazon.co...cm_syf_dtl_pl_4
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Posted 19 July 2009 - 07:17 PM
I own that version and it would fit the 'Art of...' meets novel description.
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Posted 11 August 2009 - 03:14 PM
It's been a while since I've seen it. Someone I used to hang with special ordered (from Waldenbooks) a white leather bound copy of the complete J.R.R. Tolkien. It had some illustrations.
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