Well, what can I say… Thirty years later, I “swallowed” the trilogy in about a month – and it took me so long only because I was reading it during a very busy time and could dedicate to it only short moments before bedtime.

to Alan Lee (the previous artist for an HMH illustrated volume) have clothed the author’s visions in far more detailed and vibrant lines and colors. I will be reading this edition when I do my annual reread of The Lord of the Rings in December, though I have a feeling I will not allow myself to have my usual cup of tea at my elbow when I have this particular book in hand. It is a great analysis on the Tolkien legendarium and Christianity, and the illustrations are a nice bonus! These include the pages from the Book of Mazarbul, marvelous facsimiles created by Tolkien to accompany the famous ‘Bridge of Khazad-dum’ chapter. Strictly limited to 1,000 sets, the limitation page has been tipped in by hand and numbered and signed by Alan Lee.Leaving his comfortable hobbit hole Bilbo Baggins goes on a reluctant adventure to defeat a dragon, and along the way he encounters the vile, but pathetic Gollum, and his ‘Precious’ – a ring to rule them all. For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice centre (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). I just think that The Shire and those rounded Hobbit doors are so synonymous with these books despite us not being in The Shire that long. New Reset Edition, with coloured frontispieces, full-page coloured illustrations in the text, smaller line drawings, and endpaper maps in red and black; red cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt with 'JRRT' monogram, gilt backs, a fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case. This great modern classic is accompanied by a wealth of beautiful watercolour paintings and delicate pencil drawings from Alan Lee.

If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. The text itself is taken from the corrected editions that Hammond and Scull assisted Christopher Tolkien in completing in 2004 (you can tell if you have a pre-2004 version if, in ‘A Conspiracy Unmasked’, Merry says that Buckleberry Ferry is twenty miles away. This one-volume deluxe slipcased edition contains the complete text, fully corrected and reset, which is printed in red and black and features, for the very first time, thirty colour illustrations, maps and sketches drawn by Tolkien himself as he composed this epic work. It’s not a place that wants to advertise that it’s full of elves and is supposed to be hidden within the valley.

Illustrators from the brothers Hildebrandt (surely another illustrated edition just waiting to be assembled? Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping fantasy and epic adventure has touched the hearts of young and old alike. The box is this thick sturdy cardboard material which houses each of the books neatly (but not too tightly). During three decades of reading, I’ve read so many books, including “world classics must-reads”, that if I haven’t read some book, there is a serious reason behind why I haven’t. I'm assuming everyone by now has a pretty good idea of what the book is about, so this review focuses on the look and feel of this edition.