TY - BOOK AU - Tolkien,R..R.R TI - The art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien SN - 9780007440818 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Harper Collins Publishers N1 - "First published in Great British by HarperCollins, 2011." N2 - When J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The hobbit, he had become an accomplished amateur artist, and he was keen to contribute visually to the work. The finished book contained eight black and white drawings, five colour plates, two maps and his own jacket design ER -