This richly illustrated book celebrates in words and pictures the beautiful work that award-winning artist Alan Lee produced for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit | and includes dozens of brand-new paintings and pencil drawings exploring the world of Bilbo Baggins.Since The Hobbit was first published in 1937 | generations of readers have fallen under its spell. That magic was reignited sixty years later | when Alan Lee was commissioned to produce a special illustrated edition | and his delicate pencil