J.R.R. Tolkien – Bilbo’s Last Song – Illustrated Edition – Hutchinson Hardback

Hardcover Edition – Illustrated by Pauline Baynes – Complete Pictorial Boards

A charming illustrated hardback edition of Bilbo’s Last Song by J.R.R. Tolkien, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes, Tolkien’s most celebrated and closely associated illustrator. This poetic epilogue to The Lord of the Rings was first published in 1990 and remains one of Tolkien’s most lyrical shorter works.

This copy is the Hutchinson hardback edition, published in 2002, with the title-page imprint reading Hutchinson, London · Sydney · Auckland · Johannesburg. The ISBN is 0 09 189588 8. The book was printed in Singapore by Tien Wah Press (PTE) Ltd, as stated on the copyright page.

The volume is bound in the publisher’s original illustrated boards, reproducing Pauline Baynes’s artwork, and was issued without a dust jacket, as published. The illustrations include full-page colour plates and integrated decorative elements throughout.

Condition

The book is in Near Fine condition. The boards are clean and bright, the binding is tight, and the pages are fresh and unmarked. The illustrations are vivid and well preserved.

A beautifully illustrated hardback edition of Tolkien’s final song for Bilbo, ideal as a shelf companion to the Baynes-illustrated Middle-earth volumes.