The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien - Illustrated Houghton Mifflin paperback - Andrew Becker Cover Captain Mayne Reid As Moss tries to evade

As Moss tries to evade his pursuers–in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives–McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines

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The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien - Illustrated Houghton Mifflin paperback - Andrew Becker Cover Captain Mayne Reid As Moss tries to evadeCondition: Acceptable condition for a used book! See images for the condition of this book. Blurb: J. R. R. Tolkien's classic prelude to The Lord of the Rings trilogythe enchanting prelude to the Lord of the Rings. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day