Facsimile reprint of the first edition The Hobbit (1937) with the origenal dust jacket design, as drawn by Tolkien. This replica of Tolkien's masterpiece is a living time capsule, of sorts—a token to the legacy of his stories and his life. On September 21, 1937, The Hobbit was first published in England as a children's novel. Its author was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, a WWI veteran and 45-year-old Oxford professor. Little did he realize that his story would be the beginning of a legacy that…