This is the dust jacket of the classic children’s book, “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien. This is my pocket-sized, 75th anniversary edition which replicates the original first Edition Hobbit cover artwork. The wraparound painting was designed around the “long road” which stretches up the spine and follows the forest leading to Lonely Mountain. The front face of the jacket depicts a hopeful, daytime scene with the rising sun and heroic eagles which contrasts heavily with the reverse, which shows dark, night scene, with the evil dragon Smaug, souring around the Lonely Mountain.