The HOBBIT Parchment Journal from the Collection of Sam Gamgee

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Summary: Another LOTR's Success
Review: I think this journal is great. It's small and just the right size. You do have to be carefull with the cover though since it's paperback, but other than that it's perfect! You almost don't want to write in it!

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Summary: absolutely brilliant!!
Review: if you liked lord of the rings and the hobbit, then this is a book you will fall inlove with

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Summary: A flimsy blank book
Review: Just wanted to let everyone know that I purchased one of these about 15 years ago. As blank books go, it's poor quality (the pages started coming loose/falling out very quickly). The illustrator was probably not familiar with the LOTR books, as the illustrations are not accurate; they also have an amateurish quality, as if they were drawn by an art student instead of a professional artist. The reason I bought the book at the time was simply because it was one of the larger page formats available; however there are many more blank book options available now than I was able to find at the time.

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Summary: The Hobbit, Parchment Journal from Sam Gamgee
Review: Sam Gamgee is the man we'd all like to know, the loyal friend we'd all like to have, and the grounded honest person, we'd all like to be. The adventure he is involved in through his love and loyalty to Frodo, his friend and employer, told from his view point is another way of enjoying the fantastic reading of Tolkein. I read the entire Tolkein, Hobbit/Lord of the Ring series ever two or three years, just to give myself the gift of reading something truly enjoyable and now, Sam's book will be read also. If you enjoy great story telling, you'll want to read this book.

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Summary: Not a book but a beautiful BLANK journal
Review: The title should perhaps make it more clear that this is not a book written by Tolkien; in fact it is not written by anyone because it is a blank journal book. However, I was immediately attracted to its beauty as a journal. The parchment is old-fashioned and of excellent quality; the sketches that occupy every other page or so are beautiful and depict the characters and event in the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit wonderfully. It would make an excellent gift to any Tolkien fan, child, or to yourself!

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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This is a lovely journal with beautiful illustation of the characters in Lord of the Rings.

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Summary: Pretty
Review: This is a nice little journal with lovely illlustrations, but the quality wasn't that great. I was rather disappointed.

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Summary: Gorgeous
Review: This is a splendid book. The illustrations are of superb quality, especially those of Frodo and Gandalf. Captures the true essence of LOTR. Can't recommend enough.

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Summary: Gorgeous
Review: This is a splendid book. The illustrations are of superb quality, especially those of Frodo and Gandalf. Captures the true essence of LOTR. Can't recommend enough.

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Summary: Hopefully it will enrich your Tolkien experience
Review: This is as it says on the cover ' Being a blank book with some curious illustrations of friends& foes of the none companions'. It is a journal for you to write in or look at the very good artwork, by the artist Michael Green. It should certainly enrich your Tolkien experience. Some particularly great illustrations here are: ' The long wait of Arwen Evenstar', ' Bombadil', ' Another daughter of the river king', 'By the doors of Durin', ' Another notch for Gimli's ax', ' Saruman', 'Shield- Maiden of Rohan', 'The Palantir is taken', ' Oliphant', 'The darkness of Denethor', ' The trial of Gondor', 'Ghan Buri Ghan', 'The mouth of Sauron' and 'Rosielass Gamgee '.
The drawings of Aragorn and Elrond though, seem incorrect.
To clear up misconceptions, the book was published in 1979, 7 years after the passing of JRR Tolkien, and 22 years "before the movie hype began".
It is a pleasant illustrated journal.
And I just love that wonderful , wistful poem at the back of the journal , Lay of the Passing Ages.