Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
38 used & new from £0.01
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Bilbo's Last Song
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Bilbo's Last Song (Hardcover)

by J.R.R. Tolkien (Author), Pauline Baynes (Illustrator)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.00 (25%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Saturday, July 11? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
22 new from £0.01 12 used from £0.01 4 collectible from £6.74
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (Revised) 4 used & new from £24.24
Paperback 7 used & new from £16.00

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún by J R R Tolkien

Bilbo's Last Song + The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
Price For Both: £15.48

Show availability and shipping details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

by J R R Tolkien
3.5 out of 5 stars (6)  £9.49
Tales from the Perilous Realm

Tales from the Perilous Realm

by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.5 out of 5 stars (14)  £3.99
The Children of Hurin

The Children of Hurin

by J.R.R. Tolkien
3.8 out of 5 stars (59)  £4.85
Letters from Father Christmas

Letters from Father Christmas

by J.R.R. Tolkien
4.8 out of 5 stars (10)  £9.99
The Road Goes Ever on

The Road Goes Ever on

by J.R.R. Tolkien
5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £13.00
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Hardcover: 40 pages
  • Publisher: Hutchinson; New edition edition (3 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091884888
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091884888
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 13 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,243 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #3 in  Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators > T > Tolkien, JRR
    #9 in  Books > Fiction > Authors, A-Z > T > Tolkien, J.R.R.

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Considered to be Bilbo Baggins' epilogue to The Lord of the Rings sequence, Bilbo's Last Song is his short but beautiful farewell poem to Middle-Earth. The lyrical text in this new gift edition is accompanied by some stunningly detailed colour illustrations by Pauline Baynes that are worth the cover price alone. Baynes, who famously illustrated CS Lewis'sNarnia Chronicles, was much admired by Tolkien as well as a good friend of his.

Bilbo Baggins, the famous Hobbit adventurer, composed his last song after arriving at Grey Havens to board the White Ship on its journey west. He reflects on the leaving of Middle-Earth and the voyage that would take him to the Undying Lands at the end of the sunset. Like Elrond, he had indicated to Frodo that his thoughts were turning towards departure.

There are extensive notes contained within about Baynes' illustrations, which depict two journeys. The larger ones depict the journey that brings the ring-bearers and the company of elves to the Grey Havens and the beginning of the final voyage. Another sequence of smaller vignettes show scenes from The Hobbit as Bilbo remembers his first journey on the eve of his last.

Interestingly, the copyright of Bilbo's Last Song was a gift from Tolkien to a young woman seconded from his publisher in the 1970s to help him with his correspondence--which was vast. He used to joke that if ever a diamond bracelet fell out of an envelope it would be hers. Once, when she was helping him pack up his office before he moved house, Bilbo's Last Song fell out of a book and she loved it so much that Tolkien said it could be her diamond bracelet. It was never published in his lifetime.

Suitable for readers aged 10 and over, this is a stunningly beautiful book that collectors will treasure. --John McLay

Review
"A must for all fans of Tolkien's vast, epic fantasy" -- "Publishers Weekly"

See all Product Description

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below
(2)
See all 2 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Bilbo's Last Song
51% buy the item featured on this page:
Bilbo's Last Song 4.2 out of 5 stars (5)
£5.99
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
26% buy
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún 3.5 out of 5 stars (6)
£9.49
Tales from the Perilous Realm
10% buy
Tales from the Perilous Realm 4.5 out of 5 stars (14)
£3.99
The Road Goes Ever on and on: The Map of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
7% buy
The Road Goes Ever on and on: The Map of Tolkien's Middle-Earth
£5.39
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

5 Reviews
5 star:
 (3)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.2 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful collector's item, 10 Nov 2002
By Luis Ferreira (Paço de Arcos, Portugal) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
Having only recently read the poem on a website, I became incresingly aware of its intense emotion and beauty. I found myself re-reading it again and again, I must say I really fell in love with it. When I found this book for sale at Amazon I was initially afraid that it might be a disappointment. Now that it has just recently arrived, I find that it has become preciouss to me... Pauline Baynes' drawings are just wonderful, suitable for a child or an adult in the same way as "The Hobbit" itself fits both audiences. The hardcover is beautifully decorated and comes covered with a perfectly identical removable softcover. On each odd page you get a bit of the poem, while each even page is illustrated with a large drawing relating to Bilbo's departure from Middle-Earth. On the bottom of every page there is also a small illustration from "The Hobbit" which, as a set, roughly depict the main passages of J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful book.
In the end, I must say that this book truly conveys part of the emotion of "The Lord of The Rings" and "The Hobbit", so it should appeal to anyone who's already a lover of these books.
Comment Comment (1) | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This poem made me cry, 13 Nov 2004
There is a risk, if you have Peter Jackson's epic as your visualisation of Middle-earth, that you might find Ms Baynes' illustrations too primitive; they are the sort you might find in a childrens book. I found them enchanting. The 24 line poem is spread throughout the book with illustrations of Bilbo's last journey with the Elves, meeting Frodo and Sam, then on to the Grey Havens and the Blessed Realm. Illustrations from The Hobbit sit in cameo,like a memory, on each page. In this way, the pictures mingle with the poem and become part of it; the journey experienced as the poem forms and the memory of Bilbo's finest hour. It's almost as if you're inside Bilbo's mind as he journeys to leave Middle-earth forever. This is a great book to give to a Tolkien fan, and to any child who has read The Hobbit, or had it read to them.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Poem., 20 Jan 2004
By A Customer
The poem itself is wonderful. The drowsy inconsistent rhymes somehow making vivid pictures of ships and waves appear in your head.

Aye, the poem itself is very good.

However, I don't feel the illustrations do the poem justice. Tolkien's favourite artist or no, just wasn't to my taste.

Perhaps you will love the pictures that accompany it? But I would buy it anyway just for the poem's sake. Something you should memorise for a nice long walk.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Bilbo's last song
When ordering the book I thought it was going to take a long time to receive, but I actually had it really quickly!! Read more
Published 15 days ago by Munchkin Pingu

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor value for money
Consider when you are buying this that, for the price, you are getting one short poem by Tolkien, plus a few pictures. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2003

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Feedback

Health & Beauty at Amazon.co.uk

Elemis Resurface and Renew Skin Care Gift Set of 4 Products
From soap to shavers, massagers to mascara, stock up on your daily essentials or truly pamper yourself.

›Discover Health & Beauty

  

More From J. R. R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien...

Although The Silmarillion takes place in the same imaginary world as... Read more
£7.99 £4.31

 

Boys Smell

Lynx Africa Body Spray and After Shave Gift set
But we make sure they smell good...

›Discover male grooming at Amazon.co.uk

  

Treat Someone

Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates--available in any amount from £5 to £500 With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

›Learn more about Gift Certificates

  
Ad

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
4.5 out of 5 stars (72)£3.86
 Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga)
Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga) by Stephenie Meyer
4.1 out of 5 stars (457)£6.49
 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
4.1 out of 5 stars (161)£3.99
 The Host
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
4.2 out of 5 stars (80)£3.86

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates