And now a gallery of covers from The Hobbit, with many thanks to boriel who collected many of these scans into one place for us to enjoy.    The children's version has a hilarious alligator - meets - butterfly for Smaug and a very very tiny Mirkwood spider.  The middle one has artwork by David Wyatt. I like the last one on this page because it is a pop-up book of John Howe's work!