Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy .   This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books’ covers.  The rules are fairly simple and can be found here.  Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite.  Simples.  This week the theme is:

All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter

A cover which features gold

It’s almost as though this week’s event has been waiting especially for me.  For those of you who visit here occasionally you’ll no doubt know what my choice is going to be.  I just can’t help it!  I’ve been saving this book and this week’s theme is the perfect fit:

 I actually like all these covers.  The first is the anniversary edition and I think it’s lovely (plus gold topped mountains so it does feature gold!), the middle book is the book I own and I’m familiar with and love – but the end book (which I also own – is just the book that springs to mind immediately when I think of the Hobbit.  Come on, Smaug, is here, with an abundance of gold.  Given the title as well this week’s winner for me is:

Check out next week’s theme which is going to be awesome:

17th June | Better a Witty Fool than a Foolish Wit

A cover which features a fool or jester

“A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.” 
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit