It didn't come from the mines of Erebor, but it's definitely worth a fortune. A first edition copy of "The Hobbit" sold for £137,000 (nearly $210,000) at a Sotheby's auction in London earlier this week, more than doubling the previous record for a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's first novel. The book had been given to one of his former students, Katherine Kilbride, in 1937. The Guardian notes that Tolkien inscribed it with a poem in Old English, which roughly translates to: "There is many a thing in t...
First Edition Of 'The Hobbit' Sets Record Price For J.R.R. Tolkien's Novel
The Huffington Post - 5 Jun 2015 23:57
It didn't come from the mines of Erebor, but it's definitely worth a fortune. A first edition copy of "The Hobbit" sold for £137,000 (nearly $210,000) at a Sotheby's auction in London earlier this week, more than doubling the previous record for a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien's first novel. The book had been given to one of his former students, Katherine Kilbride, in 1937. The Guardian notes that Tolkien inscribed it with a poem in Old English, which roughly translates to: "There is many a thing in t...
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