More than 50 years after his death, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy masterpieces never cease to enchant audiences around the world. Now, a rare first edition of Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” has been sold for £43 ...

A rare first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" sold for 43,000 pounds ($57,000) at auction on Wednesday, after it was found during a house clearance in southwest England. Purchased by a private ...

A pristine copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit has sold at auction for a record £137,000 (just over $213,000 US), more than double the record for the previous record, set in 2008. One reason for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. On August 4, 2025, the New York Time reported that a first edition copy of ...

A pristine copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit just sold for roughly $57,000 in England. The volume is a rare first-edition copy illustrated by the author. Staffers at the Bath auction house ...

A “rare” first edition of JRR Tolkien book The Hobbit discovered during a house clearance in Bristol has sold at auction for £43,000. It is one of only 1,500 copies printed in September 1937, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A first-edition copy of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is set to be auctioned off and is expected to fetch thousands. The first edition was published in 1937 and kicked off a franchise ...

You’ll need more than a few silver coins to snag this literary treasure. An extremely rare first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary 1937 work The Hobbit has just hit the block via U.K. house ...

While assessing the contents of a house in Bristol, England, after its owner had died, Auctioneum book specialist Caitlin Riley discovered one of the most valuable and significant rare books in modern ...

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