The Irish Times

‘Astonishingly rare’ first edition of The Hobbit sells at auction for nearly €50,000

A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit that was found during a house clearance has sold at auction for £43,000 (€49,250). Bought by a private collector in the UK, the book is one of 1,500 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Rare First-Edition Copy of ‘The Hobbit’ Found in English Home Sells for Nearly $60,000

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 ...
BBC

Rare copy of The Hobbit sells for 'record-breaking' sum

An "astonishingly rare" first edition of The Hobbit has sold for a "record-breaking" £43,000 at auction. The copy of JRR Tolkien's novel is one of only 1,500 copies that were printed in 1937. It was ...