A vintage BBC recording of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit has been unearthed on a Tyne and Wear Metro line.

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Hobart woman Renee Woodleigh is selling a 1937 edition of JRR Tolkien's classic The Hobbit. She says it is a first edition, which a rare book specialist says could "absolutely" be true. A Tasmanian ...

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The book’s discovery would be a once-in-a-lifetime moment for any rare books specialist. While out on a routine appraisal of the contents of a home in Bristol, England, Caitlin Riley spotted an ...

Book found during clear-out fetches £43,000 at auction 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 ...

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 ...

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