JRR Tolkien letter to fan expected to fetch thousands at auction
The author of The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings, wrote to his young fan a few days after Christmas in 1961.
The author of The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings, wrote to his young fan a few days after Christmas in 1961.
A rare first edition of JRR Tolkien's novel found inside a box of books in a charity shop has fetched £6,000 at an auction in Oxfordshire.
Records reveal The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit might never have been written had JRR Tolkien not fallen ill with “trench fever”