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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

All 13 dwarves (and 1 hobbit) lined up for a press conference for Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. So here they are for the first time, and on video, together: the stars of ...

While The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has yet to arrive in theaters, Entertainment Weekly already has the first look at the sequel. Earlier today, EW.com released the first image for The Hobbit: the ...