First edition of 'The Hobbit' sold for 137,000
June 05, 2015 01:00
A first edition of 'The Hobbit' accompanied by a handwritten note in Elvish by British author JRR Tolkien was sold by Sotheby's at auction today for USD 2,11,000.
The book was a gift from the author and is dedicated to Miss Katherine ("Kitty") Kilbride, one of his first students at Leeds University in the 1920s.