'Astonishingly rare' The Hobbit book sells for 'record-breaking' sum
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Clara BullockBBC News, SomersetChloe HarcombeBBC News, West of EnglandBook found during clear-out fetches £43,000 at auctionAn "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 discovered without a dustcover on a bookcase during a home clearance in Bristol.It was sold to…
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