A first edition of 'The Hobbit' signed by author J.R.R. Tolkien has sold for £137,000 at auction. This is more than double the world record for a first edition of the novel.
The Tolkien Illustrated Series is special because all of the full-color illustrations and sketches throughout each book were drawn by the author himself while he penned the manuscripts that would ...
You'll get two fold-out, poster-sized maps of Thror's Map and the Wilderland, an 88-page illustrated booklet, an art card reproduction of the painting Tolkien made for The Hobbit's original dust ...
Embracer snapped up the Tolkien IP in 2022 for $395 million. By far the biggest drop across Embracer’s stable was in its PC/console games division, which saw a net sales decrease of 46%.
Halfway through the Second World War, Oxford scholar J. R. R. Tolkien found himself inside a storm of discouragement and self-doubt. In 1937, shortly after the publication of his children’s ...
First published in 1865, the initial print run was withdrawn before it hit shelves because illustrator John Tenniel was “entirely dissatisfied with the printing of the pictures.” Just 23 copies are ...