A rare book auction is set to feature a slew of literary treasures, including a handwritten autographed letter J.R.R. Tolkien wrote to an enthusiastic reader, a first-edition set of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible
The two-page, handwritten, autographed letter from Tolkien to an enthusiastic reader dates back to the 1950s and is one of many centerpiece offerings in the auction running through July 28. The current bid for the letter is $5,000.
Heritage is also auctioning off a first-edition set of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including the books' original illustrated first-state dust jackets. The current bid for the set is $18,000. The page from the first volume of the Gutenberg Bible is currently at $33,000. The watermarked page is from I Kings 29:6-31:12.
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