Jesse Cochran: Alright guys, here is my very second book-related addition to my digital museum!
What you see here is a very first edit
Alright guys, here is my very second book-related addition to my digital museum!
What you see here is a very first edition of the well known book by J.R.R. Tolkien, called The Hobbit. Published in 1937, it was one of those books where fantasy met adventure in a very unique way. The opening sentence of this book, "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," captivated many readers worldwide, wondering what on earth a "hobbit" was.
When Tolkien was a professor in the 1920s, he found a blank sheet of paper, and he randomly wrote that exact sentence down, but he tossed it away temporarily. He kept telling the book's story to his sons before their bedtimes, and was asked (I forgot by who) to write the entire story down. He typed a manuscript of it, and that manuscript got into the hands of someone very interested in the story who recommended it to a book publisher, who then asked for the manuscript himself. I did read that Tolkien was due for an errand out of town, so he asked one of his sons (hopefully one who heard the story via bedtime) to retype the entire manuscript as a backup (I don't know if he was paid for it but hopefully he was), so Tolkien could submit the novel without worrying about losing the original. After reading the manuscript, it was decided that it be published, so Tolkien took it upon himself to also illustrate the cover, the maps, and a few other elements to the book, and the rest is history.
I did hear that this exact edition sold at an auction for approximately $200,000 in British pounds, but I think the price part of that story was probably a myth.
Jesse Cochran: Alright guys, here is my very second book-related addition to my digital museum! What you see here is a very first editi
Alright guys, here is my very second book-related addition to my digital museum! What you see here is a very first edition of the well known book by J.R.R. Tolkien, called The Hobbit. Published in 1937, it was one of those books where fantasy met adventure in a very unique way. The opening sentence of this book, "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit," captivated many readers worldwide, wondering what on earth a "hobbit" was. When Tolkien was a professor in the 1920s, he found a blank sheet of paper, and he randomly wrote that exact sentence down, but he tossed it away temporarily. He kept telling the book's story to his sons before their bedtimes, and was asked (I forgot by who) to write the entire story down. He typed a manuscript of it, and that manuscript got into the hands of someone very interested in the story who recommended it to a book publisher, who then asked for the manuscript himself. I did read that Tolkien was due for an errand out of town, so he asked one of his sons (hopefully one who heard the story via bedtime) to retype the entire manuscript as a backup (I don't know if he was paid for it but hopefully he was), so Tolkien could submit the novel without worrying about losing the original. After reading the manuscript, it was decided that it be published, so Tolkien took it upon himself to also illustrate the cover, the maps, and a few other elements to the book, and the rest is history. I did hear that this exact edition sold at an auction for approximately $200,000 in British pounds, but I think the price part of that story was probably a myth.
