A rare handwritten letter J R R Tolkien sent to a schoolboy is set to fetch £10,000 at auction. ... Letter penned by Hobbit and Lord of the Rings author Tolkien could fetch £10,000 at Kent auction.

A letter which JRR Tolkien wrote to an eight-year-old reader more than 60 years ago has sold for £8,000 at auction. The Hobbit author wrote to Christopher Howard at Christmas in 1961 at his home ...

In the letter to Tolkien, his firm explained that before it could start work on a German version of The Hobbit, they had to ensure Tolkien's "Aryan descent," i.e., make sure he had no Jewish ancestry.

A "touching" letter JRR Tolkien wrote to an eight-year-old reader more than 60 years ago is to be sold at auction. The Lord of the Rings author wrote to Christopher Howard at Christmas in 1961 at ...