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Scots Charity Shop Staff Stunned to Uncover Rare Edition of The Hobbit

The rare 1968 edition of The Hobbit, one of fewer than 50 surviving copies, sold for a branch record £3,000, generating funds for Oxfam's global poverty efforts.

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The much-loved classic was tucked among a pile of old children’s books

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Staff at charity shop 'thrilled’ as rare edition of The Hobbit fetches £3,000

Staff at a Stirling charity shop have said they are “thrilled” after an extremely rare edition of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit fetched a record…

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Charity shop staff ‘thrilled’ as rare edition of The Hobbit fetches £3,000

The edition of JRR Tolkien’s much-loved classic was among a pile of old children’s books donated to the Oxfam bookshop in Stirling.

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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