Tolkien first editions are a charity shop winner
A CHARITY-shop manager expressed amazement yesterday after receiving a set of the first edition of Lord of the Rings handed over by an anonymous customer.
Jo Wheatley, the manager of the Oxfam shop in Colchester, Essex, said the mysterious donor handed over the rare JRR Tolkien volumes in a carrier bag full of other books.
"It was amazing, particularly because they had been given to us apparently anonymously in a carrier bag full of ordinary books. Sometimes when people come in with valuable donations they announce that they have something very special to give us, but in this case nothing was said," Ms Wheatley said.
It was not until the bag was unpacked that its precious contents were uncovered.
An Oxfam book specialist has valued the collection at 500 and a buyer has been found.
All three books, which cost 21 shillings (1.05), when they were first published in 1961, have their original covers and are in good condition.
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