A rare first edition of The Hobbit has fetched an eye-watering £43,000 at auction.
The copy of JRR Tolkien's 1937 book was found on a bookcase at a home in Bristol during a routine house clearance.
It is one of only 1,500 copies initially printed in September 1937 and had never come onto the open market before.
Although it didn't have its dustjacket the copy was in almost immaculate condition.
It had been expected to fetch about £10,000 at the auction in Bath but attracted huge interest which drove the price up.
