Mark Faith Books has the honour of selling  the personal research library of John Garth, author of the literary biography Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. The book has been hailed as “very much the best book about J.R.R Tolkien that has yet been written”.  Due to a family move, John regrettably must sell most of his library and we are endeavouring to sell it complete. Each book will be signed and inscribed as from his research library. This is a rare opportunity to acquire the complete research material used in producing such an important book. Please ask for further details.  Search for Tolkien books and those signed by John will be noted in the description.

FOR IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT

MFB has sold the second most expensive Hobbit ever; a signed Hobbit for £53,000 setting a new benchmark for a signed book. The book was inscribed by Tolkien while staying with Jack Bennett, a friend and former colleague from Oxford. J.A.W. "Jack" Bennett (1911-81) succeeded C.S. Lewis as Professor of Medieval & Renaissance English at Cambridge. Mark Faith who sold the book said: “this signed Hobbit will be one of the show pieces for the largest private Tolkien collection to be shown to the public. Details to be announced.