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[Hookbill the Goomba]

My Great granddad was a Tolkien fan, he had a second edition of the hobbit, it has the old Gollum story in it, the book itself is in awful condition as my G-granddad took it everywhere with him. My Granddad paid little attention to it until I became a Tolkien fan, so it did not get too badly damaged in the years he had it. I have taken it to someone who could price it, he said that depending on who was there it could fetch around £100 (That’s $180 for all you Americans) but that is only because of the fact that the spine is quite frayed.

As I was saying, the Gollum part is much different. When you read it, you see how the new version doesn’t seem to fit to Tolkiens style in the previous chapters. I only noticed this when i read it, the newer version seems darker, and Bilbo's character is more deceitful, you don’t feel as sorry for him as you do in the old version. Any way, I will read that part again to refresh my memory at some point and post any thing that is interesting.