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BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833 <br />
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A candid letter by J.R.R Tolkien describing what hobbits should look like has emerged for sale for £15,000. (18,000euros)<br />
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The Lord of the Rings creator tells an illustrator they should be 'absolutely ordinary human beings' and 'not too childlike'.<br />
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He adds that characters like Bilbo Baggins need to have 'a neat goatee' or 'buskin of hair' in the 1956 correspondence.<br />
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The two page handwritten letter, addressed to a Miss Sykes, is going under the hammer with auctioneers Hermitage Fine Art, of Monaco.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833
Pic: HermitageFineArt/BNPS

A candid letter by J.R.R Tolkien describing what hobbits should look like has emerged for sale for £15,000. (18,000euros)

The Lord of the Rings creator tells an illustrator they should be 'absolutely ordinary human beings' and 'not too childlike'.

He adds that characters like Bilbo Baggins need to have 'a neat goatee' or 'buskin of hair' in the 1956 correspondence.

The two page handwritten letter, addressed to a Miss Sykes, is going under the hammer with auctioneers Hermitage Fine Art, of Monaco.