GUEST: My parents bought it me for my 12th or 13th birthday. Soon after that, a friend of my parents was going down to Oxford to meet with a friend of his who was a friend of Tolkien's.
APPRAISER: I see.
GUEST: And he said he would get it signed. Soon after I got it back, I wrote a letter to Professor Tolkien thanking him for signing it. Unfortunately, soon after that he died, but I did get a letter back from his publisher saying that he had had a chance...
APPRAISER: Which is this one here, yes.
GUEST: ...to read my letter before he died.
APPRAISER: It's preceded by a one-volume edition, in 1968, which was a paperback edition.
GUEST: Mm.
APPRAISER: This one has been well-preserved, and with the presence of a letter, and because of the personal inscription for you, a retail price might be as high as $12,000.
GUEST: Mm...
APPRAISER: Thanks very much indeed for bringing it in.
GUEST: Thank you.
