The Day The Hobbit First Reached Readers
On September 21, 1937, an Oxford professor's bedtime story about a reluctant hobbit named Bilbo Baggins reached bookshops in a first printing of just 1,500 copies — and sold out within months.
On September 21
On September 21, 1937, an Oxford professor's bedtime story about a reluctant hobbit named Bilbo Baggins reached bookshops in a first printing of just 1,500 copies — and sold out within months.