This looks like it's connected with this sale here - http://www.ebay.com/itm/JRR-Tolkien-P ... tible&hash=item23273e770b

Yes, I have two copies of Exodus and both have that number. Don't know what it means though. I'm afraid I can't afford a Hobbit with wrapper, but I would like to see more photos.

Thanks for that, Elwe - an interesting pair of lots. I was interested to see that there's a stamped number (202) on the back of the boards of Exodus - hadn't noticed that before.

Seems the suntimes writer hasn't heard of Kipling -

'I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.'

But then Kipling didn't have google - here's something a bit more informative.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/po ... 2d-a565-16e3a241f6c3.html

Click on the photo and you get two more.

So, he messed around with a photo on his computer and he wants money for it? here's what he has to say -

"I was at an art fair and a Nice Guy from Mew York Came by and commissioned "something Lord Of The Rings" so this is what I came up with and then made some prints to share the love. Ive read all the books, and have always been a fan, so Im very glad this piece was commissioned."