Not the sightest Inkling...

I've been flicking through Ahistory 3rd edition, which I got for my birthday (yes, I know the three volume[!!] 4th edition exists) and I was wondering if anyone knew where Lance Parkin and Lars Pearson got the curious idea (which wasn't in the 2nd edition) that the guy who gave Benny a signed first edition of The Hobbit at her wedding was obviously J.R.R. himself? Unlike many theories in the book, they don't explain it; they seem to assume it's self evident. But I don't think so.
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