Letters 
TCG Letter #1109
From
Stanley Unwin
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
15th December 1937
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Stanley writes to Tolkien with news that the first edition of The Hobbit has sold and a new printing will be issued almost immediately. He notes that Tolkien's manuscriptsSee Letter from Stanley Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien • 28 October 1937 (#2097)[1] that had been sent to GA&U will be returned seperately.See Hammond/Scull, Chronology, p. 222 and pp. 844-5 for more details on the manuscripts and how they were handled while being considered by GA&U for publication.[2] Unwin also quotes to Tolkien a positive note from Arthur Ransome about The Hobbit.
This letter is briefly quoted from in The History of the Hobbit.
The letter is held in the Tolkien-George Allen & Unwin Archives, HarperCollins.
This letter is briefly quoted from in The History of the Hobbit.
The letter is held in the Tolkien-George Allen & Unwin Archives, HarperCollins.
2 See Hammond/Scull, Chronology, p. 222 and pp. 844-5 for more details on the manuscripts and how they were handled while being considered by GA&U for publication. ↩
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