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TCG Letter #119
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Leila Keene and Pat Kirke
Date
3 August 1943
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien wrote this long letter to two schoolgirls, Leila Keane and Patricia Kirke who were both very enthusiastic about hobbits, in reply to their questions about runes, he explains to them about runes in our world, in The Hobbit, and in the yet to be published Lord of the Rings, also about the different writing systems and languages in Middle-earth and how he has presented them in his stories.
Reproduced in Sotheby's Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Ephemera, Performing Arts & Related Drawings 4 May 1995.
The letter was auctioned at Christies Valuable and Important Books and Manuscripts from the Library of Edward R. Leahy 6 October 2022.
Reproduced in Sotheby's Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Ephemera, Performing Arts & Related Drawings 4 May 1995.
The letter was auctioned at Christies Valuable and Important Books and Manuscripts from the Library of Edward R. Leahy 6 October 2022.
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