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TCG Letter #135
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Miss R.W. How
Date
12 November 1949
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien notes the progress with having two large books, one being The Lord of the Rings, published. It has been accepted and is almost finished. Hammond/Scull note that the second must be The Silmarillion.
Quotes were published from the letter in Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 21-22 July 1980.
Listed in M. Hime, "Ink and Lead" catalogue, 1980 - item #31 which also had an inscribed first edition of Farmer Giles of Ham to Miss R.W. How on the same date. In the letter Tolkien hopes the book will entertain Miss How. He mentions that the book is based on a family game he played with his children near Oxford.
Quotes were published from the letter in Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 21-22 July 1980.
Listed in M. Hime, "Ink and Lead" catalogue, 1980 - item #31 which also had an inscribed first edition of Farmer Giles of Ham to Miss R.W. How on the same date. In the letter Tolkien hopes the book will entertain Miss How. He mentions that the book is based on a family game he played with his children near Oxford.
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