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TCG Letter #15 / Carpenter Letter #15
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
C.A. Furth (Allen & Unwin)
Date
31 August 1937
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien sends the last two colour drawings for the American edition of The Hobbit and asks GA&U to send it on to Houghton Mifflin. he also asks about a fee, no matter how small would help him out.
He also encloses comments on the dustjacket flap copy for The Hobbit including errors and includes a revised version of the blurb.
The 2023 Revised edition of Letters adds three sentences at the end where Tolkien tries to ease the blow of critiquing Furth's drafted dust-jacket blurb.
He also encloses comments on the dustjacket flap copy for The Hobbit including errors and includes a revised version of the blurb.
The 2023 Revised edition of Letters adds three sentences at the end where Tolkien tries to ease the blow of critiquing Furth's drafted dust-jacket blurb.
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