TCG Letter #1615

C.T. Onions writing to John Johnson of the Oxford University Press asks about the position which is being taken by the press in relation to the proposed 'student' edition of Sir Gawain and thr Green Knight. Leeds has agreed to help rotograph^{A rotograph is the method of creating a black and white transfer of a manuscript or book when bromide paper is used to create a like for like black and white replica of the material.[1]} a facsimile of the original manuscript to help Tolkien and E.V. Gordon with their edition of the text. He will later decide that the book should not exceed 160 pages.