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TCG Letter #1844

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

George Allen & Unwin

Date

7 January 1937

Type

Manuscript/Proof Document

Transcript

Unknown

Tolkien returns a slip to GA&U, likely the publicity piece for The Hobbit.^{Tolkien's text will be used for the jacket of The Hobbit and also in part is used in Horn Book, March-April 1938.[1]}

¹ Tolkien's text will be used for the jacket of The Hobbit and also in part is used in Horn Book, March-April 1938. ↩

Tags

The Hobbit

Publicity

Publishing

Middle-earth

Related Letters

Letter from Stanley Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien • 2 December 1936 (#1839)

Letter from Susan Dagnall to J.R.R. Tolkien • 4 December 1936 (#1840)

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Susan Dagnall • 8 December 1936 (#1841)

Letter from Susan Dagnall to J.R.R. Tolkien • 10 December 1936 (#1842)

References

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 203

See The Hobbit 1st ed. jacket where JRRT's text is used. It is also used for bookseller catalogues.

The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated, pp. 12-3 (See 'On December 4, 1936, Susan Dagnall....' for a version of the publicity text or see The Hobbit 1st ed. jacket.)

This letter is ALS but also contained manuscript/proof documents. "In 1937 alone Tolkien wrote 26 letters to George Allen & Unwin and received 31 letters in return. On Tolkien’s part these were all in handwriting...", Remembrancer, p. 75

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