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TCG Letter #1981


From
Rütten & Loening Verlag, Potsdam
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
22 July 1938
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
A German publisher is interested in The Hobbit but needs Tolkien to confirm his Aryan descent before proceeding.
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A complete photocopy of this letter was included in a 1987 press packet sent to a Blackwell's executive
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 232


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