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TCG Letter #2152
From
Houghton Mifflin Co.
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
17 May 1938
Type
Autograph Document
Transcript
Unknown
Houghton Mifflin Co. send Tolkien a cheque for $250 for being awarded first prize in the New York Herald Tribune book awards. The Hobbit had won first prize in their best Children's Book For Spring. He will use the money to pay an outstanding doctors bill.
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