TCG Letter #24 / Carpenter Letter #21

Originally published as just a fragment of a letter, asking if Rayner Unwin was interested to read the "sequel to The Hobbit".

In the revised 2023 edition of Letters, the entire letter is reproduced. Tolkien asks for four more copies of The Hobbit . While on vacation he has been unwell and spent most of the time “laid up”.^{In Carpenter #22: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth • 4 February 1938 (#25) Tolkien confirms he has received the copies of The Hobbit.[1]}