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TCG Letter #690

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Mary Fairburn

Date

4 September 1968

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

A letter to Mary Fairburn about her illustrations for The Lord of the Rings - he has not yet shown her drawings to Rayner Unwin. He doesn't think an illustrated edition is forthcoming, but he would like to purchase some of her paintings.

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Fan art

The Lord of the Rings

References

book

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 768

book

Borne on the Wind, p. 436

note

Paul Tankard, "An unknown vision of Middle-earth" The Times Literary Supplement 14 September 2012.

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