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TCG Letter #580 / Carpenter Letter #206

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Rayner Unwin

Date

8 April 1958

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien describes in great detail his trip to Rotterdam.

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References

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 383-84, p. 627 (Carpenter notes)

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 265-66, p. 447 (Carpenter notes)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 552

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 393-4, p. 638 (notas de Carpenter)

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

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