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TCG Letter #615 / Carpenter Letter #240
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Pauline Baynes
Date
1 August 1962
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Pauline Baynes, who was illustrating The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, pointed out that the typescript of the title poem described Tom as wearing a peacock’s feather in his hat, but the version in the galley-proofs had the reading ‘a swan-wing feather’.
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