Letters 
TCG Letter #1486 / Carpenter Letter #282a
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Rayner Unwin
Date
29 December 1965
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien shoots down any idea of a "Tolkien Award" by Ace Books, and suspects that this is just a way for them to make themselves feel better about denying him royalties. He then makes a great analogy involving pirates to illustrate his point.
In a portion not included in this newly published portionChronology, p. 684[1] Tolkien notes that he is housebound with a very bad cold.
This letter is held at the 'Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, HarperCollins'.
In a portion not included in this newly published portionChronology, p. 684[1] Tolkien notes that he is housebound with a very bad cold.
This letter is held at the 'Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, HarperCollins'.
1 Chronology, p. 684 ↩
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