13 Jan, 2019
2019-1-13 11:40:23 PM UTC
Hi all, I thought I'd share this with you all.
My Uncle, Mom's Brother, wrote to Tolkien in the 70s presumably asking about Hobbits anyway this was the reply. I know JRRT never signed it and was likely done by a secretary but it's a nice piece of history and even nicer that he gave it to me and his 1st edition Copy of the Silmarillion where it is kept between the pages as it was in reference to that book.
13 Jan, 2019
2019-1-13 11:46:15 PM UTC
Thanks for sharing! Definitely a "secretary" signature there, but still a very nice piece of memorabilia.
13 Jan, 2019
2019-1-13 11:49:33 PM UTC
Thanks, It must have drove him crazy all the fans contacting him. If I recall Humphrey Carpenter wrote about fans calling from Australia and ignoring the timezone so he'd be woken at stupid o'clock in the morning.
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 7:21:33 AM UTC
Nice item, especially as you have a family connection to it.
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 7:58:22 AM UTC
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 1:28:19 PM UTC
Wow that was ages ago, I forgot about that. I had an old account years ago, long since forgot the log in. A combination of the 2 user names is my name, its on facebook too.
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 1:44:40 PM UTC
that's odd - the old thread shows 'pp' in front of the signature, but those letters are missing from the letter in this thread.
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 7:08:07 PM UTC
garm wrote:
that's odd - the old thread shows 'pp' in front of the signature, but those letters are missing from the letter in this thread.
Odd indeed!
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 7:08:22 PM UTC
Mmmmm ??? So what happened there then
14 Jan, 2019
2019-1-14 8:13:31 PM UTC
Paulies wrote:
Wow that was ages ago, I forgot about that. I had an old account years ago, long since forgot the log in. A combination of the 2 user names is my name, its on facebook too.
I've merged the old account into your current one together for you on this site.
I'm curious as well, did something happen to the PP on the letter, or was it removed digitally in the new image?
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