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TCG Letter #1844


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
George Allen & Unwin
Date
7 January 1937
Type
Manuscript/Proof Document
Transcript
Unknown
Tolkien returns a slip to GA&U, likely the publicity piece for The Hobbit.Tolkien's text will be used for the jacket of The Hobbit and also in part is used in Horn Book, March-April 1938.[1]

1 Tolkien's text will be used for the jacket of The Hobbit and also in part is used in Horn Book, March-April 1938.
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See The Hobbit 1st ed. jacket where JRRT's text is used. It is also used for bookseller catalogues.
The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Updated, pp. 12-3 (See 'On December 4, 1936, Susan Dagnall....' for a version of the publicity text or see The Hobbit 1st ed. jacket.)
This letter is ALS but also contained manuscript/proof documents. "In 1937 alone Tolkien wrote 26 letters to George Allen & Unwin and received 31 letters in return. On Tolkien’s part these were all in handwriting...", Remembrancer, p. 75


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