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TCG Letter #126


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
G.E. Selby
Date
7 July 1946
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
Tolkien sends Selby a postcard, discussing the erroneous reports that he has retired. He and Edith had recently been on vacation. Tolkien expresses the hope that with Wrenn as Oxford Professor of Anglo-Saxon, and a new colleague in the Merton chair of English Literature, he will be relieved of some of his academic duties and have time to write again.
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References
Sotheby's Catalogue of Printed Books, Manuscripts and Music 27 May and 10 June 1986
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Dii36, p. 359; Dii41, p. 360; Dii63, p. 364
Maggs Bros, Autograph Letters & Historical Documents, Catalogue 1086 (1988), item 168
Sotheby's Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions, Presentation Copies, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts 28-29 July 1977 Lot 539


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