TCG Letter #128

Carpenter #111a: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • 30 September 1947 (#1036)

The History of the Hobbit: One Volume Edition, pp. 756-7

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 342

Marquette archive details., See 7/1/6

Listed for sale by Maggs Rare Books at £9500 in early 2005 through late 2007

The Ring of Words, p. xi

British Library Photocopy RP8402

Christies 20th Century Books and Manuscripts, Lot 36. 2 Dec 2003, Sold for 3,824, Lot 36 (p.24 in catalogue) - A four page letter to Jennifer Paxman, dated 26 September 1947. The extracts quoted in the lot description include, amongst other things, mentions of dissatisfaction with Allen & Unwin; errors in The Hobbit; languages, alphabets and names in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings; and differences between editions of The Hobbit. One page of the letter is reproduced in a photograph.

TolkienBooks entry for Christie's auction catalogue.