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TCG Letter #1442
/ Carpenter Letter #146a
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Allen & Unwin
Date
10 June 1954
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien addresses queries about
The Two Towers
by Allen and Unwin's head reader. Tolkien found the close reading extraordinary.
Notes
A large publisher will have readers who are specially selected for certain types of books, and in
George Allen & Unwin A Remembrancer
by Rayner Unwin, he gives some details on how readers were selected.
see p. 42 (original ed.) onwards for details of how Stanley Unwin worked with new submissions.
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see p. 42 (original ed.) onwards for details of how Stanley Unwin worked with new submissions.
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References
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, p. 273
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 457
George Allen & Unwin A Remembrancer
, p. 42 onwards
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
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