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TCG Letter #1448 / Carpenter Letter #166a

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Rayner Unwin

Date

27 July 1955

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien informs Rayner that he will be in "Gondor", Italy, for a few days, but doubts that anything urgent will come up while he is away.

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