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TCG Letter #1471 / Carpenter Letter #222b


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Rayner Unwin
Date
12 February 1960
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien tells Rayner that he is getting to his work on the translations of Sir Gawain and Pearl, in addition to The Silmarillion, however the arrival of the proofs of Ancrene Wisse have delayed those plans.
Notes
Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull noteChronology, p. 584[1] that Tolkien notes that he is pleased the photographs he sent to Rayner were suitable, and asks that the photographerTaken at the Fellows' Quadrangle of Merton College, July, 1958 by Leslie Stanley.[2] be acknowledged.
1 Chronology, p. 584 ↩
2 Taken at the Fellows' Quadrangle of Merton College, July, 1958 by Leslie Stanley. ↩
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