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TCG Letter #15 / Carpenter Letter #15
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
C.A. Furth
Date
31 August 1937
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien sends the last two colour drawings for the American edition of The Hobbit and asks GA&U to send it on to Houghton Mifflin. he also asks about a fee, no matter how small would help him out.
He also encloses comments on the dustjacket flap copy for The Hobbit including errors and includes a revised version of the blurb.
The 2023 Revised edition of Letters adds three sentences at the end where Tolkien tries to ease the blow of critiquing Furth's drafted dust-jacket blurb.
He also encloses comments on the dustjacket flap copy for The Hobbit including errors and includes a revised version of the blurb.
The 2023 Revised edition of Letters adds three sentences at the end where Tolkien tries to ease the blow of critiquing Furth's drafted dust-jacket blurb.
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