TCG Letter #1872

C. A. Furth informs Tolkien that a US publisher is interested in publishing The Hobbit and they would like to add four colour illustrations to the book. They have suggested a good American artist for the work but GA&U feel that it would be better if all of the artwork was from Tolkien's hand. He recalls seeing some more artwork when he visited Tolkien.^{Noted by Hammond/Scull as "presumably from his visit of 27 Fenruary".[1]} He asks Tolkien to send five or six of them and GA&U will forward them onto the American publisher.

This letter is held at the Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, at HarperCollins.