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TCG Letter #187


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Stanley Unwin
Date
30 April 1954
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien writes to Stanley Unwin regarding Richard Hughes's opinion of The Lord of the Rings.
Notes
Excerpts appears in Sotheby's Catalogue of Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions, Presentation Copies, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts, London, 16-17 July 1973.
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References
Sotheby's Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions, Presentation Copies, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts. 16-17 July 1973 Lot 757
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 452
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Dii23, pp. 356-7


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