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TCG Letter #1945
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
C.A. Furth
Date
?9 July 1937
Type
Unknown, Manuscript/Proof Document
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien writes to Furth of GA&U. He agrees that the revised binding would do. He had hoped that the 'wavy line' would be transfromed into something and mentions that he tried to find an "ornamental dragon-form" to include. He returns the binding with letter and agrees to its use.
He asks Furth is the "Americans"Houghton Mifflin Co.[1] but notes that he has not doen any firther work on illustrations.Hammond/Scull note that Tolkien does not wait to hear if HMCo. want more illustrations and begisn to produce preliminary sketches.[2]
Tolkien also provides the name of the eidtor of the Oxford Magazine. Russel Meiggs, at Keble College to whom a copy of The Hobbit should be sent.History of the Hobbit, pp. 888-9[3]
This letter is held at the Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, at HarperCollins.
He asks Furth is the "Americans"Houghton Mifflin Co.[1] but notes that he has not doen any firther work on illustrations.Hammond/Scull note that Tolkien does not wait to hear if HMCo. want more illustrations and begisn to produce preliminary sketches.[2]
Tolkien also provides the name of the eidtor of the Oxford Magazine. Russel Meiggs, at Keble College to whom a copy of The Hobbit should be sent.History of the Hobbit, pp. 888-9[3]
This letter is held at the Tolkien–George Allen & Unwin archive, at HarperCollins.
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