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TCG Letter #199


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Derrick Parnum
Date
2 March 1955
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Among various subjects, Tolkien mentions his health, which has not been good, and the oddness of receiving gifts. He remarks that he was gifted a pair of binoculars after a solitary comment about blackbirds.
Notes
Portions the letter are found in English Literature, History, Private Press, Children's Books and Illustrations.
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References
Sotheby's English Literature, History, Private Press, Children's Books and Illustrations 13 December 2007 Lot 305, p. 230 (The first page (of four) and parts of another are reproduced in a photograph.)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 473-4
Sotheby's, 13 Dec., 2007, Lot. 305


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