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TCG Letter #200


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Miss Turnbull
Date
2 May 1955
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Writing to Miss Turnbull, Tolkien says that he has not had time to reply to her long letter as he is "en-meshed with business" and the final pieces of The Return of the King.
Notes
The letter was quoted in Sotheby's English Literature and History 18 July 1991 and a picture was published which sadly is impossible to read from the lower portion of given it is covered by an auction page.
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References
Tolkien Gateway entry
Sotheby's English Literature and History 18 July 1991, lot 359 (along with letter dated 19 May)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 478
Catalogue 16 of R.A. Gekoski, London, Lot. 108


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