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TCG Letter #202


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Miss Turnbull
Date
19 May 1955
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Thanking Miss Turnbull for a gift and mention that he has sent off the last items (proofs) for The Return of the King.
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References
Sotheby's English Literature and History 18 July 1991, lot 359 (along with letter dated 2 May)
Facebook post
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 480
Tolkien Signed Letter For Auction December 11, tolkienguide entry, 5 December, 2011
Catalogue 16 of R.A. Gekoski, London, Lot. 108


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