Letters 
TCG Letter #2126
From
K. M. (Katherine Mary) Kilbride
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
22 December 1937
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
K.M. Kilbride writes to Tolkien asking if he would sign a second printing of The Hobbit for her if she sent one to him.When The Hobbit was published back in September 1937, Tolkien had sent a signed first edition to his family friend, Katherine Mary. See Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to K. M. (Katherine Mary) Kilbride • c. 21 September 1937 (#1980)[1] She had lent the book to a child who had scarlet fever and the book was destroyed. She also praises Tolkien's Beowulf lecture and provides him with personal news.
1 When The Hobbit was published back in September 1937, Tolkien had sent a signed first edition to his family friend, Katherine Mary. See Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to K. M. (Katherine Mary) Kilbride • c. 21 September 1937 (#1980) ↩
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