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From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Alexis Levitin

Date

9 December 1956

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien writes to Mr Levitin and states he is too old and too busy to appear in magazines. Alexis Levitin founded and edited The Quest Magazine.

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Carpenter #137b: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin • 5 June 1953 (#1424)

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