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TCG Letter #2603

From

Elizabeth Lumsden

To

Rayner Unwin

Date

25 October 1960

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien's secretary, Elizabeth Lumsden, writes to Rayner Unwin at Tolkien's request to ask if he knows the editor of Time and Tide. Tolkien has a story he would like to submit.^{The Bovadium Fragments[1]}

¹ The Bovadium Fragments ↩

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George Allen and Unwin

The Bovadium Fragments

The End of Bovadium

Tolkien-George Allen & Unwin archive, HarperCollins

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Letter from Elizabeth Lumsden to J.R.R. Tolkien • 25 October 1960 (#2604)

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Letter from Elizabeth Lumsden to J.R.R. Tolkien • 28 October 1960 (#2605)

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References

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The Bovadium Fragments: Together with ‘The Origin of Bovadium’ by Richard Ovenden O.B.E, p. xiii

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 593

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