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TCG Letter #2671

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Michael George Tolkien

Date

21 May 1965

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien writes to Michael George about the Ace Books controversy, "Pirates have got to work in the U.S.A."

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