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TCG Letter #2804

From

W.N. Beard

J.R.R. Tolkien

Date

21 September 1950

Type

Unknown, Manuscript/Proof Document

Transcript

Unknown

W.N. Beard of GA&U sends Tolkien the prefatory note for The Hobbit promised by Stanley Unwin two days previously.

Notes

Stanley Unwin had written on the 19th September informing Tolkien that he would receive a proof, see Letter from Stanley Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien • 19 September 1950 (#2803).

On This Day

Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mr. A.C. Cawley • 15 June 1959 (#397)

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