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TCG Letter #288


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Charles Blackwood
Date
3 May 1957
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
A letter to a young fan named Charles Blackwood. Discusses runes, Tolkien remarks that he did not invent the runes in The Hobbit.

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