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TCG Letter #293 / Carpenter Letter #126


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Milton Waldman
Date
10 March 1950
Type
Draft
Transcript
Partial
Unwin wants to break up Tolkien's "monstrous Saga", and Tolkien hopes Unwin will let the project go, so Tolkien can publish The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion elsewhere. Farmer Giles sales are only 2000 copies. Tolkien mentions Priscilla and that she will write to Milton soon.
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 139-40, p. 442 (Carpenter note)
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii37, p. 359
The Making of the Lord of the Rings booklet, Rayner Unwin, p. 2
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 208-9, p. 630 (notas de Carpenter)


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