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TCG Letter #320


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Denis and Joyce Tolhurst
Date
24 March 1973
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien talks about his loss of Edith and offers to send them an Indian-Paper edition of The Lord of the Rings, which he will sign.
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Sotheby's - English Literature, History, Fine Bindings, Private Press Books, Children’s Books, Illustrated Books and Drawings 10 July 2003, 473 (p.296) consists of an inscribed 1967 set of The Lord of the Rings, together with an embellished, handwritten copy of I Sit Beside The Fire in Tolkien's calligraphic script. The page of verse is reproduced in a small photograph. The copy of The Fellowship of the Ring is dedicated to the Tolhursts and includes an inscription in Latin: "hoc opus Dominae amabili loscelinae in honorem inscripsit auctor Reginualdus".


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