TCG Letter #349

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Miss A. Munro-Kerr

Date

6 September 1955

Type

Autograph Document Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien submits a handwritten application and cover letter to join The Society of Authors. He gives his full name, signature, occupation, and a handwritten list of books published, periodicals that have published his submissions, and radio scripts that were performed.

Notes

Tolkien had been invited more than five years previously, see Letter from Society of Authors to J.R.R. Tolkien • 7 March 1950 (#2749)

The front of this form appeared in Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents Including Sections of Continental and Music Manuscripts auction 29-30 June 1982 as Lot 414.

Tags

Official Document

The Society of Authors

Related Letters

Letter from Society of Authors to J.R.R. Tolkien • 7 March 1950 (#2749)

References

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 500

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Dii52, p. 362

Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents Including Sections of Continental and Music Manuscripts, 29-30 June 1982, lot 414

Paul C. Richards Autographs, Catalogue 211, 1986, item 239

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