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TCG Letter #409 / Carpenter Letter #161

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Rayner Unwin

Date

14 April 1955

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien expresses frustration with creating a map for The Lord of the Rings.

Notes

As an interesting aside, one of the manuscript pages for the corrections to Book VI, Chapter 2 Tolkien sent to Rayner Unwin with this letter, was sold at auction in 2018.

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References

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 210

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 477

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 308

Christie's auction page, 4 December 2018, Autograph manuscript, headed "The Lord of the Rings III," being late revisions to Return of the King, book six, chapter two, n.p. [spring 1955], Hammer price $81,250 before buyer's premium

J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350

Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 318

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Carpenter #325: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Roger Lancelyn Green • 17 July 1971 (#420)

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