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TCG Letter #409 / Carpenter Letter #161


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
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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