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TCG Letter #489

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Pauline Baynes

Date

23 November 1961

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien notes the evolution of the The Adventure's of Tom Bombadil,

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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Poems

References

Sotheby's, 2002, Lot. 789

Sotheby's Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts December 2001, Lot. 554 (pp. 264-5)

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 613

This letter, along with three others, were sold on Sotheby's in the early 2000s but I no longer have that link, which is suspected long dead.

Sotheby's catalogue details on TolkienBooks.net

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