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TCG Letter #492


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Pauline Baynes
Date
3 August 1962
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien sends his reaction to the first pictures produced for the book:
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References
Sotheby's Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts December 2001, Lot. 554 (pp. 264-5)
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
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 627


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