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TCG Letter #507 / Carpenter Letter #246


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Eileen Elgar
Date
22 September 1963
Type
Autograph/Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien answers questions about The Lord of the Rings, especially regarding the failure of Frodo.

An excerpt from the letter has appeared in Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984 and Beyond Bree issue for May 1985.

Marquette archives have a partial transcript along with the auction advertisement. The original letter was typed with a handwritten post script.
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 325-33, p. 450 (Carpenter notes)
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii59, p. 363
Pity, Power, and Tolkien's Ring: To Rule the Fate of Many, p. 5, p. 7, p. 45, p. 55, p. 72, p. 110, p. 134, p. 166, p. 205, p. 207, p. 209, p. 218, pp. 230-2, p. 244, p. 273n3&6
Beyond Bree, May 1985
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 469-78, p. 642 (notas de Carpenter)
Sotheby's English Literature and English History 6-7 December 1984, lot 277, sold for £990 including buyers premium


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