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TCG Letter #596 / Carpenter Letter #219

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Naomi Mitchison

Date

15 October 1959

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien discusses his retirement.^{In the 1981 Edition of Letters, this letter was numbered #220[1]}

¹ In the 1981 Edition of Letters, this letter was numbered #220 ↩

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Carpenter #220: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin • 16 October 1959 (#594), Letter 220 and 219 are reversed in the 1981 Letters

References

book

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 300

link

Details of Sotheby's listing.

note

2 page letter.

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Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 436, p. 639 (notas de Carpenter)

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The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 426, p. 628 (Carpenter Notes + editorial note on letter number change)

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 580

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

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