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TCG Letter #641 / Carpenter Letter #268


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Miss A. P. Northey
Date
19 January 1965
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien describes what happened to Shadowfax at the end of The Lord of the Rings (he went with Gandalf into the West).
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 354, p. 451 (Carpenter note)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 495, p. 632 (Carpenter note)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 661
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350; Dii45, p. 361
Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 21-22 July 1980, lot 582
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 504-5, p. 644 (notas de Carpenter)


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