Discuss

Collect

Events

Important links:

Guide to Tolkien's Letters
(Nominated for 2026 Tolkien Society Award)
-
Guide to Tolkien Calendars
-
Winner of the 2019 Tolkien Society award for Best Website

Letters

Back to results

Next Previous

TCG Letter #647 / Carpenter Letter #273

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Nan C. Scott

Date

21 July 1965

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien writes about his battles with the pirates.

Notes

Mrs Scott was a leading campaigner in the battle to keep the ACE pirate edition of The Lord of the Rings out of the American bookshops.

On This Day

Forum Auctions from 2021

Events

Jul 23-
Aug 2 The Hobbit (Greg Banks) Aamodt’s Apple Farm & Saint Croix Vineyard 6428 Manning Ave N, Stillwater, MN 55082 (USA Event)

Jul 24-27 Mythcon 54 SWOSU Weatherford Campus 100 Campus Drive Weatherford, OK 73096 (USA/Online Event)

Jul 26-
Aug 1 ~~Tolkien, Lewis and Beyond: The Oxford Fantasy Tradition - John Garth~~ Cancelled (UK Event)

Jul 27 Tolkien Society Big Read - The Lord of the Rings, Book 3, part 1 - Patrick Curry These are free but you must be a Tolkien Society member to attend. (Online Event)

More...

Recent Posts

BBC Lord of the Rings - Vinyl and CD

Huan replied
4 seconds ago

2026 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies

Trotter replied
2 hours ago

Tolkien journals, blogs, societies, and podcasts

Trotter replied
3 hours ago

Tolkien and the Study of his Sources: An Interview with Jason Fisher

Trotter replied
3 hours ago

Amazon "Rings of Power" Season Three

Gerontius Took replied
5 hours ago

Middle-Earth Role Playing, Iron Crown Enterprises

dlloyd replied
22 hours ago

New eBay listings submitted

3478

Mr. Underhill replied
26 July

Interesting listings

5512

Mr. Underhill replied
26 July

John Howe designed line of Lord of the Rings collectables

The late Stu replied
26 July

The Wonders of...

2960

The late Stu replied
25 July

More...

Jump to Last