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TCG Letter #689


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Mary Fairburn
Date
24 May 1968
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Complete
Mary Fairburn has sent some of her illustrations for The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien really likes them and thinks they could be in an illustrated version of the book.
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References
RR Auction sale #549 - Ended April 10, 2019, lot 339 (including original Minas Tirith sketch), sold for $8,011 including buyers premium
Marquette archive details., See 7/1/6
RR Auction sale #537 - Ended October 10, 2018, lot 534 (also including October 11 letter), sold for $8,759 including buyers premium
Paul Tankard, "An unknown vision of Middle-earth" The Times Literary Supplement 14 September 2012.
Borne on the Wind, p. 435
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 761


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