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TCG Letter #733

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

K. Jackson

Date

29 January 1968

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien writes about the origin of Bag-End, which was the local name of a house an aunt of his lived in in Worcestershire.

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Bag-End

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 751

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Sotheby's English Literature & History 2005 Lot 429, Catalogue p. 246 (The end of the second letter is reproduced in a photograph.)

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Tolkien Library - Two letters signed ("J.R.R. Tolkien") to Ken Jackson concerning a production of The Hobbit and the source of the name "bag-end"

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, p. 455

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Sotheby's website, USD 21,735

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J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien Signed Typed Letter 1968 Asking Price USD 21,735 April 2025

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Origin of Frodo & Bilbo’s house name Bag-End revealed Letter | 29th January 1968, original Tolkien letter. Baylis Rare Books asking price GBP 16,500 29th July 2024

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