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TCG Letter #978

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

To

Donald Swann

Date

19 June 1967

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

Tolkien thanks Swann for the book cover and compares the "T" rendered there to various occurrences from genuine manuscripts.

Notes

Tolkien mentions an Inn at Roke, possibly this one, Home Sweet Home, Roke, Wallingford OX10 6JD

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The Road Goes Ever On, Tolkien and Donald Swann's correspondence formed part of the production work on what eventually became the Road Goes Ever On.

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J.R.R. Tolkien | Autograph manuscript calligraphic poems, notes on Elvish languages of Middle-earth, and 21 related letters to Donald Swann, 1960s

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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 734

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