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TCG Letter #996

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

David Best

Date

12 May 1967

Type

Typed Letter Signed

Transcript

Complete

In this letter Tolkien replies that he has received David's Tom Bombadil Part 1 in English runes and remarks that it is "very correct".

Notes

This letter was featured on the BBC's Repair Shop broadcast on 25th January 2023 (see reference).

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Middle-earth

Runes

The Hobbit

Tom Bombadil

References

BBC - The Repair Shop (UK GEO LOCKED)

Facebook story (no login needed) about David Best and his Tolkien interactions

BBC's Repair Shop praised for Tolkien letters work

Lot 162 Tolkien (J.R.R.).- Best (David) Signed letters from Tolkien to Best, annotated by Tolkien connected to The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other poems translated into runes, manuscript, maps and illustrations, [c.1967] (small bundle) Estimate: GBP 10-15,000

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