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TCG Letter #9 / Carpenter Letter #9


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Susan Dagnall
Date
4 January 1937
Type
Autograph Letter Signed, Manuscript/Proof Document
Transcript
Complete
Tolkien details work he has recently completed on maps for The Hobbit, as well as other suggestions.
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References
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, A2 (quoted from), p. 10; Di1, p. 350
J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator, figs. 88, 121, 127, 130
A complete photocopy of this letter was included in a 1987 press packet sent to a Blackwell's executive
This letter is ALS but also contained manuscript/proof documents. "In 1937 alone Tolkien wrote 26 letters to George Allen & Unwin and received 31 letters in return. On Tolkien’s part these were all in handwriting...", Remembrancer, p. 75
J.R.R. Tolkien: Life and Legend, p. 47 (see items 88-98 for further details)


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