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Selby writes to Tolkien on various matters related to The Hobbit. He asks about discrepancies between the text of The Hobbit and 'Thror's Map&...
Tolkien apologizes for the delay in replying to Selby's November letter due to his poor health. He remarks that he prefers his own mythology which ...
Tolkien writes to G.E. Selby, a family friend agreeing to act as a referee for his application to a post. In a newly published extract, of this previous...
G.E. Selby sends Tolkien a note. Mentioned in Chronology, p. 320 with no details of the content, but we assume that Tolkien's own note, #TCGLetter1...
Tolkien sends Selby a postcard, discussing the erroneous reports that he has retired. He and Edith had recently been on vacation. Tolkien expresses the ...
Stanley Unwin sends Tolkien a query he has received from G.E. Selby from the College of the Venerable Bede, Durham. Tolkien was apparently meant to writ...
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Guide to Tolkien's Letters
Mentioning 'selby'
(8 letters match)1937
28 November 1937
Geoffrey E. Selby to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2038
Selby writes to Tolkien on various matters related to The Hobbit. He asks about discrepancies between the text of The Hobbit and 'Thror's Map&...
14 December 1937
J.R.R. Tolkien to Geoffrey E. Selby
#84
Tolkien apologizes for the delay in replying to Selby's November letter due to his poor health. He remarks that he prefers his own mythology which ...
1944
19 September 1944
J.R.R. Tolkien to G.E. Selby
#1397
Carpenter #80a
Tolkien writes to G.E. Selby, a family friend agreeing to act as a referee for his application to a post. In a newly published extract, of this previous...
1946
4 July 1946
G.E. Selby to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2516
G.E. Selby sends Tolkien a note. Mentioned in Chronology, p. 320 with no details of the content, but we assume that Tolkien's own note, #TCGLetter1...
7 July 1946
J.R.R. Tolkien to G.E. Selby
#126
Tolkien sends Selby a postcard, discussing the erroneous reports that he has retired. He and Edith had recently been on vacation. Tolkien expresses the ...
1949
31 December 1949
Stanley Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2744
Stanley Unwin sends Tolkien a query he has received from G.E. Selby from the College of the Venerable Bede, Durham. Tolkien was apparently meant to writ...
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