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Tolkien receives proofs of the Clarendon Chaucer text and begins correcting them.
Tolkien returns the first 21 pages of proofs for the Clarendon Chaucer and notes some errors. In an attached note, Tolkien asks about the glossary for S...
Tolkien returns further proofs of the Clarendon Chaucer, and thanks Sisam for his advice and for two copies of proofs of Sir Gawain which he had receive...
Tolkien writes to C. A. Furth of GA&U acknowledging the two drawings which were "safely received", he has placed them in the correct positions...
Writing to C. A. Furth of GA&U, Tolkien hopes that the proofs for The Hobbit will arrive with him during his vacation. He also notes that he will attemp...
In reply to Tolkien's letter, C.A. Furth writes to say that the printers have decided to revise the whole of The Hobbit. Tolkien should receive som...
In two batches, Tolkien receives the proofs for The Hobbit. Exact dates are not known but does follow approximately to C. A. Furth's letter of 31 M...
Tolkien sends his spare copy of Farmer Giles of Ham, which is uncorrected, to Ronald Eames. This copy is to be sent on to the illustrator Pauline Baynes...
After receiving it from Tolkien, Ronald Eames sends the uncorrected typescript of Farmer Giles of Ham to Pauline Baynes. Tolkien had remarked that it mi...
Ronald Eames writes to Tolkien. He encloses two sets of page proofs of Farmer Giles of Ham with corrected galley proofs. Eames notes that if Tolkien can...
After returning from Ireland on 5 July, Tolkien looks over the page proofs and returns them to GA&U with apologies for his delay. He remarks that the Ki...
GA&U sent Arthur Ransome a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring asking him to review it. Included was a short note: "I am sending you a set of uncorr...
Tolkien sends Allen & Unwin proofs of various pages and notes that included rune for "33" are not good, also "59" which he has previ...
Thanking Miss Turnbull for a gift and mention that he has sent off the last items (proofs) for The Return of the King.
This packet sent to Tolkien from the printers Jarrod & Sons' on 29 June is noted in Tolkien's reply to Allen & Unwin. They had sent Tolkien pa...
Tolkien notes that the proofs sent to him arrived later than expected and notes that this will hurry matters, after his "days of leisure" have...
Tolkien received some additional proofs of The Return of the King back from the printers, and is still not happy with the result. He chalks it up to his...
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(17 letters match)1923
Last half of December 1923
Oxford University Press? to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1625
Tolkien receives proofs of the Clarendon Chaucer text and begins correcting them.
1924
5 January 1924
J.R.R. Tolkien to Kenneth Sisam (for Oxford University Press)
#1627
Tolkien returns the first 21 pages of proofs for the Clarendon Chaucer and notes some errors. In an attached note, Tolkien asks about the glossary for S...
1 February 1924
J.R.R. Tolkien to Kenneth Sisam (for Oxford University Press)
#1629
Tolkien returns further proofs of the Clarendon Chaucer, and thanks Sisam for his advice and for two copies of proofs of Sir Gawain which he had receive...
1937
?10 March 1937
J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth
#1370
Carpenter #11b
Tolkien writes to C. A. Furth of GA&U acknowledging the two drawings which were "safely received", he has placed them in the correct positions...
30 March 1937
J.R.R. Tolkien to C.A. Furth
#1866
Writing to C. A. Furth of GA&U, Tolkien hopes that the proofs for The Hobbit will arrive with him during his vacation. He also notes that he will attemp...
31 March 1937
C.A. Furth (GA&U) to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1867
In reply to Tolkien's letter, C.A. Furth writes to say that the printers have decided to revise the whole of The Hobbit. Tolkien should receive som...
c. 3-4 and 7 April 1937
George Allen & Unwin to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1869
In two batches, Tolkien receives the proofs for The Hobbit. Exact dates are not known but does follow approximately to C. A. Furth's letter of 31 M...
1948
7 October 1948
J.R.R. Tolkien to Ronald Eames
#2687
Tolkien sends his spare copy of Farmer Giles of Ham, which is uncorrected, to Ronald Eames. This copy is to be sent on to the illustrator Pauline Baynes...
12 October 1948
Ronald Eames to Pauline Baynes
#2689
After receiving it from Tolkien, Ronald Eames sends the uncorrected typescript of Farmer Giles of Ham to Pauline Baynes. Tolkien had remarked that it mi...
1949
27 June 1949
Ronald Eames to J.R.R. Tolkien
#2729
Ronald Eames writes to Tolkien. He encloses two sets of page proofs of Farmer Giles of Ham with corrected galley proofs. Eames notes that if Tolkien can...
9 July 1949
J.R.R. Tolkien to Ronald Eames
#2730
After returning from Ireland on 5 July, Tolkien looks over the page proofs and returns them to GA&U with apologies for his delay. He remarks that the Ki...
1953
14 December 1953
George Allen & Unwin Publishers Ltd to Arthur Ransome
#868
GA&U sent Arthur Ransome a copy of The Fellowship of the Ring asking him to review it. Included was a short note: "I am sending you a set of uncorr...
1954
24 March 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin
#1438
Carpenter #143c
Tolkien sends Allen & Unwin proofs of various pages and notes that included rune for "33" are not good, also "59" which he has previ...
1955
19 May 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Miss Turnbull
#202
Thanking Miss Turnbull for a gift and mention that he has sent off the last items (proofs) for The Return of the King.
29 June 1955
Jarrold & Sons of Norwich to J.R.R. Tolkien
#1527
This packet sent to Tolkien from the printers Jarrod & Sons' on 29 June is noted in Tolkien's reply to Allen & Unwin. They had sent Tolkien pa...
5 July 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin
#1446
Carpenter #165a
Tolkien notes that the proofs sent to him arrived later than expected and notes that this will hurry matters, after his "days of leisure" have...
15 July 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Allen & Unwin
#1447
Carpenter #165b
Tolkien received some additional proofs of The Return of the King back from the printers, and is still not happy with the result. He chalks it up to his...
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