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Tolkien expresses concerns about misprints in The Fellowship of the Ring. He highlights a disagreement over a botanical term, corrected by the printers....
Tolkien expresses regret for not having written or offered help during the recipient's difficult times, and suggests the possibility of contributin...
Tolkien apologizes to Rayner for not having sent off the "main matter" earlier, and he details the hectic year he has had. "More than any...
Tolkien regrets having promised the appendices to The Lord of the Rings. He acknowledges the demand for detailed information but is finding this very di...
Tolkien hoped that Mrs Frost would like the third volume. Tolkien remarks that the delay in publishing the third volume was because of his "rash pr...
Tolkien is still not happy with the appendices going in The Return of the King, but says that they will have to do. He remarks on the ability of the pri...
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...
Tolkien writes discussing the maps in The Lord of the Rings and his much needed holiday in "Gondor ...: Pelargir and Lossarnach" (identified ...
Tolkien answers a letter discussing among other things the delay in the last volume of The Lord of the Rings. He hopes the final volume is close to publ...
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(11 letters match)1954
7 August 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Katharine Farrer
#393
Carpenter #148
Tolkien expresses concerns about misprints in The Fellowship of the Ring. He highlights a disagreement over a botanical term, corrected by the printers....
27 November 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Katharine Farrer
#405
Carpenter #157
Tolkien expresses regret for not having written or offered help during the recipient's difficult times, and suggests the possibility of contributin...
20 December 1954
J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin
#1444
Carpenter #158a
Tolkien apologizes to Rayner for not having sent off the "main matter" earlier, and he details the hectic year he has had. "More than any...
1955
6 March 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin
#408
Carpenter #160
Tolkien regrets having promised the appendices to The Lord of the Rings. He acknowledges the demand for detailed information but is finding this very di...
14 May 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs Frost
#2239
Tolkien hoped that Mrs Frost would like the third volume. Tolkien remarks that the delay in publishing the third volume was because of his "rash pr...
26 May 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Rayner Unwin
#1445
Carpenter #162a
Tolkien is still not happy with the appendices going in The Return of the King, but says that they will have to do. He remarks on the ability of the pri...
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...
28 July 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Jennifer Brookes-Smith
#205
Tolkien writes discussing the maps in The Lord of the Rings and his much needed holiday in "Gondor ...: Pelargir and Lossarnach" (identified ...
8 September 1955
J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs. Souch
#209
Tolkien answers a letter discussing among other things the delay in the last volume of The Lord of the Rings. He hopes the final volume is close to publ...
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