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TCG Letter #277 / Carpenter Letter #125


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Stanley Unwin
Date
10 March 1950
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien compares his two great stories the War of the Ring and the War of the Jewels and remarks on the Farmer Giles sales figures.
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), pp. 137-9
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), pp. 379-80
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350
Error in Kindle editions: ‘onomastical – outing’ and ‘simple to sleep’ > ‘ONOMASTICAL – OUTING’ and ‘SIMPLE to SLEEP’
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, pp. 206-8
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), pp. 195-96


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