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Letters

TCG Letter #1448 / Carpenter Letter #166a

From

J.R.R. Tolkien

Rayner Unwin

Date

27 July 1955

Type

Unknown

Transcript

Partial

Tolkien informs Rayner that he will be in "Gondor"^Italy[1] for a few days, but doubts that anything urgent will come up while he is away.

¹ Italy ↩

On This Day

Carpenter #74: Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Stanley Unwin • 29 June 1944 (#145)

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