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TCG Letter #594 / Carpenter Letter #220


From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Allen & Unwin
Date
16 October 1959
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
A Cambridge cat breeder had asked if she could register a litter of Siamese kittens under names taken from The Lord of the Rings.In the 1981 edition of Letters, this letter was numbered #219[1]
1 In the 1981 edition of Letters, this letter was numbered #219 ↩
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References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981), p. 300, p. 448 (Carpenter notes)
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 436, p. 639 (notas de Carpenter)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK), p. 426, p. 628 (editorial note on change of number assignment in new edition)
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 579
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography, Di1, p. 350


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