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'''G.E. Selby c. 1955/6''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a six-page letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to G.E. Selby, probably written in late [[1955]] or early [[1956]].<ref name=CG>{{CG|C}}, p. 483</ref>

*'''Subject:''' Tolkien writes about the publication of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', which he says is not a trilogy and not an allegory. He also "comments on reviews, [[Frodo]]'s failure, the [[Elvish]] languages, and the poem ''[[Errantry]]''".<ref name=CG/>

*'''Publication:''' Extracts from the letter appeared in ''[[Sotheby's Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions, Presentation Copies, Autograph Letters and Literary Manuscripts 28-29 July 1977]]'',<ref name=TB>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=63320|articlename=Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions.1977|dated=|website=TB|accessed=28 January 2013}}</ref>, and in ''[[Sotheby's Catalogue of Autograph Letters, Literary Manuscripts and Historical Documents 16 October 1978]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=63600|articlename=Autograph Letters. 1978|dated=|website=TB|accessed=28 January 2013}}</ref> A summary of the letter was provided by [[Christina Scull]] and [[Wayne G. Hammond]] in ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide|The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology]]''.<ref name=CG/>

==See also==

*[[G.E. Selby 14-15 December 1937]]
*[[G.E. Selby 19 September 1944]]
*[[G.E. Selby 7 July 1946]]

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