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| − | '''Ingrid Pridgeon August 1968''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Ingrid Pridgeon, | + | [[Image:Ingrid Pridgeon August 1968 (page 1).jpg|thumb]] |
| + | '''Ingrid Pridgeon August 1968''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Ingrid Pridgeon, postmarked August, [[1968]].<ref>{{webcite|author=[[Christina Scull]], [[Wayne G. Hammond]]|articleurl=http://www.hammondandscull.com/addenda/chronology.html|articlename=Addenda and Corrigenda to ''The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide'' (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology|dated=|website=HS|accessed=8 June 2012}}</ref> | ||
| − | *'''Description:''' Autograph letter, 2pp. & envelope, 8vo, Oxford address crossed out and typed c/o Messrs Geo. Allen and Unwin, postmarked Poole, August 1968. | + | *'''Description:''' Autograph letter, 2pp. & envelope, 8vo, Oxford address crossed out and typed c/o Messrs Geo. Allen and Unwin, postmarked Poole, August 1968.<ref name=Bloom/> |
| − | + | *'''Publication:''' Excerpts, description, and photograph of the letter was included in ''[[Bloomsbury Modern First Editions, English and Continental Literature and History, Emblem Books, Economics and Law 13 March 2008|Bloomsbury Auctions: Modern First Editions, English & Continental Literature & History, Emblem Books, Economics & Law 13 March 2008]]''. | |
| − | *'''Publication:''' Excerpts, description, and photograph of the letter was included in ''[[Bloomsbury Modern First Editions, English & Continental Literature & History, Emblem Books, Economics & Law 13 March 2008]]''. | + | |
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
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| − | [Tolkien apologises] for not having replied more fully, "I am having rather a bad time. I have left Oxford, and in the middle of the move I fell downstairs and damaged my right leg so badly that it is in plaster from toe to hip, and I am on crutches" and [gives] a reference to ''The Lord of the Rings'', "I notice Spire Hollin: very Shire-like. Hollin is northern form of holly: and in Book I of The L.R: I lived for a while in Leeds in a Hollin Lane".<ref> | + | [Tolkien apologises] for not having replied more fully, "I am having rather a bad time. I have left Oxford, and in the middle of the move I fell downstairs and damaged my right leg so badly that it is in plaster from toe to hip, and I am on crutches" and [gives] a reference to ''The Lord of the Rings'', "I notice Spire Hollin: very Shire-like. Hollin is northern form of holly: and in Book I of The L.R: I lived for a while in Leeds in a Hollin Lane".<ref name=Bloom>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.bloomsburyauctions.com/detail/642/156.0|articlename=Modern First Editions, English & Continental Literature & History, Emblem Books, Economics & Law 13th March 2008: Lot 156. Tolkien (J.R.R.) |dated=|website=[http://www.bloomsburyauctions.com/index BloomsburyActions.com]|accessed=8 June 2012}}</ref> |
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Ingrid Pridgeon August 1968 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Ingrid Pridgeon, postmarked August, 1968.[1]
- Description: Autograph letter, 2pp. & envelope, 8vo, Oxford address crossed out and typed c/o Messrs Geo. Allen and Unwin, postmarked Poole, August 1968.[2]
- Publication: Excerpts, description, and photograph of the letter was included in Bloomsbury Auctions: Modern First Editions, English & Continental Literature & History, Emblem Books, Economics & Law 13 March 2008.
[edit] Contents
[Tolkien apologises] for not having replied more fully, "I am having rather a bad time. I have left Oxford, and in the middle of the move I fell downstairs and damaged my right leg so badly that it is in plaster from toe to hip, and I am on crutches" and [gives] a reference to The Lord of the Rings, "I notice Spire Hollin: very Shire-like. Hollin is northern form of holly: and in Book I of The L.R: I lived for a while in Leeds in a Hollin Lane".[2]
[edit] References
- ↑ Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology" , Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 08 June 2012)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Modern First Editions, English & Continental Literature & History, Emblem Books, Economics & Law 13th March 2008: Lot 156. Tolkien (J.R.R.)" , BloomsburyActions.com (accessed 08 June 2012)