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'''Doris Elizabeth Sykes ?Early July 1956''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Doris Elizabeth Sykes, written in ?Early July [[1956]].<ref name=HS>{{webcite|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]]|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=16 June 2013|website=HS|accessed=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=Christies>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/tolkien-john-ronald-reuel-two-autograph-5694877-details.aspx|articlename=TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ('J.R.R. TOLKIEN') TO DORIS SYKES (Sale 8952, Lot 30)|dated=18 June 2013|website=[http://www.christies.com/ Christies.com/]|accessed=17 October 2013}}</ref>
'''Doris Elizabeth Sykes ?Early July 1956''' is a [[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|letter]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] to Doris Elizabeth Sykes, written in ?Early July [[1956]].<ref name=HS>{{webcite|author=[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]]|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=16 June 2013|website=HS|accessed=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=Christies>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/tolkien-john-ronald-reuel-two-autograph-5694877-details.aspx|articlename=TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED ('J.R.R. TOLKIEN') TO DORIS SYKES (Sale 8952, Lot 30)|dated=18 June 2013|website=[http://www.christies.com/ Christies.com/]|accessed=17 October 2013}}</ref>


*'''Subject:''' Discussion of Syke's illustrations inspired by ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref name=HS/>
*'''Subject:''' Discussion of Syke's illustrations inspired by ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Sykes had sent Tolkien a second set of illustrations.<ref name=HS/>
*'''Description:''' Handwritten.<ref name=Christies/>
*'''Description:''' Handwritten.<ref name=Christies/>
*'''Publication:''' Quotations from the letter and a reproduction were included in ''[[Christie's Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts 18 June 2013]]'' (p. 12).<ref name=HS/>
*'''Publication:''' Quotations from the letter and a reproduction were included in ''[[Christie's Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts 18 June 2013]]'' (p. 12).<ref name=HS/>


==From the auction==
==Contents==
 
{{quote|Again he expresses appreciation for her art, and asks if she would like her earlier drawings returned. An illustrated Lord of the Rings is still unlikely in the near future.|<ref name=HS/>}}


{{quote|The second letter discusses the drawings further, and offers to send a defective set of the novels (the author lacking any perfect set) for Miss Sykes to carry on her work from, though any prospect of publication remains slight. |<ref name=Christies/>}}
{{quote|The second letter discusses the drawings further, and offers to send a defective set of the novels (the author lacking any perfect set) for Miss Sykes to carry on her work from, though any prospect of publication remains slight. |<ref name=Christies/>}}

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Doris Elizabeth Sykes ?Early July 1956 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Doris Elizabeth Sykes, written in ?Early July 1956.[1][2]

Contents

"Again he expresses appreciation for her art, and asks if she would like her earlier drawings returned. An illustrated Lord of the Rings is still unlikely in the near future."
[1]
"The second letter discusses the drawings further, and offers to send a defective set of the novels (the author lacking any perfect set) for Miss Sykes to carry on her work from, though any prospect of publication remains slight. "
[2]

See also

References