Letter 80a
From Tolkien Gateway
G.E. Selby 19 September 1944 is a postcard from J.R.R. Tolkien to G.E. Selby, written on 19 September, 1944.[1][2]
- Subject: Tolkien sends personal greetings to Selby. He notes that his daughter Priscilla is typing early chapters of The Lord of the Rings,[1] which he thinks "A & Unwin will take if ever they can find enough paper!".[2]
- 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.[2] A summary of the letter was provided by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond in The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, pp. 277-8
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions.1977", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 28 January 2013)
