Letter to Mr Burrows: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
(New page: '''Mr Burrows 1 August 1969''' is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to a Mr Burrows, written on August 1, 1969. *'''Des...) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
Thank you for kind & appreciative letter. I return your 'Hobbit' cover signed. | Thank you for kind & appreciative letter. I return your 'Hobbit' cover signed. | ||
You have not discovered my address: I left Oxford a year ago. I now live in 'retirement' | You have not discovered my address: I left Oxford a year ago. I now live in 'retirement' —in an endeavour to preserve some time free from interruptions. All letters will be forwarded from the above [?] address. I have been unwell during July and this added to the forwarding G.B. P.Office must be my excuse for delay. Best wishes. Yours sincerely | ||
J.R.R. Tolkien | J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
Revision as of 07:22, 2 July 2010
Mr Burrows 1 August 1969 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to a Mr Burrows, written on August 1, 1969.
- Description: Autograph letter, 1p., 16mo, n.p.
- Comments: Tolkien discusses the signing of a copy of The Hobbit, his change of address and recent health issues.[1]
- Authenticity: High (included in Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology)
- Publication: A description and photograph of the letter was included in Bloomsbury Modern First Editions, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters, English and Continental Literature and History 24 May 2007.
Contents
Dear Mr Burrows,
Thank you for kind & appreciative letter. I return your 'Hobbit' cover signed.
You have not discovered my address: I left Oxford a year ago. I now live in 'retirement' —in an endeavour to preserve some time free from interruptions. All letters will be forwarded from the above [?] address. I have been unwell during July and this added to the forwarding G.B. P.Office must be my excuse for delay. Best wishes. Yours sincerely
J.R.R. Tolkien
References
- ↑ Bloomsburyauctions.com, retrieved June 30, 2010
