The Unpublished Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
The Unpublished Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien is a project which hopes to record and archive any and all letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien which have not been published within The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Individual letters
- June 4th, 1949 to Pauline Baynes
- 1951 to Milton Waldman
- September 1955 to Mr(s?) Souch
- 1956-58, to Peter Alford
- October 21, 1963 to Mrs. Munby
- c. December 16, 1963 to Baronne A. Baeyens
- Christmas 1963 to Nancy Smith
- May 30th, 1964 to J. Sibley
- November 7, 1966 to Gene Wolfe
- 1967 to Elise Honeybourne
- January 29, 1968 to Ken Jackson
- 1969, May 28 to Anthony D. Howlett
- June 30, 1969 to Mr Paul Bibire
- 19?? Clyde Kilby
Rumours
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (expanded edition)
On February 2nd, 2004, TheOneRing.net featured an article on the Tolkien Convention in Brussels. An expanded edition of The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien was promised:
"...on the occasion of TFY's presentation on January 19, Marco Respinti and Oronzo Cilli, in the presence of Elisabetta Sgarbi (Editorial Director of Bompiani), spoke of the possibility of a revision of the Italian edition of Tolkien's letters, gathered by his son Christopher and his official biographer, Humprey Carpenter. Bompiani decided to publish a new edition, revised and enlarged, and the Italian Tolkien Society is in contant with an english publisher to have an international version of the book. The volume will be introduced by an essay of Priscilla Tolkien and it will boast contributions by Tolkien experts as Mike Foster, Christopher Garbowski, Brian Rosebury, Andrew McMurry, Paolo Paron, Gianfranco de Turris, Adolfo Morganti, Marco Respinti, Oronzo Cilli, Stefano Giuliano, Jimmy Chavez, Jeroen Van Den Berg, David Beatene and many others. In fact Cilli has managed to obtain from the British Public Record Office the rights to the publication of some documents regarding Tolkien's experience in the First World War. The new edition might include these new documents (never published before in any book) and a short essay on Tolkien and the war."
The Tea Towel Letter
The web site Tolkien Collector's Guide has an article (on a rare tea towel) with a reference from a supposedly unpublished letter. The background is that George Allen and Unwin in 1971 commissioned the towel, featuring a map by Pauline Baynes, on the occasion of a celebration. The author of the article says: "[...] it is clear Tolkien was there, since I read in an (unpublished) letter he himself had received such a teatowel at the 'party' or 'meeting' and was very happy with it."
- External link: Tea Towel
Known hoaxes
The Letters, Part II
Throughout the early issues of Vinyar Tengwar, there was reference to "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien part II", but it was revealed to be a hoax.
