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Oblong 8vo. 1 p. To his grandson Michael George Tolkien, on the occasion of his 15th birthday: "Many Happy Returns of your birthday! I failed to reach the P. Office today, or I should have sent you a small contribution (at the rate of a bob a year!). However, I have asked your father to do so on my behalf. Very much love to you, & I hope next term will prove better than usual [.]". - Michael George Reuel Tolkien (b. 1943), eldest son of Michael H. R. Tolkien, was educated at The Oratory School in Oxford and then Ampleforth College. He studied English and Classics at St Andrews University and later a BPhil at Oxford. He taught as Head of English at Uppingham School until 1992 and has published several volumes of poetry. - On Tolkien's lettercard stationery with printed Merton letterhead. | |||
== External link == | == External link == | ||
¨*[[http://www.abebooks.com/Autograph-lettercard-signed-Grandfather-Tolkien-English/10440158903/bd Abebook Auction]] | |||
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Michael George Tolkien 10 October 1958 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to his grandson Michael George Tolkien, written on 10 October 1958
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From Auction
Oblong 8vo. 1 p. To his grandson Michael George Tolkien, on the occasion of his 15th birthday: "Many Happy Returns of your birthday! I failed to reach the P. Office today, or I should have sent you a small contribution (at the rate of a bob a year!). However, I have asked your father to do so on my behalf. Very much love to you, & I hope next term will prove better than usual [.]". - Michael George Reuel Tolkien (b. 1943), eldest son of Michael H. R. Tolkien, was educated at The Oratory School in Oxford and then Ampleforth College. He studied English and Classics at St Andrews University and later a BPhil at Oxford. He taught as Head of English at Uppingham School until 1992 and has published several volumes of poetry. - On Tolkien's lettercard stationery with printed Merton letterhead.
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¨*[Abebook Auction]
