On 24 December 1938, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Miss Kilbride (Katherine or Kitty), a friend and former student.[1]
- Subject: Personal greetings. News of the hardships suffered that year and of his family, and complaining abut the state of Oxford in the age of Morris Motors.[2]
- Description: Postcard (reproducing in colours Josef Madlener's Heilige Familie), one page, closely written in a minute hand.[2]
- Publication: A reproduction of and quotes from the letter appeared in the auction catalogue Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs 12 June 2012.
External link
- Pictures of the postcard on TolkienLibrary.com
References
- ↑ "Tolkien Handwritten Postcard For Auction - Bonhams 12 June 2012". Tolkien Collector's Guide. Retrieved 2 June 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Auction 20137: Lot 150: Tolkien, J.R.R.". Bonhams.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012