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English Literature and History. 2005English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations.
Editor unknown.
12 July 2005.
Sotheby’s.
London.
ISBN: None.
Auction catalogue.
Photographs throughout.
Hammond Page Ref.: None.

Notes
This catalogue includes several Tolkien-related lots, the most notable being:

426 (p.244) - This lot consists of a signed First Edition set of The Lord of the Rings, together with a letter to E. Rasdall, dated 10 July 1964. The extracts quoted in the lot description discuss Tree and Leaf and The Silmarillion.

428 (p.245) - This lot consists of a signed First Edition copy of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, together with a letter to E. Rasdall, dated 28 August 1964. The extract quoted in the lot description discusses correspondence and delays to the publication of The Silmarillion.

429 (p.246) - This lot consists of two letters to Ken Jackson, dated 4 January 1968 and 29 January 1968. The quotes in the lot description mention the back-room boys for a dramatisation of The Hobbit and the origin of the name 'Bag-End'. The end of the second letter is reproduced in a photograph.

 

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