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On [[7 December]] [[1967]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to [[Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]]'''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&type=&topic_id=1860&forum=15|articlename=Tolkien letter in Berlin auction|dated=|website=Guide|accessed=1 June 2012}}</ref> | |||
*'''Subject:''' Children's books. | *'''Subject:''' Children's books. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Hans-Jörg Modlmayr 1 March 1967]] | *[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (1 March 1967)]] | ||
*[[Hans-Jörg Modlmayr 16 March 1967]] | *[[Letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr (16 March 1967)]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 23:07, 5 June 2014
On 7 December 1967, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr.[1]
- Subject: Children's books.
- Publication: A quote from the letter appeared in the auction catalogue J.A. Stargardt Katalog 698.
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"... I have recently been ill and, in fact, only returned from a long convalescence ... I am afraid I cannot help you in the matter of children’s books, one, because after a long absence my own affairs take all of my present limited strength, and secondly, because I have never been a lover of books for children and have seldom read any since my childhood. Roger Lancelyn Green is our great expert on this topic (a former pupil and friend of both Lewis and myself) ..."
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- ↑ "Tolkien letter in Berlin auction", Tolkien Collector's Guide (accessed 1 June 2012)
