Lot 463: AUTOGRAPHS: TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English

AUTOGRAPHS: TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English Writer, author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. T.L.S., J. R. R. Tolkien, one page, 8vo, Headington, Oxford, 12th January 1966, to David Hicks. Tolkien thanks his correspondent for their birthday greetings and comments 'I am, in fact, writing more about the world of The Lord of the Rings, though the time I have to spare, which is not much, is much cut into by my correspondence.' In concluding Tolkien returns some pictures (no longer present), remarking 'Some of them interested me; none of them enraged me.' About EX