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The Bookseller - News - HarperCollins to publish new illustrated edition of The Hobbit featuring Tolkien's 'home manuscript'
MacQueen Pipes - Letter from JRR Tolkien on Pipe Weed/LOTR Pipes We came across this letter exchange online. Unfortunately, there is no additional information as to the origin/provenance of the correspondence, but
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