The Lord of the Rings, Series 3


MS.Tolkien, Series 3Series 3

Series 3 is in The Lord of the Rings, which includes 4 other series and 0 comments. The series contains 9 boxes and 0 comments; it may be cited as MS. Tolkien, Series 3.

Original drafts received in 1958, including holograph renderings, typescripts with corrections by Tolkien, a typescript for the printer with corrections by JRRT, and galley sheets with corrections by the author. There are two sets of galley sheets for Books I and II and three sets for Books II and IV. Also included are an advance proof copy of The Return of the King, printed maps, dust jackets from the original Houghton Mifflin edition, several drafts for an unpublished “Epilogue,” a number of unpublished sketches, and manuscript fragments for The Silmarillion.

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Original drafts received in 1958, including holograph renderings, typescripts with corrections by Tolkien, a typescript for the printer with corrections by JRRT, and galley sheets with corrections by the author. There are two sets of galley sheets for Books I and II and three sets for Books II and IV. Also included are an advance proof copy of The Return of the King, printed maps, dust jackets from the original Houghton Mifflin edition, several drafts for an unpublished “Epilogue,” a number of unpublished sketches, and manuscript fragments for The Silmarillion.

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J.R.R. Tolkien
 
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