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• Lot n° 161 TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings:] The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King, all revised second edition, fifth impression, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES, George Allen and Unwin, 1970 Autograph letter signed ("Ronald Tolkien") to "My dear Ladies", sending them two signed copies of Verses"...I hope for your enjoyment, and in any case as a memento of our meetings...", and apologising for the delay in so doing since their return from "...the ease of the Belmont...", commenting that the weather has been good "...in this favoured corner of England..." until today: " ...the weather has only just turned bad...in sunshine, immune from storms... at 4 a.m. a Noachic rain began and is still going on non-stop (8 p.m.). One does not read of the great play-cycles of biblical episodes, that used to be performed on Corpus Christi in the open being 'washed out'... It may have made the play of Noah more realistic...", ending by sending best wishes from himself and his wife; with a note at end "please mark any reply Personal...", one page, dust-staining, creased particularly at head, 4to (215 x 155mm.), c/o George Allen & Unwin, London, "Corpus Christi [10 June] 1971"