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Every so often,
we become curious
about how many books
we have in our library.
Not too many, no! But if asked,
how many should we say (besides ‘a lot’)?
Wayne once made an estimate,
based on the total linear feet of our shelves
multiplied by the average number
of volumes per shelf,
and came up with a figure close to…
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Tolkien’s Spanish Connection
We’ve just written a review of a useful book by José Manuel Ferrández Bru, “Uncle Curro”: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Spanish Connection.
The ‘connection’ is Father Francis Xavier Morgan, the Catholic priest who acted as guardian to Ronald and Hilary Tolkien after the death of their mother in 1904. […]
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Forty-five Years
We’ve been recalling
our sadness when we read,
in newspapers a day later,
of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien
forty-five years ago today.
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April 10, 2018
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With the publication of our revised and enlarged
J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide,
we’ve ceased to post addenda and corrigenda to the 2006 edition.
Instead, we’ve created new web pages, […]
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Over the years,
we have visited Tolkien’s
British publishers
in their variety of establishments.
Christina used to watch the windows
of George Allen & Unwin’s
London headquarters
at Ruskin House, 40 Museum Street,
for the occasional Tolkien display,
and to step into the reception area now and then
to pick up catalogues.
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At last, in the middle of June,
we sent to HarperCollins
the revised and expanded edition of our
J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide. […]
Christina Scull
Wayne G. Hammond
«The Art of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien»
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Site
http://www.hammondandscull.com/
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About
Christina Scull was born in Bristol, England, where she attended the famous Red Maids School. In 1961 she moved to London and worked for ten years in the Board […]
