J.R.R. Tolkien | Autograph letter signed, to Tony Hall, September 1968

J.R.R. Tolkien

Autograph letter signed, to Tony Hall

explaining that he no longer lives in Oxford for "some freedom from interruption and some time for writing", describing an accident and subsequent treatment for injuries that he sustained, providing his home address to the bookseller in confidence, concluding that although press and fans have "made my life impossible", he wishes to remain in retirement in the country, 2 pages, 8vo, Poole, Dorset, postmarked 27 September 1968, some minor creasing, light spotting to envelope

A TOUCHING LETTER WHICH GIVES AN INSIGHT INTO THE AUTHOR'S LATER LIFE.

Tony Hall was a bookseller working at Parker's Bookshop at Nos. 26 and 27 Broad Street in Oxford. The bookshop operated in Oxford from 1731 until 1993, when it was taken over by Blackwell's.