Lewis (C.S., writer and scholar, 1898-1963) Autograph Letter signed to J. Ballam,
1½pp. & envelope, 8vo, Magdalen College, Oxford, 25th April 1958, discussing Tolkien's re-shaping of Middle Earth, "Numenor is Atlantis. In Tolkien's mythology the Earth was once flat... perhaps it was silly of me to bring these fragments of his myth into mine. The Inklings (i.e. those concerned with ink) are, or were, a little club at Oxford, mostly writers, of which Tolkien and Charles Williams and I were members" with 2 pen and ink diagrams, folds.Images
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Bibliophile Sale
4:00 AM PT - May 16th, 2008
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Mayfair, London W1 S1PP
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