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Tolkien (J.R.R., writer and philologist, 1892-1973) Autograph Letter signed "Ronald Tolkien" to Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth, 1p. & envelope initialled "JRRT", 8vo, 29th February 1973, describing his health in the year he died, regretting that he cannot accept an invitation to dine, "The investigation of my dyspepsia by X ray etc only ended yesterday. But the outlook is not too gloomy & there seems good reason to hope that before long I shall be free again - save for some restrictions, which alas! will affect drink rather than food", central fold; and a copy of the printed funeral service for Tolkien in Merton College Chapel, 8vo (3 pieces). ⁂ Tolkien died on 2 September 1973, of a chest infection associated with a gastric ulcer. Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth (1932-2006), academic, literary critic and expert on the Romantic era in literature.