Rayner Stephens Unwin CBE (23 December 1925 – 23 November 2000) was an English publisher. He served as the chairman of the publishing firm George Allen...
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interest. Frank Arthur Mumby and Frances Helena Swan Stallybrass, Unwin's son Rayner S. Unwin and his nephew Philip helped him to run the company, which published...
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The Lord of the Rings (category Allen & Unwin books)
2000). "Rayner Unwin". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2010. Unwin, Rayner (1999). George Allen & Unwin: A Remembrancer...
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publication and Unwin paid his ten-year-old son Rayner Unwin a shilling to write a report on the manuscript. Rayner's favourable response prompted Unwin to publish...
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Melkor" Carpenter 2023, #137 to Rayner Unwin, 11 April 1953; #139 to Rayner Unwin, 8 August 1953; #141 to Allen & Unwin, 9 October 1953; #144 to Naomi...
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The Silmarillion (category Allen & Unwin books)
#141 to Allen & Unwin, 9 October 1953 Tolkien 1987, p. 202 Carpenter 2023, #247 to Colonel Worksett, 20 September 1963 Rayner Unwin (1978), in Amon Hen...
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The Hobbit (category Allen & Unwin books)
book to Stanley Unwin, who then asked his 10-year-old son Rayner to review it. Rayner's favourable comments settled Allen & Unwin's decision to publish...
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pronounced /ˈtoʊlkiːn/ TOHL-keen. Carpenter & Tolkien 1981, Letters #190 to Rayner Unwin, 3 July 1956: "After all the book is English, and by an Englishman" Carpenter...
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The Return of the King (category Allen & Unwin books)
appendices. In 1953, he proposed titles for the six books to his publisher, Rayner Unwin; Book Five was to be The War of the Ring, while Book Six was to be The...
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make it as authentic as possible. He anxiously wrote to his publisher Rayner Unwin asking about the reproduction of the artefact. The company however chose...
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