Then be sure to visit the newly renovated and reopened Folger Shakespeare Library. It’s described in an article (probably only available to subscribers) in the Washington Post. Not only is there loads of Shakespeare material, including a collection of 82 copies of the First Folio – because in those days printing changes and corrections were made on the fly and every copy is different, that’s why – but there’s also “rare books and manuscripts disconnected from the famous playwright,” including “a galley proof of The Lord of the Rings with author J.R.R. Tolkien’s handwritten corrections.” Got to see that.

About the Author: David Bratman

David Bratman is co-editor of Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, and former editor of Mythprint, the bulletin of The Mythopoeic Society. He likes to write about Tolkienian biography and bibliography.