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I thought you might like to know that Tom Pinney and David Richards' new book, which publishes RK's magisterial letters to Thacker, Spink and Co between 1886 and 1890, is now available from the Rivendale Press in High Wycombe, price £25.00 including p & p anywhere in the world. This is the first publication of this correspondence, since the letters became available too late to find a place in the relevant volume of Tom Pinney's 'Letters of Rudyard Kipling'. It describes in detail the publishing history of 'Departmental Ditties' and 'Plain Tales from the Hills'. The letters demonstrate vividly the young RK's grasp of the technicalities of book production, his down to earth commercial instincts, and his early determination not to be done down by his publishers. Tp place an order you can phone Steven Halliwell at Rivendale Press on +44 (0) 1494 562 266 or email him on [log in to unmask] Good wishes to all, John Radcliffe