Kipling and His First Publisher: Correspondence of Rudyard Kipling With Thacker, Spink

First edition. This volume describes in detail the letters written by Rudyard Kipling to his Indian publishers regarding their publication of his first two books, Departmental Ditties and Plain Tales from the Hills. The previously unpublished correspondence is accompanied by an informative introduction, scholarly notes and a bibliography of his books published by Thacker, Spink and Co. With twelve black-and-white illustrations and an index. viii, 92 pages with 6 leaves of illustrations. cloth. 8vo..