TCG Letter #549

From 'A Song For J.R.R. Tolkien' from The Antioch Review p. 42:

"I received a reply dated 20 May 1965, addressed to St. Leonard’s Hall, Park Road, Edinburgh 9. It was not hand-written but typed, and not signed by him but by “bjk secretary on behalf of J. R. R. Tolkien.” On the one hand I was pleased he now had a secretary; on the other hand, I mourned the absence of his calligraphy.

He said (as typed by bjk) that he had no time to spare in June, which he regretted. The bulk of the letter was about Ace Books, which had produced a pirated edition of his books for which he received no payment"