Third-person ALS, signed within the text, “Mr. Charles Dickens,” one page, 4 x 5, All the Year Round letterhead, December 16, 1867. A desirable third-person letter declining a contribution to his periodical, in full: "Mr. Charles Dickens begs to thank the writer of the paper entitled 'A day in the Desert' for having done him the favor to offer it as a contribution to these pages. He much regrets, however, that it is not suited to the requirements of All the Year Round. The manuscript will be returned under cover, is applied for as above." In fine condition, with a thin strip of old adhesive residue along the left edge. Founded in 1859 by Dickens, All the Year Round was a weekly periodical that hosted much of his serialized fiction, including A Tale of Two Cities.
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