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Lot #298
Roald Dahl Typed Letter Signed, Mentioning the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Sequel

"I must get on with this Charlie book I am trying so hard to write"

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"I must get on with this Charlie book I am trying so hard to write"

TLS signed “Love, Roald,” one page, 8 x 10, Gipsy House, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire letterhead, October 28, 1971. Letter to Blanche Campbell of Campbell's Book Store, in full: “Very many thanks for your letter. The paperback has not yet arrived but in any event I would like you to send my [sic] by airmail parcel post the new Rhyming Dictionary by Burges Johnson — the one that has words across the page. No plans for coming to L.A. at the moment. I must get on with this Charlie book I am trying so hard to write.” Dahl adds a short handwritten postscript: “Send me a book.” In fine condition, with light handling wear.

Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was the long-awaited sequel to Roald’s classic children’s book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Animation
  • Dates: #688 - Ended March 13, 2024





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