Jun 15, 2023 - Sale 2641

Sale 2641 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 2,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PUBLISHING ARTICLE SET IN "MY WELL BELOVED ITALY" DICKENS, CHARLES. Autograph Letter Signed, to William Henry Spicer, accepting his story for publication. 3/4 page, 8vo, "Office of All the Year Round" stationery, with integral blank; faint scattered foxing, moderate even toning, folds. London, 28 November 1868
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In full: "I am delighted to accept your very curious and interesting story. As I have two serials now running together I shall have to hold it back for a few weeks, but (I hope) not for many.
"Hearty thanks for your kind wishes. May your exertions flourish too, in my well beloved Italy!"
Spicer's "Little Italy's School-Bell" appeared in All the Year Round in the January 16, 1869 issue. In the article, a progressive school in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia is described.