DAHL ROALD: (1916-1990) British Novelist, remembered for his children's books. T.L.S., Roald, with one line of holograph text and subscription, one page, 4to, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, 28th October 1971, to Mrs. Blanche Campbell of Campbell's Book Store in Los Angeles. Dahl thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks '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'. He continues to inform Campbell that he has no plans to come to Los Angeles at present, explaining 'I must get on with this Charlie book I am trying so hard to write'. Letters by Dahl making even the briefest references to his works are scarce and desirable. One very light, extremely minor, small stain just affects a few words of text, but not the signature. Two very small staple holes to the upper left margin, otherwise VG In the present letter Dahl refers to his children's book Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator which was first published in the United States in 1972 and in the United Kingdom the following year. The book is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) and continues the story of the young Charlie Bucket and the eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. Dahl had intended to write a third book in the series, but it was never completed.