DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens (a good, bold example with paraph), one page, 8vo, Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, Regents Park, 16th May 1843, to N[assau]. W[illiam]. Senior, marked 'Private'. Dickens writes, in full, 'Circumstances have come to my knowledge, which induce me to think, in common with some other friends of Mr. Black, that it will be better to postpone for the present, that proposed friendly and private dinner to him, (involving no other question of any kind) in reference to which I troubled you with a note a few days since'. With blank integral leaf (some slight traces of former mounting to the verso). An attractive and boldly penned letter. VG

Nassau William Senior (1790-1864) English Lawyer & Economist.

John Black (1783-1855) British Journalist and Newspaper Editor of the Morning Chronicle from 1817-43. Black employed the young Dickens who later referred to the Editor as 'my first hearty out-and-out appreciator'.