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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond, replying to a letter from Bond and discussing both their books and stories. References to British Argosy, "Million Year Picnic", "Mars is Heaven", Esquire, Coronet, "The Other Side of the Moon", "Conqueror's Isle", Hemingway, Cosmo, Doubleday, "The Martian Chronicles", "Frost and Fire", "The Illustrated Man", Lancelot Biggs, and "Thirty-First of February". Sent from Venice, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond thanking Bond. References to Doubleday, British Argosy, "I'll Not Ask For Wine", N.B.C., and "Mars is Heaven". Sent from Venice, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond discussing radio productions, politics, and publishing. References to British Argosy, 'The Crowd on Suspense", CBS, "Prescience", Harper's, "The Thirty First of February", Gnome Press, Arkham, Derleth, "Dark Carnival", Doubleday, "The Martian Chronicles", Shasta, Erle Korshak, and "The Whole Town's Sleeping". Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond discussing Bradbury's planned trip to New York. References to Ron Clyne, Hannes Bok, "The Illustrated Man", Bantam, "Chronicles", Rupert Hart-Davis, "The Silver Locusts", the London Enquirer, and British Argosy.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond, advising Bond on dealing with plagiarism by comic magazines. Refers to U-I. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond discussing potential television productions. References to "And the Rock Cried Out", "The Other Foot", Don Gondon, the Harold Matson Co., Orson Welles, "Lobblies", Ross Rocklin, Ed Hamilton, Manly Wellman, L. Sprague DeCamp, and the World Science Fiction Convention. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond discussing a television adaption of "The Other Foot". References to Don Congdon, and Carol Reed. Sent for Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Don Congdon to Nelson Bond explaining why Bond would not be able adapt Bradbury's "The Other Foot" for television. References to Ray Bradbury. Sent from New York City.

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1 typed letter signed from Nelson Bond to Ray Bradbury reestablishing their correspondence and requesting for Bradbury to sign his collection of Bradbury books. References to Roy Squires, "Mr. Mergenthwirker's Lobblies", "The Thirty-First of February", Gus Derleth, "Nightmares and Daydreams", Cabell, Coppars, Benet, Ken Roberts, Steinbeck, "Cup of Gold", Nelson Olmsted, and "Dark Carnival". Sent from Roanoke, Virginia.

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1 typed letter signed and envelope from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond in order to send Bond signed labels for his book collection. Refers to "The Haunted Bookshop". Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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2 opened envelopes addressed to Nelson Bond from Ray Bradbury. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed and envelope from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond re book signing. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond accompanying returned signed books. Includes list of books sent with letter. References to "Dandelion Wine", "The Illustrated Man", "Nightmares and Daydreams", and Ron Clyne.

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1 typed letter signed and envelope from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond re returning signed books. References to "31st of February" and "Dark Carnival". Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed postcard from Ray Bradbury addressed to Nelson Bond re returned signed books. Sent from Los Angeles California.

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1 typed postcard from Ray Bradbury addressed to Nelson Bond replying to request to sign books. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed and envelope from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond discussing Sam Moskowitz. References to the SFWA and Andrew Offutt. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed and envelope from Ray Bradbury to Nelson Bond thanking him for birthday wishes and discussing their first encounter. References to "Amazing", "Blue Book", Conrad Aiken, Robert Frost, Hoffensten, "Pencil in the Air", First World Science Convention 1939, Leo Margulies, Mort Weisinger, Hannes Bok, Farnsworth Wright, and Weird Tales. Sent from Los Angeles, California.

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1 typed letter signed from Nelson Bond to Ray Bradbury asking for permission to produce a television adaption of Bradbury's story, "The Other Foot". References to Mort Abrams, Blue Book, "The Night America Trembled", Orson Welles, Ed Murrow, "Mr Mergenthwirker's Lobblies", "State of Mind", Will Glickman, "Plain and Fancy", "Mr Wonderful", "Moby Dick", John Campbell, Sprague DeCamp, Lester del Ray, E. E. Smith, Tony Boucher, Ed Hamilton, and Ted Sturgeon. Sent from Roanoke, Virginia.

Scope and Contents 1 typed letter signed from Nelson Bond to Ray Bradbury about sending Bradbury books for signing. References to Chris Morley, "The Haunted Bookshop", Centaur Book Shop, Edward Newton, Joseph Hergesheimer, Countee Cullen, James Cabell, Kenneth Roberts, Stephen Vincent Benet, A. E. Coppard, Hemingway, James Branch Cabell Memorial Library, University of Virginia Libraries, "The Line of Love", "Ballades from the Hidden Way", "Ellen Glasgow", "The Pedestrian", "Old Ahab's Friend", "Fahrenheit ...