OFFERED HERE IS AN EXTREMELY SCARCE ORIGINAL PERIOD SCRIPT BY RAY BRADBURY TITLED:

“NARRATION FOR THE UNITED STATES PAVILION AT THE NEW YORK WORLDS FAIR”

THIS SCRIPT WAS PREPARED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNITED STATES PAVILION AT THE HISTORIC 1964 NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. RAY BRADBURY WAS COMMISSIONED TO HELP CREATE THE STORY OF AMERICA FOR THE PAVILION, AND THIS IS HIS NARRATION FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THIS IS NOT A CONVENTIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOK. IT IS A PERIOD MECHANICALLY REPRODUCED SCRIPT, PRINTED ON THE RECTOS ONLY AND BOUND IN ITS ORIGINAL THREE-BRAD WRAPPERS.

AN OLDER BOOKSELLER CATALOG DESCRIPTION ACCOMPANYING THIS COPY IDENTIFIES THE WORK AS A 1964, 19-LEAF “UNPUBLISHED SCRIPT.” A PHOTOGRAPH OF THAT CATALOG ENTRY IS INCLUDED IN THE LISTING.

THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY INTERESTING PIECE OF RAY BRADBURY HISTORY, CONNECTING ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST IMPORTANT SCIENCE FICTION AUTHORS WITH ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC CULTURAL EVENTS OF THE 1960S.

A SCARCE CROSSOVER COLLECTIBLE FOR RAY BRADBURY, SCIENCE FICTION, 1964 NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR, AMERICANA, AND HISTORICAL EPHEMERA COLLECTORS.