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Typed Letter, signed on Heinlein's personal letterhead, 8½x7½", dated August 30, 1978 to Mr. Carl Davis of Long Island. 

A lengthy autobiographical excursion including details of previous health issues, including in part: "My last bout was only a few weeks ago: brain surgery to rearrange my arteries to compensate for a blocked left internal carotid - and the exact operation is pictured and described on pp. 62-63, April 1978 Scientific American, so I have been quite successful - I feel twenty years younger. (However, I intend to write at least one more novel to make sure that they put all the pieces back in when they closed my skull.)"  Also included is a copy of the January 1948 issue of Young Wings (Garden City, New York: The Junior Literary Guild), which is referenced in the letter. This issue includes an excerpt from Rocket Ship Galileo (1947),  Heinlein's first book, and a brief essay by Heinlein entitled "Some Day I expect to Go to the Moon," which is illustrated with a photograph of Heinlein and his family. Bound in paper wrappers, illustrated by Dr. Seuss, it also contains "Dr. Seuss Was Born an Artist" by Helen P. Geisel and an excerpt from "McElligot's Pool" by Dr. Seuss.