Eight first editions

Lot 391
17.09.2021 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 391 | Eight first editions
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Eight first editions
Kurt Vonnegut, 1952-1982
VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). Eight first editions by Kurt Vonnegut, including signed copies. New York: 1952-1982.

Including a handsome copy of Vonnegut's first book in about fine dust jacket. Comprises: Player Piano. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Dust jacket (some sunning, light rubbing). The author’s first book. * Cat's Cradle. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963. Dust jacket (two closed tears). signed. * Slaughterhouse-Five. Delacorte Press, [1969]. Dust jacket (mild toning). * Five further volumes, first editions or first trade editions, two signed.

Together, eight volumes. Octavo. Original cloth or leatherette bindings; 4 in dust jackets; 2 with slipcases. Condition varies, some toning to spines and slipcases, edge-wear to Breakfast of Champions jacket; overall about fine. First three volumes in cloth clamshell boxes.
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