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Vonnegut, Kurt. Mother Night. Harper & Row, 1966.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A narrow strip of light sunfading to lower cover edge of book with some light dust soiling to top edge; Else in Near Fine condition. The mostly white dustjacket has some light wear and some light soiling at top edge; else in Very Good+ condition. Stated First edition, with all appropriate issue points present. Dustjacket not price clipped. A scarce Vonnegut title in collectable First Edition. Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 ? April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. He was a member of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.. Mother Night. Harper & Row Publishers, 1966.
Price: US$595.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Stated First Edition (1966). With C-Q on copyright page. In Fair, mylar-wrapped dust jacket. The jacket is not price clipped and bears the price of $4.95.
Seller: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Canada
Kurt Vonnegut. Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - First Edition, HC/DJ. Harper & Row, 1966.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo (5 3/4 X 8.5) hardcover with dust jacket. 202pp. Black cloth, red cloth at spine. Silver and black titles. Hardcover in VG condition. Head and toe of spine rubbed slightly from shelf wear. Tips good. Binding secure. Top page edge has light foxing. Jacket is mostly white, so has some minor soiling. No chips or voids. Not price clipped ($4.95). Protected in mylar cover. No interior marks or foxing. First edition (one of 5500) as stated on copyright page as well as C-Q and 0466 signifiers on copyright and dust jacket respectively.
Seller: Dogtown Books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Mother Night. Harper & Row, New York, 1966.
Price: US$675.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated first editiion. First printing with code C-Q on copyright page. Only 5500 copies printed in first. Nice copy, tight and square. No markings. Faint crimping at base of spine. Jacket is bright and fresh. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Mother Night. Harper & Row, New York, 1966.
Price: US$684.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing with First Edition stated and C-Q on copyright page. Crisp, bright, fresh copy. Faint offset on perimeter of last two endpapers. No other flaws. Only 5500 first printings were ever done. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt. Mother Night. Harper & Row, 1966.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description:
Seller: Pages of Boston, Sherborn, MA, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. MOTHER NIGHT. Harper & Row, New York, 1966.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First hardcover edition. 5500 copies printed. Adds new introduction by Vonnegut. The author's third novel, first published in paperback in 1962. Pieratt, Huffman-klinkowitz, and Klinkowitz AD2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with several thin vertical lines of soiling on rear panel (most likely during the printing process, not abuse). A sharp copy. (#102841)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. MOTHER NIGHT. Harper & Row, New York, 1966.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First hardcover edition. 5500 copies printed. Adds new introduction by Vonnegut. The author's third novel, first published in paperback in 1962. Pieratt, Huffman-klinkowitz, and Klinkowitz AD2. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (#141506)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Mother Night.. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1966, 1966.
Price: US$769.96 + shipping
Description: First casebound edition, first printing. The novel is a fictionalized memoir of playwright and Nazi propagandist Howard W. Campbell Jr., later appeared briefly in Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). Mother Night was first published in paperback in 1962 by Gold Medal Books of Greenwich, Conn. A film adaptation was released in 1996, starring Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, and Alan Arkin. Octavo. Original red cloth-backed black boards, spine lettered in silver and black, publisher's device in black on front board, grey endpapers, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Foot of spine a touch sunned and bumped, edges lightly foxed, trivial fingermarks to first few leaves else internally clean. A very good copy indeed in like jacket, spine ends creased, faint scratches on front panel, a little foxing to verso, a sharp example.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.. Mother Night. Harper & Row, 1966.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New Haven: Harper & Row [1966]. First edition. First printing. With all points. Hardbound. Fine/Near Fine. A nice clean copy. One small closed tear on front dust jacket. Price clipped.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt.. Mother Night.. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1966.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Originally published in 1962 by Gold Medal as a mass market paperback original, this is the first hardcover edition. Very Fine first issue book in a Very Fine first issue dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with the spooky front panel design. 202pp. Scarce condition copy. Q14687
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Mother Night. Harper & Row, 1966.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Vonnegut on a laid in signature. A spectacular copy with the original First Printing dustjacket that has the $4.95 printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. MOTHER NIGHT (SIGNED/REVIEW COPY). Harper & Row NY, 1966.
Price: US$2200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed, review copy. Stated first edition. This is the first hardcover trade edition. Lacks dust jacket. Book is very good with some minor scuff marks, modest shelf rub and small ding on top edge of rear board. Signed by author on front pastedown. The publisher's review slip was once taped to front fly page and came loose over the years, it's been laid back inside front of book. Upper left front pastedow once had something attached above Vonnegut's signature, the tape ghosts remain. Richard Rhodes name is penned in black ink upper front fly page. The review slip the date of publication and price for this title: April 27, 1966 at a price of $4.95. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Abound Book Company, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Mother Night. Harper & Row, 1966.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut on the page before the title page. A beautiful copy with the original First Issue dustjacket that has light wear to the edges. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are solid with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy of this First Edition SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.