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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.. Slaughterhouse-Five. Jonathan Cape, 1970.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing
Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five or, The Children's Crusade. , 1970.
Price: US$89.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1970 Jonathan Cape hardcover early reprint. Light reading wear, price-clipped dustjacket else very good condition.
Seller: Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First British edition, second impression (states on copyright page: "reprinted 1970"). Near fine with spine slightly cocked in a near fine dustwrapper with spine a touch faded, modest edgewear, rear flap creased.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Not Vonnegut's greatest novel (IMHO) but probably best-known due to the excellent film version. This is a Very Good copy of the First English Edition, less common than the American version. Bright green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 186 pages. This would be a great copy but the front free endpaper has been torn out, rather vigorously, as it has cracked the front hinge. Previous-owner embossed chop on the half-title page. The dustwrapper is Very Good Plus to Near Fine, with just a little edgewear/tiny chips at the spine; one closed tear at the bottom of the front panel. In an archival plastic protector. A visually-attractive copy, but not for the advanced collector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$166.76 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (30s/£1.50). Jacket has faults - namely edge/shelf wear, a few small (largest approx. 1cm) tears, very small patchy loss (mainly to head/tail of spine and to corners), creasing/rubbing to edges, a little fading to spine, a few small scratches, the odd spot of foxing, pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, patchy browning/little dustiness/minor foxing to reverse (white side), pushing/bumping to corners, little rubbing/creasing/odd small marks to front/back inner flaps and is in only good condition. Boards are very good (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little patchy browning, minor pushing to corners, a little patchy rubbing to edges and a little pushing/rubbing/bumping to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages little tanned. Previous owner's name, date and location in pen inside front board. Odd small marks/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. End-papers bit tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. Occasional small marks/spots of foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$195.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good
Seller: dsmbooks, liverpool, United Kingdom
Kurt Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse Five. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1970.
Price: US$220.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 186 pages. First UK edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1970). Publisher's original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Book has some light foxing on first and last blank pages, with a neat previous owner name to top of first blank page. Dust jacket is not price clipped but has some creases and signs of shelf wear and on the lower front corner the jacket now has a small hole. Other than this, the jacket would be in a good condition overall for its age. A nice copy of this iconic anti-war novel.
Seller: The Happy Booker, Carlow, IRL, Ireland
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse 5. Jonathan Cape, London, 1970.
Price: US$299.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth, gilt letters to spine. First British edition. Small liquid stain to bottom of front/rear board. Top text block edge mildly soiled. A tight, square, unmarked sharp-cornered copy. Unclipped jacket. The jacket in protective cover has very slight edgewear to spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the first UK edition, preceded by the first American edition, published by Delacorte Press, New York the preceding year. Jacket design by Bryan Rowell. ***Very good in bright green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Tail of spine slightly creased. Corners sharp. Fore-edge of text-block slightly marked (please see scans). No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also very good, with no inscriptions. Interior pages clean, with just a couple of slight finger marks to page margins. No creases or tears. ***In very good colour printed dustwrapper, which is complete, and has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's dual price of 30s / £1.50 net. As is usually found with this book, the extremities are slightly creased and rubbed, but far less than is normally found. There are some small nicks and rubbing, with a small closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Spine lettering slightly faded from orange to pale yellow as is usually found. Dustwrapper otherwise bright. ***186 pages. 222mm x 144mm. ***'Kurt Vonnegut's latter-day Pilgrim's Progress, a miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse, is the most original anti-war novel since Catch-22.' (Quote taken from the inside front flap of the dustwrapper). ***'Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1969. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling through time. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war, an experience which Vonnegut himself lived through as an American serviceman. The work has been called an example of "unmatched moral clarity" and "one of the most enduring antiwar novels of all time"' (Wiki) ***A first printing of the first UK edition of Kurt Vonnegut's classic novel, in very good condition - much better than is usually found. A great novel of the Second World War. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five or, The Children's Crusade. Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1970.
Price: US$1276.85 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1970 Jonathan Cape Hardback 1st edition 1st impression. Near fine clean tight copy. This 1st edition is a modern leather binding. The striking design depicts the firebombing of Dresden. With marbled endpapers, from the library of "Kilgour Trout"
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Uncorrected proof of the first British edition in trial proof dustwrapper after a design by Brian Edwards, rejected by the publisher, with an image of a Tralfamadorian, and close by a man with gun in holster holding a sword. The words "PROOF ONLY Provisional Publication Date 19th February 1970" on the rear flap. [Ahern APG Vonnegut 009c.] [vi], 186 pp. Pea green wraps with label on front wrap. Near Fine, lightly worn, with ink spot on front wrap, toning to wraps, prelims slightly creased, yellowing to jacket. Rare thus.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$7699.59 + shipping
Description: First edition. DW. Jonathan Cape. Presentation copy from Vonnegut to Philip Oakes who reviewed his books for The Sunday Times and became a friend. On the front free endpaper, "FOR PHILIP OAKES - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. MARCH 19, 1970". The author did not let the ink dry long enough and some of the "Kurt" has offset on to the front pastedown! Loosely inserted is an envelope with a typed address to Mrr. [sic] Philip Oakes, THE SUNDAY TIMES. with a typed return address Vonnegut W. Barnstable, Mass. USA. With the word "AIRMAIL" and a long underline across in the author's own hand. The envelope contains a very friendly letter, on one side typed and signed by Vonnegut on his own headed writing paper. It thanks Philip for his helpful review. It also includes some very sarcastic remarks about Nixon and one of the local peace demonstrations to the end. There is very slight shelfwear along the lower edge of the boards, slight foxing to endpapers and edges o/w a clean and sound copy in a wrapper that has two close tears and creases along bottom edge of front cover and sl. signs of shelf wear to other extremities.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom