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Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. THE SIRENS OF TITAN Custom Clamshell Case Only. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston: [1961, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case with rounded spine with raised bars. [Not A Book] for The First Edition. Elegant Black leather and fine purple cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] design on the side graphically inspired from the Tralfamadorian and Harmoniums. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. A Handsome Collector's Custom Case for an important Collection. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Vonnegut, Kurt. THE SIRENS OF TITAN. Houghton Mifflin, 1961.
Price: US$4540.75 + shipping
Description: THE SIRENS OF TITAN, Houghton Mifflin, 1961, first hard-cover edition, just about fine in like dust-wrapper with some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel and a bit of tanning to the dust-wrapper spine. A beautiful copy of a most scarce book. 1/2,500 copies. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate laid in.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. The Sirens of Titan. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1961.
Price: US$5495.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. No previous owner markings. 319 pages. Stated first edition of author's second novel. Rare hardcover copy. Only 2,500 copies of the hardcover version were printed. A handsome, collectible copy!
Seller: Books Plus, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. The Sirens of Titan. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1961.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Printing" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has minor wear to the edges. The book is bound in the ORIGNAL publisher's dark blue cloth with white lettering. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Vonnegut, Kurt. The Sirens of Titan. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1961.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut on a laid in signature. A magnificent copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO fading to the spine. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $3.50 printed price present on the front flap with NO chips or tears. The book is fabulous shape and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A stunning copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt. The Sirens of Titan.. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1961.
Price: US$9800.00 + shipping
Description: First hardcover edition of the author's second novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example, uncommon signed. The Sirens of Titan is the Hugo Award-nominated story of billionaire Malachi Constant, who persists against a Martian-invasion to be reunited with his estranged family. According to The Harvard Crimson, Vonnegut "put together the whole of The Sirens of Titanin one night He was at a party where someone told him he ought to write another novel. So they went into the next room where he just verbally pieced together this book from the things that were around in his mind."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.