Player Piano
by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1952 Scribner's First Edition with the "A" but no seal on the copyright page. With pale green boards & in VG condition. Looks like an ex library book but no stamps present. A crisp tight copy wrapped in the later issue First thus Delacorte Press DJ in VG condition as well.
Synopsis
Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation and capitalism, describing the dereliction they cause in the quality of life. The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bren-Books.com (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009085
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Printing Unknown
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction-literature;
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.