Player Piano
by VONNEGUT, KURT
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
Macmillan & Co. 1953. FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 352pp., VG (moderate fading to spine, heavy fading to bottom corners of boards, moderate scuffing to board and spine extrems, mild bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate foxing to page edges, red staining and mild liquid damage to eps, mild foxing to fep, previous owner inscription to fep, mild splitting to front gutter)
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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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 274128
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- VONNEGUT, KURT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co. 1953
- Keywords
- modern first edition literature classic kurt vonnegut
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
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- VG
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...