Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade
by Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1969. First US Edition/Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. An early copy of this classic in blue boards with gilt to signature on front board and gilt, black and red to type on spine. Faint foxing to top page ends, tops of boards and spine ends. Otherwise, clean interior, sharp corners and solid binding. Jacket is unclipped ($5.95) and in great shape - just a couple micro chips/nicks to head of spine, spot at bottom, tanning to top of rear panel and sticker shadow to front panel with some rubbing/ripple.
Synopsis
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death (1969) is an anti-war science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut about World War II experiences and journeys through time of a soldier called Billy Pilgrim.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008138KV
- Title
- Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/Sixth Printing
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....