1969 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., First Edition Second Printing

Description: Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade, A Duty-Dance with Death By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., A fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod [and smoking too much], who as an American Infantry Scout Hors de Combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "The Florence of the Elbe," a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore where the flying saucers come from. Peace. A Seymour Lawrence Book / Delacorte Press, First Edition, Second Printing, April 1969. No dust jacket, 186 pp, 8.5 x 5.5", 8vo. In fair condition. Blue cloth boards scuffed at edges & bumped/worn at corners. General soiling to boards. Head and tail of spine bumped. Gilt lettering on front board bright and clean. Gilt lettering on spine dulled from sun exposure, but still legible. Front fly-leaf clipped at top edge. Gift inscription also found on clipped fly-leaf: October 16, 1969. Happy twenty-third, where you want to be! A monumental day. "Nice, nice - Very nice." Can peace be far behind? David. Text-block clean, some light toning around edges. Binding intact. Please see photos. Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American writer and humorist known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death was first published in 1969, and is a semi-autobiographic science-fiction infused anti-war novel. Affordable First Edition Second Printing of Vonnegut's first novel to become a bestseller. RAREA1969AGHB02/24 - HK1246

Price: 200 USD

Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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