Player Piano
by Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG+
- Seller
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Bridgeville, California, United States
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About This Item
Mayflower, 1962. UK paperback printing, Mayflower A 19. Second British mass market edition; new cover art and the type reset. Only 20,000 copies printed, compared to the 1954 American Bantam, 'Utopia 14' which consisted of 248,000 in the first printing. A scarce edition of the author's 1st book. Minor creases, light wear, presentable copy.. First Thus. Paperback. VG/VG+.
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
- A Gyenis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3490
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt Jr
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG+
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Mayflower
- Date Published
- 1962
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks; Modern First Editions;
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