Search Results: Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut

Dell, 1974-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good.

Panther, London, 1974. reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Plaintext paperback binding with white, orange and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and white coloured titles to the back strip. The author who claimed that he did not write science fiction, has a small green inhabitants of a non-terrestrial planet, time travel, and world War 2 all in one novel. The full title page is:- Slaughterhouse-five or The children's crusade ; a duty-dance with death Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A all 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 Teralfamadore, whether flying saucers come from. Peace. A previous owner has covered the… Read More

Dell, New York, 1971 Dell 8029, 95c cover price. "First Dell printing - October 1971". An excellent, very good plus copy, probably unread. Binding tight and square; pages clean, with no marks of any kind. Color-illustrated covers with mild edgewear and several inconspicuous creases, green-tinted edges of book block, 7 x 4 3/16 inches, 215 pp. "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." (K062). Soft cover. Very Good.

New York: Dell Publishing, 1972. Mass market paperback, 2nd Dell printing, Pp215. Light crease to spine and a previous owner first name at top of review page else a very good copy. 125 grams. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books and also offer local curbside pick-up. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Delacorte, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. BCE. Light blue cover embossed with Vonnegut's signature in black. Some wear on spine and corners. Pages ivoried.

New York: Delacorte Press. F/F. 1994. First Edition Thus. Hardcover; First Printing. 25th anniversary edition Fine in Fine protected DJ. ; 25th Anniversary edition with a new introduction by the author .

Hardcover. New.

Mexico City: Central De Publicaciones, 1971. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Bathroom Brown leather boards. [5]+207p+[1],cp,illus,color,cep. Interior near fine. Some scratches on exterior Owners name ink bottom right front. May be signed presentation on fep by Raymundo 1973. Book has original ink drawing of Taxco #57 on verso Probably done by artist.

EB: Delacorte Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Delacorte Press, New York. 1969. 186 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (closed tear present to the front flap of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (tape residue present to the boards). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned… Read More

Delacorte Press, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First printing with $5.95 price on jacket, "8021" on front flap and '"0369" on rear flap. Browning to jacket and light wear, couple tiny chips to spine ends of jacket. .

Norwalk: Easton, 1998. hardcover. fine. 8vo, full blue leather, ornately gilt covers and spine, all edges gilt. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1998). Limited Edition. A fine copy, as new in the original shrink wrap.<br/> <br/> Autographed by Vonnegut.<br/> <br/>

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1994. Signed by the author. 25th Anniversary edition / First printing with a new introduction by the author. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards, Very fine in fine dust jacket. The author's breakthrough masterpiece. After twenty years of struggling for critical and popular success, this book gave him the audience and recognition he had sought. The horrific firebombing of Dresden, which he witnessed as a POW, shocked Vonnegut into a lifelong distrust of the senseless and amoral violence of all war. Number 18 on Modern Library's Best 100 Novels. A classic of counter-culture literature.

EB: Delacorte Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Delacorte Press, New York. 1969. 186 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First UK Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book in a very good priced jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author to his Jonathan Cape Publisher, Tom Maschler, on the front flyleaf. Publisher personal book plate affixed to the front paste down. A notable association copy.