Nice + Signed
Cat's Cradle
Publication: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. First Edition.
Notes: "Truths are cyanide to human beings, body and soul"—dust jacket. An early novel from Vonnegut, described in Anatomy of Wonder as "absurdist science fiction." Published in an edition of 6000 copies (according to the Ahearns' Author Price Guide).
[iv], 233, [3:blank] pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (stated). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with short tears along the top edge and a small spot of white paint at the outer joint. The orange lettering on the spine is a bit faded. Signed by Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. A nice copy, quite uncommon signed.
This copy is housed in a blue clamshell box with a red leather label of the sort that Vonnegut's screenprinter, Joe Petro III, commissioned. From the collection of Tom Garner.
Item No: #364585
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