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"I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center": First Edition of Player Piano; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt.
Player Piano.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original green cloth. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a self-caricature on the half-title page. Near fine in a excellent near fine dust jacket with a small closed tear to the spine. Jacket design by George W. Thompson. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example of this title.
Price: $4,500.00
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"And so it goes..."; First Edition of Slaughterhouse-Five; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut With a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt.
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
First edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut, who has drawn a self-caricature on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,800.00
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"I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking": First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut’s classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a full page inscription, “Peace and Plenty to my Pal Marlene J. Wallach- Kurt Vonnegut Jr. July 14, 1977.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Bob Giusti. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,250.00
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“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved": First Edition of The Sirens of Titan; Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt.
The Sirens of Titan.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.
First hardcover edition of the author’s second novel and what many consider his finest. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the spine. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A very nice example.
Price: $7,800.00
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"Hands up," said Lasher almost gaily. "Forward March": First Edition of Player Piano; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt.
Player Piano.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
First edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a self-caricature on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine. Jacket design by George W. Thompson.
Price: $2,000.00
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"A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved": First Edition of Sirens of Titan; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut With a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut, Kurt.
The Sirens of Titan.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961.
First edition of Vonnegut’s second novel and his scarcest. Octavo, original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some wear to the crown and some soiling to the back panel. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a self-caricature. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $5,500.00
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"In war, as in love, he was a fearless, happy-go-lucky adventurer": First Edition of Galapagos; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut, Kurt.
Galapagos.
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1985.
First edition of Vonnegut’s eleventh novel, which questions the merit of the human brain from an evolutionary perspective. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows light shelf wear. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a self-caricature on the half-title page. Jacket illustration by Jeffrey Adams.
Price: $750.00
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"And so it goes..."; First Edition of Slaughterhouse-Five; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut With a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut, Jr., Kurt.
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty-Dance With Death.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969.
First edition of Vonnegut’s masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Price: $4,800.00
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“How complicated and unpredictable the machinery of life really is": FIRST EDITION OF CAT’S CRADLE; SIGNED BY KURT VONNEGUT WITH A SELF-CARICATURE
Vonnegut, Kurt.
Cat’s Cradle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1963.
First edition of Vonnegut’s absurdist satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut with a self-caricature on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example.
Price: $7,200.00
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"I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking": First Edition of Breakfast of Champions; Signed by Kurt Vonnegut With a Self-Caricature
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye, Blue Monday.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973.
First edition of Vonnegut’s classic work. Octavo, original orange cloth, with drawings by the author. Boldly signed by the author with a large drawing of a self-caricature spanning two pages on the half-title page, “Kurt Vonnegut Sagaponack, N.Y. 1992.” Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bob Giusti. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,350.00
