Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. First Edition, 1st Printing.

Description: Player Piano, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. First edition, first printing of Vonnegut's debut novel, a classic of modern dystopian fiction depicting a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers, partially inspired by Vonnegut's time working at General Electric. His first novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First printing with the "A" and Scribner seal on copyright page. Publisher's original green cloth boards, spine lettered in silver; pp. (viii), 295. A near fine or better copy in a good to very good, slightly clipped dust jacket. Binding remains completely unbroken. Jacket shows light general shelfwear with splitting along the corners, a slight rip of the jacket on the top right edge of the cover. Internally the book is perfect. There has been some very slight water spotting and discoloration of the jacket from the sun over the last 70 years. This is a diamond in the rough!

Price: 1000 USD

Location: Southampton, New York

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