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Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965. First Thus. Softcover. Good Condition. Size: 12mo <7 3/4". 179 pp. Binding firm, spine cocked and creased. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Edges foxed and browned. Covers slightly creased and worn. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40075. .
Synopsis
Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works--and Vonnegut at his very best.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40075
- Title
- Cat's Cradle
- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- BZDB243 sci-fi, fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction. Unbranded Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Cat's Cradle
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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