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Player Piano: A Novel
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. First Edition, advanced review copy of the author's first book. Published in 1952 by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Publisher's limp paper wrappers, flaps for dust jacket pasted inside the front board. Cover has loss at lower spine. Scribner's "A" on copyright page.
Synopsis
Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation and capitalism, describing the dereliction they cause in the quality of life. The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Owl Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OCB0012
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance Review Copy
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 295
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- vonnegut, arc, advance review copy, advance reading copy
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- First Edition
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- New
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- 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....
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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