Player Piano
by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1966. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Holt edition of the author's first book. A fine copy in decorated boards in a very good unclipped dustwrapper with attractive design by William Wondriska. Small triangular chip to top of front panel and some minor creasing. An attractive copy of an uncommon edition.
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
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003808
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Holt Rinehart Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Literature, First Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature / First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Derringer Books
Biblio member since 2005
Avon, Connecticut
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...