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Timequake (signed presentation edition)
by Vonnegut, Kurt (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0399137378
- ISBN 13
- 9780399137372
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. One of a small number of specially bound presentation copies. SIGNED in blue ink by Kurt Vonnegut directly on the presenation page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). SEE PHOTOS. Appears unread. Fine condition in the publisher's plain (no printing) glassine dust jacket which is Very Good with a few tiny chips and short (1/4 inch or less) closed tears at its top and bottom edges. The first white page reads: "This special edition has been prepared for presentation to friends of the author and the publisher." Below that statement Vonnegut has boldly signed in blue ink. SEE PHOTOS. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First Printing of the First Edition, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. This is NOT the limited slipcased edition. This special edition is bound in the original offwhite cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. Complete with original dust jacket.. SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut. Signed presentation first edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xvi, 219pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
For an alternate meaning of timequake, see Millennium (film). Timequake is a semi-autobiographical work by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. published in 1997. Vonnegut described the novel as a "stew", in which he alternates between summarizing a novel he had been struggling with for a number of years, and waxing nostalgic about various events in his life.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025933
- Title
- Timequake (signed presentation edition)
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Signed presentation first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399137378
- ISBN 13
- 9780399137372
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo. xvi, 219pp
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