BOOK: Remainder Mark (Spray to Lower Edges); Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Light Scratch on Front Panel; Moderate Gouge/Scratch on Rear Panel; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Novel. BOOK NUMBER: 1085. DESIGNED BY: Wilma Robin. SYNOPSIS: Kurt Vonnegut takes you back one million years, to A.D. 1986--and the beginning of the human race. Kurt Vonnegut lives and works on the Island of Manhattan. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and holds a master's degree in anthropology from The University of Chicago. He has been to the Galapagos Islands on a cruise.
New York: Delacorte Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 0385294166 . Edges a bit browned. A handsome copy! ; 8vo; 295 pages .
U.S.A.: Delacorte Pr, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy in a near fine unclipped dustjacket. A tight and clean copy of the first printing. The dustjacket has a bit of rubbing to the rear panel or would also be fine. Very scarce to find first edition Vonnegut's in this condition. A tight and clean unmarked copy in unread collectible condition.
8vo., 295pp. Sharp Stated First Trade Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a bit of softness to the spine ends and slight toning to top board edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($16.95), has a touch of wear at the crown but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.
Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. (!st Trade Edition) Smaller, sturdy book, black cloth spine, gray boards, very bright gilt facsimile signature and asterik at bottom front right, silver lettering very bright on spine, blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 295 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy blue on most of front, spine and back, then a dark blue line of water with sail ship on back, black at bottom front, spine and back with two albatrosses on front. DJ has tiny light dents along front spine indentation. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0385294166 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Shelfwear on spine crown and heel. Foxing on top text block edge. Stated First Printing. ; 184 pages .
Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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dentelle: Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of books, used more on the inside of modern books.