Pity the Reader – Kurt Vonnegut
NF Paperback

Description

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, first printing paperback copy of Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style by Kurt Vonnegut.  First Trade Paperback Edition stated, October 2020 Seven Stories Press. First Printing, with full number line reversed, 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a straight spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly, rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free endpaper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

Kurt Vonnegut used to like to say, “Practicing an art form is a way to grow your soul.” He would screw up his lips into a prune face after he said this because of how important he believed this idea to be. Pity the Reader is the very embodiment of that idea, a book about writing and life and why the two go together. It includes rare photos and reproductions, Vonnegut’s own account in his own words of how he became a writer and why it matters, and previously untold stories by and about Vonnegut as teacher and friend.

Larger trade size paperback ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.