Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional second mass market paperback edition, later printing paperback copy of Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. December 1991 mass market Paperback, unstated. Later Printing, with high number print line and $6.99 cover price.
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, moderate edge wear and lightly, rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.”
Larger trade size paperback ships promptly in a manila envelope with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
