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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (VONNEGUT, Kurt). [High School Year-book]: Shortridge Annual (1940). Indiana-polis: Shortridge High School 1940. First and onlyedition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Tan figured leatherette.Many student signatures, a little soiling, else a near finecopy. High school yearbook for the senior year of authorKurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut is pictured in various places: inhis senior picture, on student council, as an editor on thenewspaper, and probably a few more places we didn'thave the energy to identify. #307771 ......................... $950

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (WWII) (VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr.). 106thInfantry Division. (Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises)1944. Oblong quarto. Color photographic wrappers.Unpaginated, (122)pp. Very modest edgewear, very goodor better. Virtually entirely devoted to photographs,mostly group photographs at the company level.Presumably among the group photographs, someonewith patience and a decent magnifying glass couldidentify Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (as we believe we have, in theHeadquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, but we couldbe wrong). He served in the 423rd, a unit destroyed at theBattle of the Bulge. #96577 ......................................... $250

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Aldous Huxley,Constance Tomkinson, Padraic Colum,T.H. White, Isaiah Berlin, Francis HenryTaylor, Edward Weismiller, Judge ElijahAdlow, Wyman Richardson, JeanMayer, John Ackerson, Martha Bacon,Edward Weeks, Charles J. Rolo. TheAtlantic Monthly July 1955, Volume 196,Number 1. Boston: Atlantic Monthly 1955. Quarto.Near fine copy with some very light edge wear andrubbing to covers as well as a faint vertical crease in frontcover. Contains "Der Arme Dolmetscher" by KurtVonnegut. This early piece of short fiction was writtenwhile the author was still working for General Electricand writing his second novel. A humorous tale of aregular Army Joe chosen to be a German interpreterbased on being overheard reciting the first stanza of "DieLorelei." Undoubtedly inspired by Vonnegut's ownexperiences in World War II and predating Slaughterhouse-Five by fourteen years. The issue also includes "Voices, ACalifornia Story" by Aldous Huxley. #104583 .......... $250

VONNEGUT, Kurt. The Sirens of Titan.New York: Dell 1959. First edition. Pages a bit browned,some rubbing and spine creases, a nice, near fine copy. Athrilling and intriguing science fiction adventure spanningfrom Earth to Venus to Saturn's moon, Titan. Author'ssecond novel. #278207 ................................................. $125

VONNEGUT, Kurt. The Sirens of Titan.New York: Dell 1959. First edition. Very good inwrappers with a large crease along the rear wrap. Verticalcreases to spine and near spine on front panel fromreading. A thrilling and intriguing science fictionadventure spanning from Earth to Venus to Saturn'smoon, Titan. Author's second novel. #81122 ............. $85

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. The Sirens ofTitan. New York: Dell (1966). New edition. Massmarket paperback. Pages a bit age-toned, some rubbingand spine creases, else very good. A thrilling andintriguing science fiction adventure spanning from Earthto Venus to Saturn's moon, Titan. Author's second novel.Dell, 7948. #342634 ......................................................... $18

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. The Sirens ofTitan. (New York): Dell Book (1970). Reprint. Massmarket paperback. Pages a bit age-toned, spine creases,spine cocked, else very good. A thrilling and intriguingscience fiction adventure spanning from Earth to Venusto Saturn's moon, Titan. Author's second novel. Dell,7948. #342764 .................................................................. $18

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Las Sirenas deTitan [The Sirens of Titan]. (Buenos Aires):Minotauro (1971). First Argentine edition. Translated byAurora Bernardez. Tiny rubbed spot on the edge of thespine else fine in wrappers as issued. #72385 .............. $50

MOORE, John Rees and Louis D. RubinJr. The Hollins Critic: Volume III, No. 4.Roanoke: Hollins College 1966. First edition. Finepamphlet. Kurt Vonnegut Issue. #285489 .................. $25

COWLES, Gardner, edited by. Venture:The Traveler's World: October/November1966, Vol. 3, No. 5. New York: Venture 1966.First edition. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers with holographicillustration. Very good with modest wear and cornersflared. Featuring: "The Big Affair with London" byArnold Ehrlich, "Epic Island" by David Holden, "Safari-Family Style" by William Attwood, "Brief Encounters onthe Inland Waterway" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.#351951 ............................................................................. $20

BOLES, Robert. Curling. Boston: HoughtonMifflin 1968. First edition. Boards a trifle splayed, foxingto the foredge, very good in a rubbed, very gooddustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in.Author's second novel. Blurb from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. onthe front flap. Although not otherwise indicated, fromthe library of Gwendolyn Brooks. #84074 .................. $50

BROWN, Francis, edited by. Page 2:The Best of "Speaking of Books" from TheNew York Times Book Review. New York:Holt, Rinehart, Winston (1969). First edition. Fine in finedustwrapper. Authors include Saul Bellow, BernardMalamud, Nathalie Sarraute, Brigid Brophy, Leon Edel,M. L. Rosenthal, John le Carré, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., W.H.Auden, Gore Vidal and many more. #278481 ............ $25

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five. (New York): Delacorte Press (1969). First edition.Fine in a modestly spine-toned, else crisp and near finedustwrapper. Boldly Inscribed by the author on the half-title. A very nice copy of the author's best-known title. Asplendid blend of history, humor, and fantasy in the storyof optometrist Billy Pilgrim, survivor of the firebombingof Dresden, unstuck in time and living an alternate life onthe planet Tralfamadore. Basis for George Roy Hill's1972 film that managed to make a good movie out of avirtually unfilmable novel. #348094 ......................... $8500

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade a DutyDance with Death. (New York): Dell Books (1970).Reprint. Mass market paperback. Fine in wrappers. Theauthor's most desirable title, a splendid blend of history,humor and fantasy in the story of optometrist BillyPilgrim, survivor of the firebombing of Dresden, unstuckin time and living an alternate life on the planetTralfamadore. #279925 ................................................... $35

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five. Franklin Station: Franklin Library 1978. Firstedition thus. One of an unspecified number of copies ofa limited edition Signed by the author with a letter tosubscribers from the author not included in the tradeedition. Fine in full leather as issued. #363234 ......... $400

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. God Bless You,Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine.(New York): Dell (1970). Reprint. Mass marketpaperback. Extremities lightly worn, else near fine. Dell,2929. #342635 .................................................................. $10

VONNEGUT, Jr., Kurt. Welcome to theMonkey House. New York: Dell 1970. First editionthus. First Delta printing. Trade paperback. Very goodplus. Cover darkening. Wrinkles in spine. #271502 ..................................................................................................... $20

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Happy Birthday,Wanda June. (New York): Delacorte (1971). Firstedition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing.A very nice copy of probably the author's least commonbook, a play. #99963 ................................................... $3000

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Happy Birthday,Wanda June. (New York): Delacorte (1971). Firstedition. Cloth rubbed at the bottom of the front gutter,thus very good in very good dustwrapper with acorresponding chip. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. Probably the author's least common book, a play.#349846 ........................................................................ $1650

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SEXTON, Anne. Transformations. WithDrawings by Barbara Swan. Boston: HoughtonMifflin (1971). Third printing, paperback reprint.Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Covers slightly rubbedand soiled, otherwise a fine copy. #90948 ................... $10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Between Time andTimbuktu; or Prometheus-5: A SpaceFantasy. (New York): Delacorte (1972). First edition.Photographs by Jill Krementz. Bottom of rear boardbumped, boards slightly warped, very good in near finedustwrapper with a bit of wrinkling. Inscribed by theauthor. One of Vonnegut's scarcest works, a teleplayproduced by the NET Playhouse. #349880 ............ $1750

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX HUDGENS, Betty Lenhardt. Kurt Von-negut, Jr. A Checklist. Detroit, Michigan: GaleResearch Company 1972. First edition. Fine withoutdustwrapper as issued. #283533 .................................... $75

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. [SignedPhotocopied Manuscript]: Breakfast ofChampions. New York: Donald C. Farber (1973).Photocopied manuscript. Consisting of 360 loose sheetsand two sets of stapled sheets of three and six pages. Allslightly toned, else fine in worn typewriter paper box. Thephotocopied manuscript of Vonnegut's first draft of hisself-illustrated novel, with its original ending andphotocopied changes, along with the edited six-pagepreface and three-page published ending. Inscribed onthe first sheet by Vonnegut, and additionally Signed atthe start of Chapter One.

The manuscript shows numerous differences from thepublished text and drawings, with several of the author'sillustrations later omitted, many redrawn for publication,and a few bearing placeholders ("insert Christmas card").One of the most noticeable changes is a large demonhead drawing in this manuscript, which in the finalpublished book was reduced to an illustration withinanother illustration, on the back of a biker jacket.Another notable illustration change is a large drawing of aworm on a hook, later omitted entirely, and withaccompanying changes to the text in which it wasreferred.

Regarding the two endings, Vonnegut later commentedthat he was having each chapter delivered by courier tohis publisher's office around the corner from histownhouse. After the last chapter was delivered thecourier, who had read the manuscript with eachinstallment, returned to tell him the last chapter did notfeel right. Vonnegut agreed and rewrote the ending. So itgoes... #348554 ............................................................ $4000

VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. Breakfast ofChampions. (New York): Delacorte (1973). Firstedition. A bit of foxing on the spine else fine in finedustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the half-title.#349863 ........................................................................... $800

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Jr., Kurt et al. (edited byJack C. Wolf & Gregory Fitzgerald).Past, Present, & Future Perfect. Greenwich,Ill.: Fawcett World Library 1973. First printing. Massmarket paperback. Pages lightly age-toned, light wear towrappers, else very good. Other stories done by: ArthurC. Clarke, Graham Greene, Ray Bradbury, B.F. Skinner,Mark Twain, Francis Bacon, Edgar Allan Poe, JulesVerne, H.G. Wells, and more. #217998 ....................... $20

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (VONNEGUT, Kurt) PIERATT, Asa andJerome Klinkowitz. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: ADescriptive Bibliography and AnnotatedSecondary Checklist. (Hamden, Connecticut):Archon Books 1974. First edition. Fine in finedustwrapper. The first Vonnegut bibliography. A lovelycopy, usually found pretty worn. #307827 .................. $75

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. One Great Novel-ist of the 70's Writes about Another: KurtVonnegut Jr. on Joseph Heller's Some-thing Happened. (New York): Ballantine Books1974. First separate edition, reprinted from The New YorkTimes. Stapled wrappers as issued. Offsetting on the frontwrap, thus good. However, Signed by Vonnegut, and theonly copy we've seen thus. #352006 ........................... $450XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. One Great Novel-ist of the 70's Writes about Another: KurtVonnegut Jr. on Joseph Heller's Some-thing Happened. (New York): Ballantine Books1974. First separate edition, reprinted from The New YorkTimes. Fine in stapled wrappers as issued. #99662 ................................................................................................... $400

FARMER, Philip José as Kilgore Trout,Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, et al. TheMagazine of Fantasy And Science Fiction:December, Vol. 47, #6. Mercury 1974. Magazine.Edited by Edward L. Ferman. Perfect bound in near fine,lightly creased wrappers. Contains the first of two partsof Venus on the Half-Shell by Philip José Farmer, writing asKilgore Trout (a fictional author created by KurtVonnegut), as well as Isaac Asimov's "Star in the East."Other contributions by Larry Niven, Robert Aickman,Joseph Green, Guy Owen, Edward Wellen, Barry N.Malzberg, John Sladek, Lil and Kris Neville, a cartoon byGahan Wilson, Alexei and Cory Panshin, Baird Searless,and Georgia F. Adams. Cover art by Ron Walotsky.#140202 ............................................................................. $10

FARMER, Philip José as Kilgore Trout.Venus on the Half-Shell. New York: Dell (1975).Second printing. Mass market paperback. Near fine inpictorial wrappers. Trout is a fictional character originallycreated by Kurt Vonnegut. #339771 ............................ $30

(Anthology) (VONNEGUT, Kurt). BELLAMY,Joe David, editor. The New Fiction:Interviews With Innovative AmericanWriters. Urbana: University of Illinois (1974). Firstedition. A bit cocked and a bump at the top of the frontgutter, very good in very good dustwrapper that is rubbedand has a shallow chip at the crown. Interviewsconducted by Bellamy and others with John Barth, JoyceCarol Oates, William Gass, Donald Barthelme, TomWolfe, John Hawkes, Susan Sontag, Ishmael Reed, JerzyKosinski, John Gardner, and one conducted by futurenovelist John Casey with Kurt Vonnegut. This copyInscribed by Kurt Vonnegut. A very uncommon book.#349917 ........................................................................... $350

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BELLAMY, Joe David. The New Fiction:Interviews with Innovative AmericanWriters. Urbana: University of Illinois Press (1974).First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Interviews withJohn Barth, Joyce Carol Oates, William H. Gass, DonaldBarthelme, Ronald Sukenick, Tom Wolfe, John Hawkes,Susan Sontag, Ishmael Reed, Jerzy Kosinski, JohnGardner and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. #320521 ................... $50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SHENKER, Israel. Words and TheirMasters. Garden City: Doubleday 1974. First edition.Quarto. Photographs by Jill Krementz. Fine in finedustwrapper with some nominal rubbing. A collection ofinsightful and interesting interviews withwritersaccompanied by Krementz's portraits of the subjects.This copy Signed or Inscribed by four of the subjects:Isaac B. Singer, Janet Flanner, Bernard Malamud andKurt Vonnegut (who has noted after his name "Jill'sboyfriend"). He later married photographer Krementz.Other subjects include Rex Stout, Borges, Gore Vidal, S.J. Perelman, E.B. White, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow,and many others. A scarce book, enhanced by thecollection of signatures. #10591 .................................. $285XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Slapstick, or Lone-some No More. (New York): Delacorte/SeymourLawrence (1976). First trade edition. Slight bumped onthe edge of the spine, near fine in very good dustwrapperwith a corresponding bump. Nicely Inscribed by theauthor on the dedication page. #349843 ................... $250

PLIMPTON, George, edited by (KurtVonnegut). The Paris Review: Number69, Spring 1977. New York: The Paris Review1977. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Extremities lightlyworn, else near fine. Interview with Kurt Vonnegut. Also,featuring T. Coraghssen Boyle, William Burroughs,Richard Haas, Richard Grossman, Frank O'Hara, RainerMaria Rilke, and others. #352676 .................................. $25

(VONNEGUT, Kurt). KLINKOWITZ, Jeromeand Donald Lawler. Vonnegut in Amer-ica. (New York): Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence(1977). First edition. Slightest toning on the boards, elsefine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Vonnegut.#349921 ........................................................................... $350

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Jailbird. (New York):Delacorte (1979). First edition, limited issue. Fine in fineslipcase. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by theauthor. #349848 ............................................................. $400

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Jailbird. (New York):Delacorte (1979). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper.#309611 ............................................................................. $60

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Jailbird. London: JonathanCape (1979). Uncorrected proof of the English edition.Near fine in lightly rubbed wrappers. Jonathan Capeeditor's complimentary card laid in. #99962 ................ $75

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STABLEFORD, Brian M. Essays on SixScience Fiction Authors. San Bernardino,California: Borgo Press 1981. First edition. Fine inwrappers. The six essays are about Edmond Hamilton,Leigh Brackett, Barry N. Malzberg, Kurt Vonnegut,Robert Silverberg, Mack Reynolds. #328670 .............. $40

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Palm Sunday. AnAutobiographical Collage. (New York):Delacorte Press (1981). First edition, limited issue. Fine infine slipcase. One of 500 numbered copies Signed byVonnegut. #349851 ....................................................... $500

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Palm Sunday. New York:Delacorte (1981). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapperwith a single short tear on the front panel. Author TimO'Brien's copy with his ownership Signature dated in theyear of publication. #97732 .......................................... $400

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Palm Sunday. New York:Delacorte (1981). First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapperwith a single short crease on the front flap. An especiallyfresh copy. #99960 ........................................................ $150

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Deadeye Dick. NewYork: Delacorte (1982). First edition. Board edges veryfaintly sunned, else fine in a very good, lightly worndustwrapper with a touch of yellowing. #71225 ......... $10

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt Jr. Fates Worse thanDeath. Nottingham: Spokesman for the BertrandRussell Peace Foundation [1982]. First edition of thisprinted speech, not to be confused with the later book ofthe same title. 16pp. Fine in stapled wrappers.#51350 ............................................................................... $15

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (VONNEGUT, Kurt). Happy Birthday, KurtVonnegut: A Festschrift for Kurt Vonneguton his Sixtieth Birthday. (New York: DelacortePress 1982). First edition. Compiled by Jill Krementz.Fine in fine slipcase. One of 500 copies privatelydistributed. Contributions by John Irving, John Updike,E.L. Doctorow, Richard Yates, Irwin Shaw, NormanMailer, Garry Trudeau, Truman Capote, Jerzy Kosinski,Bernard V. O'Hare, and others, including familymembers. #298040 ........................................................ $350

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Anthology) RICHLER, Mordecai, editor.The Best of Modern Humor. New York: AlfredA. Knopf 1983. First American edition. Fine in aboutfine dustwrapper with some of the occasional pinklettering a little blurred, as usually seems the case withthis title. Humorous pieces, most previously published inbooks, others from magazines. Authors representedinclude P.G. Wodehouse, Alexander Theroux, TrumanCapote, Garrison Keillor, Calvin Trillin, Woody Allen,Tom Wolfe, V.S. Naipaul, Thomas Berger, KurtVonnegut, Jr., John Mortimer, John Cheever, SaulBellow, Flann O'Brien, Eudora Welty, Peter De Vries, E.B. White, S.J. Perelman, Ian Frazier and many others.#12782 ............................................................................... $15

(Anthology) PLIMPTON, George, editedby. Writers at Work: The Paris ReviewInterviews, Sixth Series. New York: The VikingPress (1984). First edition. Introduction by FrankKermode. Those interviewed include Rebecca West,Tennessee Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, Nadine Gordimer,and Gabriel García Márquez, among others. Fine in anear fine dustwrapper with modest wear. #275179 ..................................................................................................... $75

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Galapagos. New York:Delacorte Press (1985). Uncorrected proof. Slightlysunned spine, else near fine in wrappers. #307167 ..................................................................................................... $60

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Galapagos. New York:Delacorte Press (1985). First edition, limited issue. Slightbump on the edge of the spine in very good slipcase witha corresponding bump. One of 500 numbered copiesSigned by the author. #349849 .................................. $500

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Galapagos. New York:Delacorte Press (1985). First edition. Fine in slightlybumped but fine dustwrappers. #309612 .................... $50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX BOURJAILY, Vance. The Great FakeBook. New York: W&N (1986). First edition. Fine infine dustwrapper. Vonnegut blurb. #1162 ....................................................................................... $35 $24.50

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Bluebeard. New York:Delacorte Press (1987). Uncorrected proof. Slightsunning to the spine, near fine in printed red wrappers.#307164 ............................................................................. $75

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Bluebeard. New York:Delacorte Press (1987). First edition. Tiny rubbed spot atthe crown, else near fine, lacking the slipcase. One of 500numbered of copies of the first edition Signed by theauthor. #349819 ............................................................. $200

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Baseball) KLINKOWITZ, Jerome. ShortSeason and Other Stories. Baltimore: JohnsHopkins University Press (1988). First edition. Fine infine dustwrapper. Interrelated baseball short stories.Blurbs from Kurt Vonnegut and Dan Wakefield.#9092 ................................................................................. $35

HARTWELL, David G. The World Trea-sury of Science Fiction. Boston: Little, Brownand Company (1989). First edition. Near fine withbumping to the extremities in wrappers. Foreword byClifton Fadiman, general editor. Contributions from KurtVonnegut, Jr., Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and others.#101499 ............................................................................. $20

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Fates Worse ThanDeath: An Autobiographical Collage of the1980's. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1991.Uncorrected proof. Faint crease along the edge of thewrap else about fine. #311117 ....................................... $25

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Fates Worse thanDeath. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1991). Firstedition, signed and limited issue. Octavo. 240pp. Fine inthe publisher's slipcase with offsetting to one side panel.Copy 68 of 200 numbered copies Signed by Vonnegut.#352824 ........................................................................... $300

VONNEGUT, Kurt. Fates Worse ThanDeath: An Autobiographical Collage of the1980's. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1991). Firstedition. Boards a bit warped, else near fine in finedustwrapper. Signed by the author. #349824 .......... $150

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Hocus Pocus. New York:G.P. Putnam's Sons (1991). First edition, limited issue.Fine in bumped, very good slipcase. One of 250numbered copies Signed by the author. #349853 ................................................................................................... $400

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX VONNEGUT, Kurt. Hocus Pocus. New York:G.P. Putnam's Sons (1991). First edition, trade issue. Topcorner of a few pages a little bumped, else fine in nearfine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. #349887 ................................................................................................... $300

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STURGEON, Theodore. The CompleteStories of Theodore Sturgeon (Volumes 1-8). Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books 1994-2002. First editions. With forewords by Ray Bradbury,Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur C. Clarke, Gene Wolfe, SamuelR. Delaney, others. Eight volumes (I-VIII) – the seriescontinued afterwards in fits and starts. Fine in fineduswrappers. A collection of all of his shorter fiction inany form less than a novel. As each volume waspublished separately, and in fairly small print runs,obtaining a set of the first eight volumes is difficult.#327545 ........................................................................... $650

McQUADE, Molly, edited by. An Unsen-timental Education: Writers and Chicago.Chicago: University of Chicago (1995). Uncorrected pageproof. Very good with publisher notations on front andrear cover, glue residue from sticker on front cover.Some authors include Saul Bellow, Paul Carroll, HaydenCarruth, Robert Coover, Leon Forrest, June Jordan, JanetKauffman, Jackson McLow, Morris Philipson, M.L.Rosenthal, Philip Roth, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer,Charles Simic, George Starbuck, George Steiner, RichardSteiner, Nathaniel Tarn, Douglas Unger, Kurt Vonnegut,Marguerite Young. #278514 .......................................... $20

PLIMPTON, George, edited by (KurtVonnegut). The Paris Review: Number148, Volume 40, Fall 1998. New York: TheParis Review 1998. First edition. Pictorial wrappers.Extremities lightly worn, else near fine. Interview with V.S. Naipaul and Mark Strand. Also, featuring NormanLock, Joy Williams, Simon Armitage, Anthony Hecht,Richard Lamb, Daniel Tobin, A.L. Kennedy Louis deBernières and others. #352781 ...................................... $20

VONNEGUT, Kurt and Lee Stringer.Like Shaking Hands With God: AConversation About Writing. New York: SevenStories Press (1999). Uncorrected proof. Printedwrappers. Fine. #315774 ................................................. $40

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (VONNEGUT, Kurt). The Staff of Quilland Brush, Inc. Bibliography, First Editionand Price Guide (APG - Author's PriceGuide Series). Dickerson, MD: Quill & Brush 2004.2004 (current) edition. 19 page bibliography and price-guide. A thorough guide to identifying and collecting firsteditions, advance copies, limited editions, etc. TheAUTHOR PRICE GUIDES (APGs) include a facsimileof the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch; anup-to-date list of the author's first editions (American andBritish) with entries for limited and trade editions; numberof copies printed (if available); how to identify the firstedition; and estimated values. You can view theInstructions For Use, also included with your order andwhich shows a sample listing and complete instructionsfor identifying first editions of the author's works, athttp://www.betweenthecovers.com/private/article_images/InstructionsForUse.pdfThe APGs are offered here AS PDF FILES. Onceyour order has been processed, your files will be deliveredto you via email (no shipping charges apply). #93587 ............................................................................................... $13.50