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Auction archive: Lot number 391

Eight first editions

Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 391

Eight first editions

Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Eight first editions Kurt Vonnegut, 1952-1982 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). Eight first editions by Kurt Vonnegut, including signed copies. New York: 1952-1982. Including a handsome copy of Vonnegut's first book in about fine dust jacket. Comprises: Player Piano. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Dust jacket (some sunning, light rubbing). The author’s first book. * Cat's Cradle. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963. Dust jacket (two closed tears). signed. * Slaughterhouse-Five. Delacorte Press, [1969]. Dust jacket (mild toning). * Five further volumes, first editions or first trade editions, two signed. Together, eight volumes. Octavo. Original cloth or leatherette bindings; 4 in dust jackets; 2 with slipcases. Condition varies, some toning to spines and slipcases, edge-wear to Breakfast of Champions jacket; overall about fine. First three volumes in cloth clamshell boxes. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Auction archive: Lot number 391
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Eight first editions Kurt Vonnegut, 1952-1982 VONNEGUT, Kurt (1922-2007). Eight first editions by Kurt Vonnegut, including signed copies. New York: 1952-1982. Including a handsome copy of Vonnegut's first book in about fine dust jacket. Comprises: Player Piano. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Dust jacket (some sunning, light rubbing). The author’s first book. * Cat's Cradle. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963. Dust jacket (two closed tears). signed. * Slaughterhouse-Five. Delacorte Press, [1969]. Dust jacket (mild toning). * Five further volumes, first editions or first trade editions, two signed. Together, eight volumes. Octavo. Original cloth or leatherette bindings; 4 in dust jackets; 2 with slipcases. Condition varies, some toning to spines and slipcases, edge-wear to Breakfast of Champions jacket; overall about fine. First three volumes in cloth clamshell boxes. Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

Auction archive: Lot number 391
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2010
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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