Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.:
Utopia 14 (Player Piano) - Erstausgabe
1978, ISBN: 7a0ae59861930e358d0f304d4f516f4b
Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe
USA: Vantage Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo with 144 pages. The book is signed, "To Hank and Evelyn...nice, nice people...with much worth... David Kalugin … Mehr…
USA: Vantage Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo with 144 pages. The book is signed, "To Hank and Evelyn...nice, nice people...with much worth... David Kalugin May 19, 1978. P.S. It's much more important for me to say thank you! for responding in such nice fashion." on the front free end piece. The book is in good condition with some shelfwear and bumping to the edges. The dust jack is in poor condition with some ripping and bumping to the edges, and rubbing to the covers. The interior is mostly clean and tight with some yellowing from age. The spine is black and white with black and white text. . Signed. 1st Edition. Boards. Good/Poor. 8vo. Hardcover., Vantage Press, 1952, 1.75, New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. (1) on the last page indicates first edition. the book is clean, tight and square. There are tape ghosts on the end papers, a bookstore stamp on the front free end paper, very light bumping at the edges and a little bit of discoloration along the top edge of the boards. The dust jacket is undersized, has a bookstore sticker on the front panel and tape ghosts on the fold over., Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1952, 2.75, London: The Hogarth Press, 1956. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. WITH A FOREWORD BY: Leonard Woolf. CONTENTS: Foreword by Leonard Woolf. SECTION I - Introduction; I Letters 1891-95; II Legum Baccalaurei 1896; III To the Klondike 1897; IV Gold-seeking 1897-98; V Holy Cross 1899; VI At the Fishing Cottage; VII Preparation; SECTION II - I New York; II Boston; III Raymond's Friend; IV Across the Continent; V On Board the 'Santa Teresa'; SECTION III - I Thursday, June 14th; II The Hospice and the People; III Troubles; IV Luncheon on the Beach and Looking through Raymond's Window; V Clare McCalmont; VI June 17th-18th; VII Shopping in a New Home; VIII Kaiomi; SECTION IV - I A New Light on Linderberg and a Picnic; II Sunday; III Rowe's Camp; IV On the Woodpile and 'Home'; V To the Gold Creek; VI Anvil; VII 'Oh, Mr. Robins, Mr. Robins!'; SECTION V - I Fanny's Fray and the Tullochs; II The Night Side of Nome; III 'Church Re-opens Tomorrow'; IV 'Dat Ole Gol'en Rule'; V The Road House and Russia; SECTION VI - I Compassion and Prayer; II The Old Compulsion. Raymond's Sermon; III Chamber of Commerce. The Home I was Leaving Him To; IV The Creditors; V Looking My Last; VI Good-bye; VII After Good-bye. EXCERPT: FOREWORD Elizabeth Robins wrote this book over 20 years ago. In 1934 she brought the MS to my wife and myself and asked us whether we would publish it. We agreed at once, but then difficulties arose. She gave the book to her brother, Colonel Raymond Robins, to read and he objected to its being published during his lifetime. Eventually he agreed to its being published after his death, and she gave the MS to us and left us all rights in it under her will. I undertook not to publish it while Colonel Robins was alive. Elizabeth died in 1952 and Raymond in 1955, and it has therefore become possible to fulfil her wish and publish the book. I have to thank Miss Lisa Von Borowsky for permission to quote from Colonel Robins's letters. Elizabeth and Raymond were a remarkable brother and sister. She was a great actress, the first and, almost certainly, the best actress of Ibsen in English. She wrote a best selling novel in The Magnetic North. She was also, as this book shows, a great character. So too was her brother Raymond, in his time a colonel, an unofficial ambassador to Soviet Russia, and a modern--somewhat quixotic--crusader on behalf of any peoples or persons whom he thought to be despised, downtrodden, or persecuted.--Leonard Woolf.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., The Hogarth Press, 1956, 3, Heinemann, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 13407. ., Heinemann, 1952, 3, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, & Young, 1952. No indication of printing or edition. Contains the stories Referent by Ray Bradbury; What Dead Men Tell by Theodore Sturgeon; Dune Roller by Julian May; Employment by L. Sprague de Camp; Dreams Are Sacred by Peter Phillips; Berom by John Berryman; The Fire and the Sword by Frank Robinson; Blind Man's Bluff by Malcolm Jameson; Pressure by Ross Rocklynne; The X1 Effect by Philip Latham; Old Faithful by Raymond Z. Gallun; Hold Back Tomorrow by Kris Neville; and Alas All Thinking by Harry Bates. Book is in very good + (pages aged) condition with a very good (wear at corners, two 1 1/2" closed tears at upper front) unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.. Very Good/Very Good., Farrar, Straus, & Young, 1952, 3, Koch Schwann, 1974. Audio CD. Very Good. Very Good Condition: One compact disc with playing side shiny and showing no significant scratches. I played this CD and verify working order. Used CD in jewel case copy of Igor Stravinsky: Sacred Music [Geistliche Music]. John Alldis Choir London, conductor (Dirigent) John Alldis. Vocal und Instrumentalensemble 1971 conductor (Dirigent) Oskar Gottlieb Blarr. Produced by Koch Schawnn, copyright 1971/1974. CD 313 050 G1. Approximate running time: 64 minutes. Digital mastering. Printed in Austria. 1 Introitus T.S. Eliot in memoriam (1965), 2 Pater noster (1926), 3 Ave Maria (1934), 4 Credo (1932), 5 Elegy for J.F.K. (1964): Toshimitsu Kimura, baritone, 6 In memoriam Dylan Thomas (1954): Michel Lecocq, tenor, Tres Sacrae Cantiones di Gesualdo (1960), 7 Da pacem, 8 Assumpta est Maria, 9 Illumina nos. Cantata/Cantate (1952): 10 Versus I, 11 Ricercar I The Girls/Die Madchen, 12 Versus II, 13 Ricercar II Tomorrow/Und morgen, 14 Versus III, 15 Westron wind [Wind von West], 16 Versus IV, 17 Anthem, 18 Pastorale. Additional artists on this album include: Rachel Jakar (soprano), Norbert Mayer (flute), Matthias Neffgen (flute), Christian Schneider (oboe), Karl Mergler (oboe, English horn), Wolfgang Mehlhorn (cello), Ingeborg Reichelt (soprano), Hans Fischer (clarinet), Fritz Essmann (bassoon). Accurately described because we look!, Koch Schwann, 1974, 3, Doubleday. Collectible - Acceptable. 1952, stated 1st, does not appear to be an ex-library but dust jacket flaps are glued to book's pastedowns, grey cloth covers are edgeworn, spine ends tattered, some light waterstain to top edge of eps, pages darkening, interior is clean and sound, dust jacket is very worn, torn and chipped, dj spine faded, rear panel foxed., Doubleday, 2.5, William Heinemann Ltd, 1952. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1952, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed to edges (now protected); green cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book., William Heinemann Ltd, 1952, 3, New York: Dell, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No dust jacket. Rare 35 cent Dell softcover edition (D104). Copyright 1948. The front cover shows a woman looking out a window and sitting at a table with her arm draped over a chair. The covers and spine are creased. The edges of the book are tanned. The binding is tight. The interior pages tanned, but unmarked. Free 1st class upgrade from standard. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge. Dell Books 35 cent series, Dell, 1952, 2.5, Yerushalayim : K?arni, 1952. First Israeli English Language Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 166 Pp. Brown Boards, Gilt. Inscribed To Forrest Ackerman, And With His Pencil Notes Of Book Title And The Name Of His Story In The Anthology, "The Mute Question" (But Not Signed)., Yerushalayim : K?arni, 1952, 3.25, Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press ; [Harrison, N.Y.?] : Movie Book Club by arrangement with the Citadel Press], c1972, 1974., 1974. Very Good. [1st edition], 2nd "paperbound" printing ; dark green boards in photographic dustjacket ; ISBN: 0806504129 on dustjacket, but ISBN: 0806504129 on copyright page ; OCLC: 39553232 ; 249 p. : illustrated. ; 29 cm. ; Contents : The Anti-Hero -- Rouge's Gallery -- One, Two, Three (1961) -- Gallant Hours (1960) -- Never Steal Anything Small (1959) -- Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) -- Short Cut to Hell (1957) -- Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) -- These Wilder Years (1956) -- Tribute to a Bad Man (19 56) -- Seven Little Foys (1955) -- Mister Roberts (1955) -- Love Me or Leave Me (1955) -- Run for Cover (1955) -- Lion Is in the Streets (1953) -- What Price Glory (1952) -- Come Fill the Cup (1951) -- Starlift (1951) -- West Point Story (1950) -- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) -- White Heat (1949) -- Time of Your Life (1948) -- 13 Rue Madeleine (1946) -- Blood on the Sun (1945) -- Johnny Come Lately (1943) -- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) -- Captains of the Clouds (1942) -- Strawberry Blonde (194 1) -- Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) -- Torrid Zone (1940) -- City for Conquest (1940) -- Fighting 69th (1940) -- Roaring Twenties (1939) -- Each Dawn I Die (1939) -- Oklahoma Kid (1939) -- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) -- Boy Meets Girl (1938) -- Someth ing to Sing About (1937) -- Great Guy (1936) -- Ceiling Zero (1935) -- Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) -- Frisco Kid (1935) -- Midsummer Night's Dream, A (1935) -- Irish in Us (1935) -- 'G' Men (1935) -- St. Louis Kid (1934) -- Here Comes the Navy (193 4) -- He Was Her Man (1934) -- Jimmy the Gent (1934) -- Lady Killer (1933) -- Footlight Parade (1933) -- Mayor of Hell (1933) -- Picture Snatcher (1933) -- Hard to Handle (1933) -- Winner Take All (1932) -- Crowd Roars (1932) -- Taxi! (1932) -- Blon de Crazy (1931) -- Smart Money (1931) -- The Millionaire (1931) -- The Public Enemy (1931) -- Other Men's Women (1931) -- The Doorway to Hell (1930) -- Sinner's Holiday (1930) -- A Theatre Chronicle. ; foxing ; one or two small nicks or tears to dustjacket, else VG/VG, Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press ; [Harrison, N.Y.?] : Movie Book Club by arrangement with the Citadel Press], c1972, 1974., 1974, 3, New York: Bantam, 1954. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. First paperback printing of Vonnegut's first novel. Originally published in 1952 by Scribner's as the much more familiar Player Piano. Bantam Giant # A1262. As the cover states, "Man's Revolt Against a Glittering, Mechanized Tomorrow". Clean. square, and tight. Great cover art. Very minor wear to the extremities. Overall a lovely copy of an important book., Bantam, 1954, 5<
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