Description: MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF FANTASY / SCIENCE FICTION / SIGNED EDITIONS / LEATHER BOUND BOOKS / KURT VONNEGUT **PLEASE READ: Mahalo for taking the time to look at our listing. We truly appreciate it. We always do our BEST to give you the most accurate description of these beautiful books. If, however, you have any SPECIFIC questions about the SIZE of the book, NUMBER of pages, TYPE of leather, SMELL or FEEL of the book, PLEASE email us through EBay’s mail system BEFORE you bid, and we will be HAPPY to give you more information. We want you to be completely happy with your purchase and keep you as our customers for years to come!** DESCRIPTION: Easton Press full-leather binding, part of the OUT OF PRINT SIGNED FIRST EDITION, of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, BAGOMBO SNUFF BOX. #72/1700. THIS IS A SCARCE HEIRLOOM EASTON WITH LAVISH GILT IMPRESSIONS TO THE BOARDS AND SPINE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED EDITIONS OF THIS AWESOME VONNEGUT NOVEL. ORIGINAL COLLECTOR’S NOTE AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ARE INCLUDED. 🍍 NOT INCLUDED… 😃 THESE GREAT BOOKS ARE GETTING HARDER TO FIND, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION, OWING TO VONNEGUT’S PASSING IN 2007. ABOUT THE BOOK: Here, Kurt Vonnegut's final short story collection--Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)--we have combined early and rather more obscure stories which had not appeared earlier. Drawn largely from the 1950s and the slick magazine markets which Vonnegut had from the beginning of his career in the postwar period demonstrated an uncanny ability to sell, these stories show clearly that Vonnegut found his central themes early on as a writer. More, he had been able to place stories in great consumer magazines like Colliers (that his good friend and college classmate Knox Burger was editing Colliers during this time was perhaps no small factor in Vonnegut's success). There were only a handful of science fiction writers of Vonnegut's generation who were able to sell in such a broad manner outside of the genre during the ‘50s, but it was this success that allowed Vonnegut the consistent denial that he was not a science fiction writer at all.Vonnegut's themes--folly, hypocrisy, misunderstanding--cycle through these stories although with perhaps somewhat less bitterness than what had come before. Even through the screen or scrim of magazine taboos, Vonnegut's voice is singular, infused by disaffection and wit. Most of Vonnegut's characters stagger through the plot full of misapprehension, cowardice, and self-delusion. In "Thanasphere," the achievement of space travel becomes a means of communicating with the dead (and for that reason the project is abandoned). In "Mnemonics," a forgetful protagonist is given a drug that prompts him to remember everything with the exception of an unrequited crush. This late collection of Vonnegut's work clearly shows the unifying themes of his work, which were present from the very outset, among them, his very despair. CONDITION: Book is in LIKE NEW condition for its age with only a few faint rubs to the gilt page ends (SEE PICS FOR FURTHER DETAILS). NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC. It is a BEAUTIFUL EDITION. SHIPPING: FREE TO US ADDRESSES ONLY. INTERNATIONAL $ based on location. WE SHIP PRIORITY MAIL & PACK VERY WELL. Please check out our other listings of Easton Press, Franklin Library, Limited Editions Club Heritage Press, Folio Society, International Collectors Library, and First Edition Library editions. WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING IF YOU PURCHASE MORE THAN ONE COPY. Mahalo for looking at our listings! By bidding/purchasing this item, you are helping a very grateful family who sends you our WARMEST ALOHA & MAHALO!
Price: 299.99 USD
Location: Honokaa, Hawaii
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: United States
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Franklin Library Folio Society Limited Editions Club Like
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Fantasy Vintage Leather Bound Book
Year Printed: 1998
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Arthur Rackham
Special Attributes: Signed, Signed First Edition, Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Mars, Martian Invasion, Horror, Vintage Leather Bound Book, 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Inscribed, Limited Edition, Luxury Edition
Region: North America
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Classics Science Fiction Fantasy Short Stories
Character Family: Slaughterhouse Five 5
