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Lot 118
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
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VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). A group of 5 books, 2 inscribed, comprising:
Player Piano. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1966. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY VONNEGUT TO DAVID HAYMAN, "Affectionately, respectfully - my only academic buddy. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (PARANOID UNDER CONTROL). May 30, 1967, Iowa City." -- Jailbird. 1979. -- Galapagos. 1985. FIRST TRADE EDITION. -- Hocus Pocus. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. FIRST EDITION. -- KLINKOWITZ, Jerome and John SOMER, editors. The Vonnegut Statement: Original Essays on the Life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. with a Bibliography. 1973. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY VONNEGUT TO DAVID HAYMAN, "For David and Loni."
Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, all 8vo and all published in New York by the Delacorte Press unless otherwise noted. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of David Hayman, Madison, WI