First trade edition stated first printing of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with a small nick on the front cover, minor wear at the top front corner. Set in the Galapalos Islands, after a global financial disaster, the novel questions the human brain from an evolutionary perspective. Finished 2nd for the 1986 John W. Campbell Memorial Sci-Fi Award
Sturdy book, black cloth spine, gray boards, bright silver facsimile signature with asterik at bottom front right, silver lettering bright on spine, blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 295 pages. DJ glossy with blue sky illustrated on most of front, spine and back, darker blue of water with a sail ship on back, two albatrosses on front left, an iguana on back, with darker black along bottom front, spine and back. DJ has very tiny crease at bottom front edge near tip, very tiny light pin dents at front left. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Size: 8x5x1; Thank you for supporting Earthlight Books and independent bookstores. Hard cover with DJ. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear to boards and DJ, some wear to edges of DJ. Clean, tight binding. First edition. First printing. Full number line and/or stated 1st edition.
Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Gutter # P038. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Fist Trade Edition stated. Short previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, else a clean, tight hardcover bound in quarter black cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dustjacket remains unclipped ($16.95) and is bright, attractive, and whole; presents well under fresh archival mylar. NOT ex-lib. A clean, solid copy in jacket of Burroughs's most famous work. 295pp.
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence BOOK: Remainder Mark (Spray to Lower Edges); Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Light Scratch on Front Panel; Moderate Gouge/Scratch on Rear Panel; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Novel. BOOK NUMBER: 1085. DESIGNED BY: Wilma Robin. SYNOPSIS: Kurt Vonnegut takes you back one million years, to A.D. 1986--and the beginning of the human race. Kurt Vonnegut lives and works on the Island of Manhattan. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and holds a master's degree in anthropology from The University of Chicago. He has been to the Galapagos Islands on a cruise.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Jeffrey Adams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.
BOOK: Remainder Mark (Spray to Lower Edges); Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Light Scratch on Front Panel; Moderate Gouge/Scratch on Rear Panel; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Novel. BOOK NUMBER: 1085. DESIGNED BY: Wilma Robin. SYNOPSIS: Kurt Vonnegut takes you back one million years, to A.D. 1986--and the beginning of the human race. Kurt Vonnegut lives and works on the Island of Manhattan. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and holds a master's degree in anthropology from The University of Chicago. He has been to the Galapagos Islands on a cruise. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1985. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 295 pages; 295pp, minimal to none shelf-wear, 8vo, dust jacket , in protective cover, a very nice copy for year published. Collectable. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. ISBN: 0385294166. ISBN/EAN: 9780385294164. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2269. . 9780385294164
BOOK: Remainder Mark (Spray to Lower Edges); Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Light Scratch on Front Panel; Moderate Gouge/Scratch on Rear Panel; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Novel. BOOK NUMBER: 1085. DESIGNED BY: Wilma Robin. SYNOPSIS: Kurt Vonnegut takes you back one million years, to A.D. 1986--and the beginning of the human race. Kurt Vonnegut lives and works on the Island of Manhattan. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and holds a master's degree in anthropology from The University of Chicago. He has been to the Galapagos Islands on a cruise.
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