Player Piano : America in the Coming Age of Electronics
by Vonnegut, Kurt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Charle's Scribner's Sons, 1952. Very Good with Very Good dustjacket 1952, first edition, first printing with "A" on copyright page and original $3.00 price on DJ, green cloth with spine titled in silver and jacket art by George W. Thompson. First 7600 copies printed, author's first book, dustjacket has chip on front cover previous owner's name on endpaper, 295 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation and capitalism, describing the dereliction they cause in the quality of life. The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House - St. Louis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191203-MYB18
- Title
- Player Piano : America in the Coming Age of Electronics
- Author
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charle's Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Rare First Edition Fiction Literature Counterculture Computers Scribner scribners
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About the Seller
The Book House - St. Louis
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Maplewood, Missouri
About The Book House - St. Louis
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