Player Piano
by Kurt Vonnegut
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1st Edition. First printing. A bit of sunning to the spine of the jacket, top edges slightly thumbed. No marks or creased pages inside. An exceptional copy.
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
- Canton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VOPLSC52
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Canton Books
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