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Slapstick or Lonesome No More!
by Vonnegut Kurt
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Cedar Creek, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 225x145x25mm. 225x145x25mm+451g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 1kg . . Jonathan Cape. London. 1976. First UK Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp243. Black cloth hard boards. Gilt lettering to front and spine. In original dust jacket. Unclipped. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine slightly rolled. Red top edges. Jacket Slight shelf wear. Endpapers foxed, slight: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$28.20 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$45.20 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$51.40 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.40 1st Printing
Synopsis
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families and how they would be an adequate, larger and more useful substitute for biological ones. The most endearing section of the novel, in my opinion, lies in its introduction, where Vonnegut candidly describes his beloved sister's death, which took place shortly after she had learnt of a train accident where her husband and children had been killed. As for the novel's plot, it follows the relationship of a boy and his sister who grow up together in isolation from the outside world because of their unsightliness. The boy turns out to be seen as more presentable and is separated from his sister, who grows to resent him for his seemingly desertion. Through some twists and turns they successively reunite and separate and after a major catastrophe, the boy becomes president of the United States, his campaign being centered on the formation of extended families on a grand scale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mammy Bears Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mbb006459
- Title
- Slapstick or Lonesome No More!
- Author
- Vonnegut Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 225x145x25mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humour; Science Fiction; Domestic Fiction;
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Cedar Creek, Queensland
About Mammy Bears Books
MammyBearsBooks is a small internet only book store located in the Scenic Rim near Brisbane Australia. We have a broad, general range specialising in Vintage Children's Books and Australiana, along with a selection of Antiquarian books. Our aim is to provide one hundred per cent satisfaction with your purchase and we are happy to answer emails or phone calls about our stock. Friendly service is assured at all times :)
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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