CAT'S CRADLE. New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1963]. Octavo, blue wrappers printed in black, spiral bound with white plastic spine. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. Quantity of copies produced unknown to us, but in our experience, this is the most elusive of the advance issues of Vonnegut's major works. 1964 Hugo nominee. "A satire on the atomic age ... Razor-witted narrative." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-391. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1200. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 40. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 313-17. Pieratt, Huffman-klinkowitz, and Klinkowitz AE1. Wrappers dusty, mild staining to front wrapper, a very good copy. Some scattered underlining and marginalia in the text by a reviewer or possibly a copyeditor. Rare. (#132212).
Price: $7,500.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.