Breakfast of Champions

New York: Delacorte (1973). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 295 pp. Original orange cloth covered boards, stamped in gold, navy, in original unclipped ($7.95) dust-jacket. Almost fine. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends, corners; tiny closed tear to bottom front panel with small divot; light rubbing, wrinkling from handling. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square with slight forward lean; mild edge, handling wear; interior is clean and unmarked; yellow top-stain bright. Boldly signed by the author to half-title page.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Breakfast of Champions tells the story of the events that lead up to the meeting of Kilgore Trout and Dwayne Hoover, the meeting itself, and the immediate aftermath. Trout is a struggling science fiction writer who, after their fateful meeting, becomes successful and wins a Nobel Prize; Hoover is a wealthy businessman who is going insane, sent over the brink by his encounter with Trout.”