Slaughterhouse-Five: or The Children’s Crusade

New York: Delacorte (1969). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 186 pp. Original turquoise cloth-covered boards, stamped in gold, black, red, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Book is tight, square and firm, with trivial, faint lean. Light tanning to panel edges, light rubbing to spine, a few specks to page edges. Jacket shows light handling wear. Trace ghosting from old mylar and adhesive to jacket verso, flaps. Presents very well, a lovely copy.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years. It was Vonnegut's first novel to become a bestseller, staying on the New York Times bestseller list for sixteen weeks and peaking at No. 4. In 1970, Slaughterhouse-Five was nominated for best-novel Nebula and Hugo Awards. It lost both to The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It has since been widely regarded as a classic anti-war novel, and has appeared in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923."