VONNEGUT JR., Kurt.
Player Piano.
"For David- Affectionately, Respectfully- My only Academic Buddy. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Paranoid Under Control)": Player Piano; Lengthily Inscribed by Kurt Vonnegut
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.
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First edition of the new edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For David- Affectionately, Respectfully- My only Academic Buddy. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Paranoid Under Control) May 30, 1967 Iowa City." The recipient, David Hayman, was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin and a close friend of Vonnegut's. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by William Wondriska.
Originally published on August 31, 1952, Player Piano tells the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. "Vonnegut's black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear" (The New York Times Book Review).
Player Piano.
$1,500.00
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