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First edition of this collection of short stories. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author to famed editor William Targ, "For Bill Targ- Have a Nice Life, Bill- Kurt Vonnegut Jr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of shelfwear. Targ was a book editor and probably most well-known for publishing Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather while editor in chief of G. P. Putnam's Sons. After retiring from Putnam in 1978, he founded Targ Editions. He sought to publish works by contemporary writers which included, John Updike, Saul Bellow, Tennessee Williams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, and Norman Mailer.