Welcome to the Monkey House

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2004. Leather bound. Fine. Large octavo size, 349 pp., signed by Vonnegut. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) wrote across a broad spectrum; from "widely satirical novels" to fantasy and science fiction, Vonnegut had a message to deliver: the "horrors and ironies of 20th-century civilization" (n.b., quotes from the online Encyclopedia Britannica). His career spanned more than five decades, during which he would write fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works.

This work, "Welcome to the Monkey House", is "a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as 'The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction' and 'The Atlantic Monthly', these superb stories share Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision" (n.b., quote from the web site of Worlds Without End).

One of the Collector's Edition publications by The Easton Press, signed by Vonnegut on the page tipped onto the title page; loosely laid in is the Easton Press COA and the publisher's "Note".

___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full navy blue leather over boards, gilt decorations on both boards, gilt lettering and decorations on the spine, all edges gilt, tan silk moire endpapers, Vonnegut's signature in blue ink on the tipped-in page following the half-title page, title page in blue and black, original silk ribbon marker; large octavo size (9 1/8" by 6 1/4"), pagination: [i-xii] xiii-xvi [2, sectional title page, verso blank] 1-331.

___CONDITION: Fine; the leather binding smooth and supple, the gilt bright, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new.

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