The first edition of this classic Kurt Vonnegut book was published by Delacorte Press in 1969. It was 186 pages long, and the original retail price was $5.95 . The first edition can be identified by the following criteria: First Printing is stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket price reads $5.95 on the upper corner of the front flap.
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 | Picture of the 1969 first edition dust jacket for Slaughterhouse-Five. |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | | |
wendy | September 7, 2008, 6:23 am | JUST WONDERING IF SOMEOE CAN TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND A COPY OF THE DRAWING OF THE LOCKET WITH THE SERENITY PRAYER ON IT THAT CHARACTER 'MONTANA WILDHACK' WEARS. i MUST BE USING THE WRONG KEYWORDS OR SOMETHING.. BCS i CAN'T SEEM TO FIND AN IMAGE OF IT ANYWHERE. (THO i HAVE ONLY BEEN LOOKING FOR ABOUT 20MINUTES.. BUT AT 4AM.. ITS TIME TO GIVE IN AND JUST ASK! LOL) tHANKS FOR ANY IDEAS! ~wENDY T-K. (AGE 35 LYNNWOOD, WA USA) | | fred | September 10, 2008, 5:48 pm | i was wondering...does the first edition,first printing have a page near the end of the book that indicates it was printed by "American Book-Stratford Press"?
thanks for any help | | tenley | August 21, 2010, 9:28 am | Would anyone be able to tell me the name of the font, used in the first publication? | | Tom | August 25, 2010, 8:26 pm | On one of the last pages of the first edition it says:
"This book was set in Baskerville and Times Roman types" | |
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