Cats Cradle, Signed (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed "To Aurelia, best wishes! Aloha" by the author on the first free endpaper. Stated 5th printing. The dust jacket is fine. The base of the book spine softened. Corners lightly bumped. There is faint foxing to the top of the pageblock. Okazaki was the first counselor to Elaine L. Jack in the Relief Society general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1990 to 1997. By the author of 'Aloha!' and 'Sanctuary'. Signed copies are scarce. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ron Spillman & Jack Ramsay (illustrator). Second Impression. Photos of kittens with text. signed "To Gary with best regards from Ron Spillman, June 1962" D/w frayed on edges, glaze coming off, price clipped. Signed by Illustrator(s).

First edition / First printing. First state with green topstain. Signed by the author as Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in an early hand. He dropped the Jr. after his father's death in the early 1970's. Green cloth, with blue front board. 233 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. An beautiful copy of a cheaply made book, a high point of Twentieth Century literature and arguably Vonnegut's best. Jerry Garcia named the Grateful Dead's Publishing company Ice Nine, after a fictional substance that plays a key role in the book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition, Special Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this Signed Collector's Edition is in Absolute Mint and Unread condition. The front and back covers are in Perfect condition and the gilded page edges show no wear at all! There is no attached bookplate nor any other signs of previous ownership. This Signed Collector's Edition is published by The Easton Press and comes complete with a Certificate of Authenticity and Collector's Notes. It would be a beautiful addition to your Easton Press collection. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. Later editions do have the words "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. A spectacular copy SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut on a laid in signature. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $3.95 printed price present on the front flap and is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean, with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A fantastic copy SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Vonnegut First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: As New. Dennis Lyall (illustrator). Limited Edition. Deluxe Leather Limited Edition. #112 of 500. Never read. Only opened to access the number of the copy. Illustrated leather cover. Yellow cloth slipcase. Perfect for holiday gift or for keeping as an heirloom. Large bold blue-ink autograph on limitation page. Vonnegut died in 2007, but, as with other authors, Easton Press contracts with authors, I suppose, for extra autographs to be used in editions like this one, 6 years after he passed away. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Signed by Vonnegut in ballpoint pen on the inside front cover. 42nd printing, 1976, of 1970 Dell mass market paperback edition. An otherwise very standard well-read copy, shelfwear to edges, corners bumped, scuffing and some creasing to covers, reading crease to spine and rubbing to joints. 1/2" chip to bottom corner of front cover near joint, bottom 2" of spine are scotch-taped. Pen doodling to "j" of Jr. on cover. Spine cracking at pages 98-99 but holding, with gentle handling. Also starting at title page. Very scarce title and edition to find signed. Provenance unknown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. "Truths are cyanide to human beings, body and soul"?dust jacket. An early novel from Vonnegut, described in Anatomy of Wonder as "absurdist science fiction." Published in an edition of 6000 copies (according to the Ahearns' Author Price Guide). [iv], 233, [3:blank] pages. First edition (stated). Covers spotted and faded; preliminaries foxed; the dust jacket is very good with a tape repair on the back (verso). A decent copy, signed by Vonnegut on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. 8vo; 287 pages; Signed by Vonnegut. Bound in full leather. ; Signed by Author.

First edition of Vonnegutâs absurdist satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, original half cloth, top stain green. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper with a self-caricature. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Ben Feder, Inc. Housed in a black moire silk drop-back box with red morocco spine label. Rare and desirable signed and with a self-caricature. "One of Kurt Vonnegutâs most continuously inventive and delightfully complex novels," Catâs Cradle "makes a mockery of science, religion, patriotism, sexâ"everything; and it concludes in the only way it possibly can, with the End of the World" (Science Fiction 100 Best). Chosen by Modern Library as one of the best 100 novels of the 20th century.

First edition of Vonnegutâs classic satire of the clash between science and religion in the nuclear age. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut in a page bound in, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, uncommon signed. "One of Kurt Vonnegutâs most continuously inventive and delightfully complex novels," Catâs Cradle "makes a mockery of science, religion, patriotism, sexâ"everything; and it concludes in the only way it possibly can, with the End of the World" (Science Fiction 100 Best). Chosen by Modern Library as one of the best 100 novels of the 20th century.

hardcover. Condition: fine. signed limited. SIGNED LIMITED edition, one of 500 copies, this being #367. In publisher's slipcase. Book and slipcase fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 287 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by Kurt Vonnegut on limited page. Includes laid-in collector's notes and certificate of authenticity. Bound in full brown leather boards, gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers. Silk moire inside covers and endpapers. Full gilt page edges, bound silk ribbon bookmark. Minor shelfwear. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine condition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First State copy of the hugely popular late author's fifth book. But for a slight spine slant, a near fine example in its original pictorial dust jacket which would be quite fine but for an unfortunate half-inch triangular chip on its verso and a sliver of a chip on the spine crown. Signed on the front fee endpaper (with his usual flourish, and with what he calls the 'asshole') just above an orange one inch square printed stamp. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. First Dell Printing. Signed by Vonnegut on the title page. Seemingly unread volume in VG+ condition with some shelf and edge wear. Stated first Dell printing- September, 1965. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the half-title page. [ii], 231 pp. Bound in publisher's red paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with light soiling to fore edge of textblock, and light toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light soiling, toning, and trivial edgewear. Housed in a custom clamshell case, black cloth lined in marbled paper, morocco title label to spine. A handsome signed copy of Vonnegut's Hugo-nominated fourth novel. Victor Gollancz was the premier British science fiction publisher from the 1960s to 1980s, issuing each book in a distinctive yellow jacket with bold typography.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper. [iv], 233 pp. Bound in publisher's sky blue leatherette over green cloth stamped in gilt and blue; green topstain. Housed in a custom raw silk clamshell case with morocco spine label stamped in gilt. Near Fine with faint wear to spine ends, trivial staining to top edge of textblock. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light fading to orange lettering at spine, even age-toning, tiny spot of white paint at front joint, minimal wear at extremities. A signed copy of Vonnegut's postmodern satire with themes of nuclear apocalpyse, written around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, set in the fictional Caribbean island republic of San Lorenzo.

First Edition, First State copy of the hugely popular late author's fifth book. But for a slight spine slant, a near fine example in its original pictorial dust jacket which would be quite fine but for an unfortunate half-inch triangular chip on its verso and a sliver of a chip on the spine crown. Signed on the front fee endpaper (with his usual flourish, and with what he calls the 'asshole') just above an orange one inch square printed stamp.