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KURT VONNEGUT BOOKS & SILKSCREENS - FIRST EDITIONS
All books offered subject to prior sale. Payment by check (sorry, no
plastic). Shipping $3.00 first book, $1.00 each additional. To order,
please voice call to reserve items desired. All books guaranteed; returns
ten days of receipt (call first). We operate out of private premises;
visitors by appointment. Books in dust jackets presented in acid-free,
archival quality dust jacket covers free of charge. Reciprocal trade
courtesies extended to booksellers who offer same through catalogues.
New Catalogue Eight in prep. for February 1995 mailout: American &
British modern first editions (literature, poetry, Little Magazines,
etc.), modern art & architecture, new list of Ralph Steadman books plus
his 1994 silkscreen, "Bats Over Barstow," rare Lotus 1-2-3 version 1A in
full leather binder and slipcase, unused. Catalogue Eight available on a
3-1/2" diskette using Mac software, free of charge. Let me know of your
specific wants by email; will email quote if available.
The Kurt Vonnegut Department
New Vonnegut Encyclopedia
[VONNEGUT]. LEEDS, Marc, ed. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia; An Authorized
Compendium. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1995. 1st ed. First printing:
1,500 copies. 693p. Foreward by Kurt Vonnegut. B&W frontispiece photo of
Vonnegut by Marc Leeds. Two-color dust jacket cover illustration of
"Self-Portrait No.3," created by Vonnegut in 1993 and executed as one of
three silkscreens by Lexington, KY, artist, Joe Petro III. Front flap
notes by Leeds. At publisher's list price: net 75.00
Comprehensive descriptive catalogue of characters, themes, phrasing and
imagery found throughout Vonnegut's works. Final entry (edited): "Zog.
The diminuative creature from the planet Margo who comes in friendship to
Earth. He is killed by a golf-club-wielding homeowner who is startled by
Zog and his crude speech, a series of farts and tap dancing." A mine of
info for Vonnegut fans who dig Trivial Pursuit.
Limited Edition Self-Portrait Silkscreens
Created and Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
Vonnegut's first-time artistic use of the silkscreen process:
His personal, quintessential self-portrait profile drawing. A Limited
Edition work of art created and signed by Kurt Vonnegut,
specially-prepared to assist Midway College (Kentucky), in their
fund-raiser for a new Library building. Vonnegut created three
self-portrait images on acetate masters during the summer of 1993.
Silkscreen impressions were individually hand-pulled by Lexington, KY,
artist Joe Petro III, on fine artist's papers. The finished sheets were
signed by Vonnegut with characteristic bold flourish, including his famous
"asterisk." All silkscreens in this suite are suitable for framing, &
appropriate as gift items. Shipping in mailing tube, add 15.00
VONNEGUT SELF-PORTRAIT No.1. Limited, numbered edition of 235
impressions, signed in pencil by Kurt Vonnegut. Silkscreen executed in
four colors: Red, blue, two shades of gray. On Rives paper with deckled
edges. 30" H x 22" W.
net 250.00
VONNEGUT SELF-PORTRAIT No.2. Limited, numbered edition of 100 impressions,
signed in pencil by Kurt Vonnegut. Silkscreen executed in three colors:
Red, two shades of gray. On Lenox paper with hand-torn edges. 28" H x
22" W.
net 200.00
VONNEGUT SELF-PORTRAIT No.3. Limited, numbered edition of 100 impressions,
signed in pencil by Kurt Vonnegut. Silkscreen executed in two colors:
Red and gray. On Lenox paper with hand-torn edges. 18" H x 12-1/2" W.
net 150.00
VONNEGUT SELF-PORTRAIT No.2. Limited, unnumbered edition of 200
impressions, unsigned. Silkscreen executed in five colors: Two shades
of red, blue, two shades of gray. On Lenox paper with cut edges. 40" H x
26" W. net 100.00
Poster commemorating his 1993 lecture appearance at Midway College.
"SPHINCTER"
Vonnegut's famous asshole "asterisk," from his signature, a stunning
silkscreen image signed by Vonnegut. KV's asterisk first appeared in
Breakfast Of Champions, later in Palm Sunday.
--Twelve (12) impressions executed in black ink on gray 100% cotton Folio
artists' paper, side edges deckled, numbered 1-12.
--Twelve (12) impressions executed in black ink on white 100% cotton
Arches artists' paper, side edges deckled, numbered 1-12.
Asterisk image, approx. 13" x 13", boldly executed & centered.
Silkscreened date & signature by Vonnegut: "AUGUST 10 1993".
All impressions were hand-pulled at the studio of Lexington, KY, artist
Joe Petro III, and embossed with Vonnegut's asterisk and Petro's
signature chop mark.
Each print 30" high x 22" wide. net 485.00
Shipping in sturdy cardboard tube, and handling, add: 15.00
NOTE: Kurt retained six of each for his own use; quantity limited.
"ASTERISK." Deluxe set of ten prints, each signed by KV. One of ten
numbered sets in deluxe cloth portfolio box. One set left for sale.
6,500.00
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Mother Night. London, Cape, 1968. 1st Brit. ed. Fine in
near fine dust jacket. AD6. Signed. 225.00
VONNEGUT, Kurt. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. NY. Holt, Rinehart,
Winston, 1965. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a few light
rubs to spine. Signed. 385.00
Pieratt & Klinkowitz AF1. First printing: 6,000 copies.
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Palm Sunday. NY, Delacorte, 1981. 1st ed. Limited edition
of 500 copies, signed by the author. Maroon cloth, all edges gilt, in
matching slipcase gilt-stamped with KV's asterisk signature. Fine in
slightly rubbed slipcase, else fine. 135.00
[VONNEGUT]. KREMENTZ, Jill, editor. Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut. NY,
Delacorte, 1982. 1st ed. 8vo. 164p. Published as a limited edition of 500
numbered, but unsigned, copies, none for sale. Red buckram binding, all
edges gilt, title in gilt at spine, red ribbon page marker, in a matching
slipcase bearing Vonnegut's famous bold "asterisk" signature in gilt.
Illustrated with B&W photographs, some by Jill Krementz, of KV and his
friends and family. This is an unnumbered copy, and includes a laid-in
publisher's presentation card dated 12/15/82. A fine copy in like
slipcase, specially signed by both Vonnegut and Krementz.
650.00
A Festschrift compiled by Jill Krementz to honor Kurt Vonnegut on the
occasion of his 60th birthday, November 11, 1982, and distributed
privately to guests and friends. Tributes (mostly humorous) from 84 of his
friends, including Marsha Mason, Kevin McCarthy, Ray Elliott, Bob
Goulding, John Updike, Tom Wicker, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, E. L.
Doctorow, etc., plus pieces by Senator Birch Bayh (Indiana) and Vonnegut's
family.
A surprise birthday party, arranged by Krementz for 112 guests, was
held at Michael's Pub in New York, where Updike was master of ceremonies.
Laid in is a photocopy of the original guest list and seating arrangements
for the party. This Festschrift does not appear in the 1987 author
bibliography, and is, by its very nature, one of the most elusive, and
highly desirable, of Vonnegut ephemera. See my article on Vonnegut in the
October 1992 issue of FIRSTS magazine.
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Bluebeard. NY, Delacorte, 1987. 1st ed. Limited edition
of 500 copies, signed by the author. Black cloth, all edges gilt, in
matching slipcase gilt-stamped with KV's asterisk signature. Fine in
slightly rubbed slipcase. 125.00
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Bluebeard. London, Cape, 1988. 1st Brit. ed. Fine in
like dust jacket with B&W author photo. Signed. 85.00
Great color cover illus. of padlock with artists' paint daubs.
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Hocus Pocus. NY, Putnam, 1990. 1st ed.
As new in like dust jacket. Signed. 75.00
VONNEGUT, Kurt. Fates Worse Than Death. NY, Putnam, 1991. 1st ed. As
new in like dust jacket. Signed. 55.00