Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, First Trade Edition, in Original Dust Jacket, 1985

Vonnegut, Kurt. Galapagos. New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1985. Stated first trade edition. 8vo. In original dust jacket and hardcover boards. 

Presented is a stated first trade edition of Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut. The book was published in October of 1985 by Delacorte Press and Seymour Lawrence in New York. It is presented here in its original unclipped dust-jacket and publisher’s hardcover boards with silver titles to the spine.

Vonnegut’s eleventh novel, Galapagos is the story of a group marooned on a fictional Galapagos island during a post-WWIII global pandemic of infertility and a total financial collapse. Woven into the plot and immortal narration, voiced from one million years in the future, Vonnegut explores themes of evolution, idiocracy, celebrity, and Western society. 

Galapagos was well received by the press. Upon its October release, New York Times book reviewer Lorrie Moore wrote, “Vonnegut seems…to get where he wants, shining his multicolored lights and science fiction ‘what ifs’ on the huge spiritual mistake that is the Western world. He wants to tell us things: It is not the fittest who survive - it is merely those who happen to survive who survive. The earth is a ‘fragile habitat’ that our big brains have failed to take care of. We must hope for flippers and beaks - or nothing at all. We are all, finally, being too mean to one another. ‘I'll tell you what the human soul is,’ a character in Galapagos says. ‘It's the part of you that knows when your brain isn't working right.’”

Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) emerged as a novelist and essayist in the 1960s and penned the classic books Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, and Breakfast of Champions before 1980. He is known for his satirical style and celebrated for the creative science-fiction elements found in his work. He blended literature with science fiction and humor and the absurd with pointed social commentary. Vonnegut is considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. 

CONDITION:

Good condition. 8vo. Stated First Trade Edition. In the original unclipped dust-jacket, with only light wear at the top of the spine, otherwise fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears.  In the publisher’s original hardcover boards, with silver titles to the spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a bit of softness to the spine ends and slight toning to top board edges. The internal pages are very clean. 295pp.

Dimensions: 8 1/2" H x 5 7/8" W x 1 3/4" D.

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