The Collectible Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

The 1998 Easton Press signed SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

This was just released:

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

KURT VONNEGUT - LETTERS, edited by Dan Wakefield, Delacorte Press, October 2012:

[Patrick]

I hadn't heard of that book. How is it?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I'm 2 to 3 years behind in my reading, so I'll let you know in 2014 or 2015. Maybe I'll even have my lettered WOMAN and SCREAMPLAYS from CD by then! (But I doubt it)

[Patrick]

I won't hold my breath then.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

A 'new' Vonnegut (formerly an e-book or something like that), now in paperback. (I think this book might be about me!) EDIT - I should probably retract that statement, but what the hell, I'll let it stand.

[Patrick]

Interesting. The display is pretty impressive too.

[Lookwhoitis]

A 'new' Vonnegut (formerly an e-book or something like that), now in paperback. (I think this book might be about me!) EDIT - I should probably retract that statement, but what the hell, I'll let it stand.

PJF

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Farmer (one of my two favorite authors) and Vonnegut go together very well.

[Scoogs]

Just ordered the new Cat's Cradle S/L from Easton Press.
Slipcased and numbered out of 500 copies.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I ordered one of those CAT'S CRADLEs too.

Two recent Vonnegut paperbacks. WE ARE WHAT WE PRETEND TO BE has a holographic cover which makes photographing it difficult, and the other, I think, is a print on demand book:

[Dutch]

Hello, I also just purchased Cats Cradle from Easton and have a question you may be able to help me with. Seeing that Vonnegut has been gone for some 6 years now, how exactly does EP still release autographed, new editions of his (KV) work? I am assuming they had him sign thousands of blank pages while he was still living and now they sew these pages into the books they manufacture years later. Is that correct? Also, taking into consideration that he really never signed the book as a separate entity, but only a page that was later attached to the book, how much effect does this have on the collectability of the book itself? I also purchased SlaughterHouse-Five from EP back in '98 when it was first released and was under the assumption that Vonnegut signed the book itself. Was I wrong here as well? And is this how signed editions from the other presses are made? Thanks in advance for clearing all of this up for me!

[Scoogs]

I believe most/all publishers send a stack of limitation pages to the author for signing and later bind them into the finished book.
It's far cheaper to ship one box of signature pages to the author than it is to ship several hundred books or fly them in and put them up in a hotel.

I assume Easton must have had a contract with him that involved him signing a large number of pages at some point, and they are now using those for new editions.
I don't really see either point having a negative effect on the value. The signature is good and the limitation page is numbered, that's what counts.

[Dutch]

Thanks for the reply Scoogs. I've been collecting signed books for about 15 years now and never thought of the authors signing pages only. Always pictured them sitting at a kitchen table or something with a big stack of books around them. Does make much more sense signing the pages first before they are inserted into the finished product. Just not as personal I guess.
Thanks again!

[Scoogs]

Just ordered the new Cat's Cradle S/L from Easton Press.
Slipcased and numbered out of 500 copies.

#121 arrived today. Hopefully I'll have a chance to post some photos in the next couple of days. The signature is tipped into/onto the limitation page, which looks better than it sounds.
It's a really nice edition overall as expected from Easton. The book is also larger than I expected it to be.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Just ordered the new Cat's Cradle S/L from Easton Press.
Slipcased and numbered out of 500 copies.

#121 arrived today. Hopefully I'll have a chance to post some photos in the next couple of days. The signature is tipped into/onto the limitation page, which looks better than it sounds.
It's a really nice edition overall as expected from Easton. The book is also larger than I expected it to be.

Mine arrived also. It is a large, heavy book, delivered by FedEx. Very nice, but unfortunately in impregnable shrinkwrap! I wonder what number it is?

[Ben Staad]

Maybe it's missing that page...

Just ordered the new Cat's Cradle S/L from Easton Press.
Slipcased and numbered out of 500 copies.

#121 arrived today. Hopefully I'll have a chance to post some photos in the next couple of days. The signature is tipped into/onto the limitation page, which looks better than it sounds.
It's a really nice edition overall as expected from Easton. The book is also larger than I expected it to be.

Mine arrived also. It is a large, heavy book, delivered by FedEx. Very nice, but unfortunately in impregnable shrinkwrap! I wonder what number it is?

[stroppygoblin]

Maybe it's missing that page...

Just ordered the new Cat's Cradle S/L from Easton Press.
Slipcased and numbered out of 500 copies.

#121 arrived today. Hopefully I'll have a chance to post some photos in the next couple of days. The signature is tipped into/onto the limitation page, which looks better than it sounds.
It's a really nice edition overall as expected from Easton. The book is also larger than I expected it to be.

Mine arrived also. It is a large, heavy book, delivered by FedEx. Very nice, but unfortunately in impregnable shrinkwrap! I wonder what number it is?

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Keep that talk up and I might have to really open it! I didn't remember the book was so expensive; four payments of $69 each.

[Ben Staad]

We all know you are just a tease.

Keep that talk up and I might have to really open it! I didn't remember the book was so expensive; four payments of $69 each.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

Here's a picture of the slipcase, at least:

[Scoogs]

Here's a picture of the slipcase, at least:

Supergirl looks distraught that you haven't freed your book from its plastic prison yet.

[Scoogs]

I added photos of Cat's Cradle to my collection thread if anyone wants to see what it looks like out of the plastic.

[ur2ndbiggestfan]

I will probably not have as many toys and statues to take pictures of any more, since my comic book store went out of business and absconded with almost $500 of my hard earned money....sigh, I 'll never learn.