Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death

Overview:

  • Title: Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
  • Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9781784874858
  • Publisher: Vintage (UK)
  • Price: £12.99
  • Pages: 238
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
  • Notes:
    Stated 9th printing of the 2019 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [over] Slaughterhouse-Five [over] or [over] The Children's [over] Crusade [over] A Duty-Dance With Death"
    • "A Fourth-Generation German-American Now Living in Easy Circumstances on Cape Cod [and Smoking Too Much], Who, As a Prisoner of War, Witnessed the Fire-Bombing of Dresden, Germany, "The Florence of the Elbe," a Long Time Ago, and Survived to Tell the Tale. This Is a Novel Somewhat in the Telegraphic Schizophrenic Manner of Tales of the Planet Tralfamadore, Where the Flying Saucers Come from. Peace."
    • "Vintage", as imprint.
    Copyright page:
    • "Published by Vintage 2019"
    • Number line: "9"
    • "Copyright © Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1969"
    • "First published in Great Britain in 1970 by Jonathan Cape"
    • "Vintage edition 1991"
    • "Vintage [over] Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, [over] London SW1V 2SA"
    • "ISBN 9781784874858"
    • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A."
    Front jacket flap:
    • "50th Anniversary Special Edition"
    • "UK £12.99" (no additional pricing
    Back jacket flap:
    • "Vintage Classics"
    Back cover:
    • "ISBN 9781784874858"
    Spine:
    • Kurt Vonnegut in blue, Slaughterhouse-Five; Vintage Classics in yellow (same as the rest of the cover).
    Acknowledgements on unnumbered page 239 gives the essay details:
    • Slaughterhouse-Five: An Appreciation
    • First piece pp.232-33 © Richard Herring, 2019
    • Second piece pp.234-36 © Robin Ince, 2019
    • Third piece pp.237-38 © Kate Atkinson, 2019
    Novel finishes on page 229. Herring's essay is signed, page 233, "Richard Herring, 2018". Ince's essay is signed, page 236, "Robin Ince, 2019". Atkinson's essay is signed, unnumbered page 238, "Kate Atkinson, 2018". Last numbered page is 237. No art credit anywhere in the book. Size: 14.3 x 20.5 cms (w x h) Red boards, semi-gloss jacket finish.