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New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. First edition. Very Good +/Very Good +. A Very Good+ copy of the book in like dust jacket. Slight rubbing at the base of the spine, a faint splash to the closed text block, previous owner's name on the first blank and half-title. Dust jacket with a faint splash on the front panel and a small bit of white paint at the heel of the spine. Kurt Vonnegut's masterful satire about the bombing of Dresden and the strange time traveling experiences of Billy Pilgrim. The book was nominated for both a Hugo and Nebula Award the year it was released and was ranked 18th by Modern Library on its list of the 100 best books of the century. Slaughterhouse Five was partly autobiographical, as Vonnegut served in the army and witnessed the bombing firsthand during World War II. Though controversial around its release due to its depictions of sex, the novel grew to be quite popular and was adapted into a film in 1972, which would win the Prix de Jury at the Cannes Film…

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1969.

Look for the statement 'Published by Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence in March 1969' and no mention of subsequent printings on the copyright page.