HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE

New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1971. First Edition, First Printing, First State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo, [xxi], 199 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Black spine with gold faded to yellow and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$5.95", has mild shelving wear, small open tears along the covers and front flap, a small closed tear along the front flap head edge, mild bending wear along the front extremities, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and mild age-toning along the extremities. Textblock has a small stain on the head fore corner of page 21, mild wear along the edges, mild age-toning along the edges, and light foxing along the head edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Case 8. Stated "First Printing" marking both a first edition and printing of the play.

Original "$5.95" price on dust jacket marking as first state dust jacket.

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s first published play, "Happy Birthday, Wanda June" originated as a play titled "Penelope" and would be first performed at the Orleans Theater in Orleans, Massachusetts in 1970. It would see a film adaptation in 1971, the same year a printed publication of the play released. 1393995. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.