The Sirens of Titan

New York: Dell, 1959. Good. New York: Dell Publishing, 1959. Stated First Printing. Mass market paperback (16cm); publisher’s illustrated card wrappers with 35¢ price intact; edges stained green; 319pp. Wrapper extremities show creasing and bumping, especially to spine and rear bottom corner. Spine broken with concave bow running down length; textblock opens flatly between pages with leaf 143–144 cleanly separated but present. Bumping, creasing, and moderate scuffing to spine. Remainder mark visible at top and bottom edges. Pages clean. A Good copy.

Vonnegut's second novel, first published in this paperback edition ahead of a Houghton Mifflin hardcover in 1961. Cover art by Richard Powers.