SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by KURT VONNEGUT, JR. /COLLECTIBLE

THIS IS AN EARLY BOOK CLUB EDITION. THERE IS ANOTHER ON EBAY EXACTLY LIKE THIS FOR SALE AT OVER TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. I CHECKED THEIR PICTURES AND IT'S JUST LIKE MIND, EXCEPT MINE HAS ONE FLAW -- A HALF-INCH TEAR AT THE TOP OF THE DUST JACKET ON THE FRONT. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THE FIRST EDITIONS AND THIS BOOK CLUB ARE THE SAME, EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL LINES ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE AND ON THE INSIDE OF THE DUST COVER. PROBABLY USED SAME PLATES TO PRINT. HAS THE BLUE BACKING FROM DELACORE PRESS/A SEYMOUR LAWRENCE BOOK. THE BOOK ITSELF IS REALLY LIKE NEW, EXCEPT FOR THE SMALL TEAR IN THE DUST COVER. ******* THIS IS VONNEGUT'S MASTERPIECE. A MODERN DAY "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS". IT'S THE FICTIONAL TELLING OF THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN, GERMANY IN WORLD WAR II BY AN AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR. VONNEGUT WAS THERE AT THE TIME, A PRISONER OF THE GERMAN ARMY. **** THE PHOTO IS A SCAN OF MY BOOK.