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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:57 pm
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I just picked up this collection of Vonnegut's stories. Not just to read Hal
Irwin's Magic Lamp, but because I'm wondering if my copy has any collector's
value. I have the 1961 first printing by Gold Medal Books (paperback). Can
someone point me in the right direction?
Many thanks.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:57 pm
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 > I'm wondering if my copy has any collector's value.
 > I have the 1961 first printing by Gold Medal Books
 > (paperback). Can someone point me in the right direction?

It certainly sounds legit, and if so, does indeed have collector's value,
though I don't know offhand what it's been going for recently. Does your
copy give a more specific printing date (including the month)? According to
the 1987 Vonnegut bibliography by Pieratt, Klinkowitz and
Huffman-klinkowitz, it should.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 2:38 am
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 >Does your
 >copy give a more specific printing date (including the month)?

It says September 1961, nothing more specific.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 5:21 pm
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I believe it has one story that has not been collected in either Monkey House
or Snuff Box. At least that has been its main reason of collectibility in the
past.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:39 pm
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 > It says September 1961, nothing more specific.

And that's the correct answer! It sounds like you've got the real thing. Get
a good deal on it?

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:10 pm
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 > I believe it has one story that has not been collected in either Monkey
House
 > or Snuff Box. At least that has been its main reason of collectibility in
the

"Hal Irwin's Magic Lamp" was included in _Canary in a Cat House_, omitted
from _Welcome to the Monkey House_, and then included in _Bagombo Snuff
Box_. It is the only story that was included in _Canary_ but omitted from
_Monkey House_. There are two quasi-fictional works by Vonnegut that remain
uncollected or unpublished in book form, to my knowledge, but neither one is
really a short story:

1. "The Very First Christmas Morning", _Better Homes and Gardens_, December
1962. A short children's play that seems rather out of character for
Vonnegut.

2. "Hole Beautiful: Prospectus for a Magazine of Shelterdness", _Monocle_,
5, No. 1, 1962. A facetious proposal for a magazine for bomb shelter owners.

There is also _Sun Moon Star_, with story by Vonnegut and illustrations by
Ivan Chermayeff (Harper & Row, 1980). Out of print and not widely available.

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 2:37 am
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  >> It says September 1961, nothing more specific.
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 >And that's the correct answer! It sounds like you've got the real thing. Get
 >a good deal on it?

Around $30 after shipping . . . not bad I though.

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In article <20030702165711.01844.00000022.DeleteThis@mb-m07.aol.com>,
sansefoil.DeleteThis@aol.com (Mike Bove) wrote:

 > I just picked up this collection of Vonnegut's stories. Not just to read Hal
 > Irwin's Magic Lamp, but because I'm wondering if my copy has any collector's
 > value. I have the 1961 first printing by Gold Medal Books (paperback). Can
 > someone point me in the right direction?
 > Many thanks.
 > ***************************************************
 > I came out on top by the luck of the draw.
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According to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearch" target="_blank">http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearch</a> :

VONNEGUT, KURT
CANARY IN A CAT HOUSE
VONNEGUT, Kurt. CANARY IN A CAT HOUSE. Greenwich, Conn.: Gold Medal
Books, (1961). First edition, paperback original [not issued
clothbound, Hudgens III.1]. 12mo, printed wrappers, 160 pages. A fine
copy; covers are fresh and bright, binding is tight, text is very
clean. An attractive copy of a fragile volume which is seldom found in
fine condition. Bookseller Inventory #3070 Price: US$ 275.00
Bookseller: Waiting for Godot Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.

I use Abe Books to check availability and prices of first eds. Nice
search tool..

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