Bluebeard

1976. First Edition. Signed. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Bluebeard. New York: Delacorte, (1987). Octavo, original half dark blue cloth, original dust jacket. $1500.First trade edition of Vonnegut’s fictional biography of artist Rabo Karabekian, boldly inscribed by Vonnegut on the half title with his signature asterisk: ""For K- H- — Kurt Vonnegut Sept. 3 1996 Sagaponack NY.""""Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision… caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation"" here continues the story of Rabo Karabekian, a minor character from his 1973 novel Breakfast of Champions"" (New York Times). Preceded by a signed limited edition of 500 copies published the same year. Currey, 407. A near-fine inscribed copy.