Help please on Book edition Slaughterhouse Five 1969

Hello..
I see many of these online shows the edition and/or which printing.
Mine shows nothing and can't seem to find info how to tell other than ones i have seen. Under the Manufactured sentence others show more info on this.

On Wiki it says this is the first edition cover

Slaughterhouse-Five - Wikipedia

 

I'm thinking book club edition but that's not specified anywhere.

 

One of the ways to identify many book club editions is to look at the back cover (of the book itself, not the dust jacket). If there is a small indented circle or star in the lower right corner, near the spine, it is a book club edition. Also, the dust jackets for book club editions usually do not have an original price printed anywhere. But more photographs of the whole book, including the title page, would be helpful. Is the photo above of the actual copyright page in your book? If not, we would need that as well.

 

done..struggle getting small enough size on couple..

 

It appears "Book Club Edition" is printed on front turn of dust jacket.

Debora

 

This website lists the characteristics of a true first of Slaughterhouse-Five. "First Printing" should be stated on the copyright page. The lettering on the book cover is silver, rather than black. And the original price of $5.95 was printed on the front flap of the dust jacket.

http://www.fedpo.com/BookDetail.php/Slaughterhouse-Five

 

Oh geez I will check book blurry here. Thanks and what kind of value would that carry? Anything?

 

And why not on book? Odd

 

I'm told on inside of dust cover tad blurry. Wonder why not on book itself. Odd

 

It is not odd, it is the most common way they are marked. Don't know why, but it is the way it is done.

 

Learning..thanks for info
Bookpoi - A Guide to Identify Points of Issue for First Edition Books, Collectible Books and Rare Books-Identifying Book Club Edition Books

 

There are a few examples of BCE's having true collectible value. This typically happens when the normal trade edition is so hard to find, that collectors will pay more for any copy of the book. Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind and J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye are two examples.

 

Here is one that sold on eBay recently. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Slaughterh...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

...and there are few worse ways to spend some time than to actually read it, great author, great yarn, the story of Billy Pilgrim and Montana Wildhack, among others.

 

An American classic.

Debora

 

thank you

 

That article on bookpoi looks good. I'm also aware of many articles on the BookThink site that address the values of book club editions. Unfortunately many of them were written quite a while ago and so I'm not sure of currency. Here is one of them. https://www.bookthink.com/0005/05bce.htm

The owner of the site hasn't done much updating in a while. The site is still up, though, so he may also be willing to answer questions if you write to him through the site. The owner is a long-time online seller of books. The BookThink site only sells things that he wrote, I believe. The site is meant to be educational for booksellers. Otherwise, he sells through other venues.

Actually, looking again at the bookpoi site, the latest copyright date at the bottom of the website home page is 2008. On BookThink home page the latest copyright date is 2018. So it's possible that some of the BookThink articles are newer.

 

thanks!