(n.p.), Gonfalon Press, 1997. A limited edition of Vonnegut's libretto for Igor Stravinsky's 1918 composition. Vonnegut replaced the original text with a story based on the service and execution of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion in World War II. A heart and head-felt anti-war comment by an author whose masterwork, Slaughterhouse-Five, stands as one of the greatest statements on the absurdity and tragedy of the human insistence on self-destruction. This edition was created and illustrated by Michael Fallon. One of 110 numbered copies signed by Vonnegut and Fallon. A fine copy, in cloth and paper covered boards, without dust jacket, as issued. [#016041] SOLD
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