Mother Night
Mother Night is a novel by American author Kurt Vonnegut, first published in February 1962. The title of the book is taken from Goethe’s Faust. The novel takes the form of the fictional memoirs of Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American, who moved to Germany in 1923 at age 11, and later became a well-known playwright and Nazi propagandist. The story of the novel is narrated (through the use of metafiction) by Campbell himself, writing his memoirs while awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison. Howard W. Campbell also appears briefly in Vonnegut’s later novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
Mass Market Edition — First Printing
February – 1962
(Mass Market Paperback)
Gold Medal Books
First Edition — UNCORRECTED PROOF
1965
(Spiral Notebook)
Harper & Row Publishing
First Edition — First Printing
June – 1966
(Standard Hardcover*)
Harper & Row Publishing
ISBN-13: 9997408667
UK First Edition — First Printing
1968
(Standard Hardcover)
Jonathan Cape Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780224614580
ISBN-10: 0224614584
Mass Market Edition — First Printing
April – 1968
(Mass Market Paperback)
Bard | Avon Publishing
Mass Market Edition — Second Printing
November – 1968
(Mass Market Paperback)
Bard | Avon Publishing
Romanian Mass Market Edition
1969
(Mass Market Paperback)
Constantin Brancusi Publishing
Mass Market Edition — Third Printing
July – 1969
(Mass Market Paperback)
Bard | Avon Publishing
Mass Market Edition — Fifth Printing
August – 1970
(Mass Market Paperback)
Bard | Avon Publishing
Mass Market Edition — Sixth Printing
August – 1971
(Mass Market Paperback)
Bard | Avon Publishing
Trade Edition — Third Printing
March – 1972
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780385286671
ISBN-10: 0385286678
Trade Edition — Fourth Printing
March – 1972
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780385286671
ISBN-10: 0385286678
Trade Edition — Sixth Printing
March – 1972
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780385286671
ISBN-10: 0385286678
Australian Mass Market Edition
1973
(Mass Market Paperback)
Panther Books
Mass Market Edition — First Printing
April – 1974
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Romanian Mass Market Edition
1974
(Mass Market Paperback)
E Yayinlari Publishing
Mass Market Edition — Sixth Printing
June – 1975
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Mass Market Edition — Seventh Printing
October – 1975
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
UK Mass Market Edition — Second Printing
1976
(Mass Market Paperback)
Panther Books
Mass Market Edition — Twelfth Printing
June – 1977
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Mass Market Edition — Thirteenth Printing
December – 1977
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Special Delacorte Edition — First Printing
1977
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte | Seymour Publishing
Special Delacorte Edition — Third Printing
1979
(Mass Market Paperback)
Delacorte | Seymour Publishing
UK Mass Market Edition — Third Printing
1982
(Mass Market Paperback)
Triad | Granada Publishing
Mass Market Edition — First Printing
November – 1988
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell (Laurel) Publishing
ISBN-10: 00440158532
Mass Market Edition — Second Printing
November – 1988
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell (Laurel) Publishing
ISBN-10: 00440158532
Mass Market Edition — Twenty-Third Printing
1989
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Mass Market Edition — Twenty-Third Printing
October – 1991
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Mass Market Edition — Twenty-Sixth Printing
November – 1991
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell (Laurel) Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
Mass Market Edition — Thirty-Second Printing
November – 1991
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell (Laurel) Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440158530
ISBN-10: 0440158532
UK Trade Edition — First Printing
May – 1992
(Trade Paperback)
Vintage Publishing – London
ISBN-13: 9780099819301
ISBN-10: 0099819309
UK Trade Edition — First Printing
January – 1997
(Trade Paperback)
Vintage Publishing – London
ISBN-13: 9780099750413
ISBN-10: 0099750414
Trade Edition — Ninth Printing
May – 1999
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780385334143
ISBN-10: 0385334141
Trade Edition — Ninth Printing
May – 1999
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780385334143
ISBN-10: 0385334141
Persian Language Edition
2002
(Trade Paperback)
Rawshangaran va Mutali'at-i Zanan
ISBN-13: 9789645512987
ISBN-10: 9645512980
Trade Edition — Eleventh Printing
January – 2006
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780385334143
ISBN-10: 0385334141
Russian Mass Market Edition
2006
(Mass Market Paperback)
Azbuka-Klassika Publishing
ISBN-13: 9785352003961
ISBN-10: 5352003965
Trade Edition — Fourteenth Printing
2009
(Trade Paperback)
Delta Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780385334143
ISBN-10: 0385334141
Compact Disc Audiobook
2009
(MP3 Compact Disc)
Audible Studios
UK Trade Edition — Twenty-Sixth Printing
January – 2015
(Trade [Matte] Paperback)
Vintage Books – London
ISBN-13: 9780099819301
ISBN-10: 0099819309
UK Trade Edition — Twenty-Eighth Printing
January – 2015
(Trade [Matte] Paperback)
Vintage Books – London
ISBN-13: 9780099819301
ISBN-10: 0099819309
Hungarian Hardcover Edition
2016
(Standard Hardcover)
Helikon Kiadó Publishing
ISBN-13: 9789632273952
Russian Mass Market Edition
January – 2017
(Mass Market Paperback)
AST Publishing
ISBN-13: 9785170994748
ISBN-10: 5170994745
*Facsimile Dust Jacket