THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by PYNCHON, Thomas:

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1966. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey and yellow cloth stamped in blind to the upper board and with titles in black to the spine, in the Milton Charles designed dustwrapper. Top edge dark grey. In dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, seemingly unread. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a single short closed tear to the upper left of the front panel and the small square 'Doubleday' retail sticker to the back panel. Not price clipped ($3.95 to the front flap). A superb copy. The author's second novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.