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Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1966. First edition of Pynchon's classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Herb Yellin Good Luck Thomas Pynchon." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Jacket design by Milton Charles. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. “The Crying of Lot 49 is a haunting sequence of imagined human situations, typical and pathetic ones, fused with the particularized power that shows Pynchon’s own obsession with the encoded messages of the American landscape. What is also noticeable… is that the major character is really Pynchon himself, Pynchon’s voice with its capacity to move from the elegy to the epic catalogue. The narrator sounds like a survivor looking through the massed wreckage of his civilization, ‘a salad of despair.’ That image, to suggest but one of the puns in… Read More

Lippincott, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page and original price still on front flap of the jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Lippincott, 1966. first. hardcover. near fine: stated first edition on copyright page, tight binding, clean pages, some signs of fading on outer edges, bumped at spine ends, otherwise fine/near fine: spot of sticker residue visible on spine (pictured), sign of tiny (. A beautiful first edition copy of Pynchon's second novel. #00041.

New York: J.B Lippincott, 1966. First edition of Pynchon’s classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas. Octavo, original half cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles. An exceptional example. “The Crying of Lot 49 is a haunting sequence of imagined human situations, typical and pathetic ones, fused with the particularized power that shows Pynchon’s own obsession with the encoded messages of the American landscape. What is also noticeable… is that the major character is really Pynchon himself, Pynchon’s voice with its capacity to move from the elegy to the epic catalogue. The narrator sounds like a survivor looking through the massed wreckage of his civilization, ‘a salad of despair.’ That image, to suggest but one of the puns in the word Tristero, is typically full of sadness, terror, love, and flamboyance. But then, how else should one imagine a tryst with America? And that is what this novel is” (New York Times).

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1965. Stated first edition of Pynchon's second novel. A nice copy with just a hint of rubbing to the spine ends in a near fine jacket that has a thin streak of rubbing at the top of the spine fold. Former owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, almost entirely obscured by the front flap. A nice copy.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket with a small chip from the heel and one short tear on the rear panel. One small tear at the crown repaired with tape on the verso. "By far the most accessible of Pynchon's works, The Crying of Lot 49 is also probably his most concentrated. So short that it is often referred to as a novella, Lot 49 manages to get Pynchon's big ideas and even contain some of his delightfully controlled chaos" (Quarterly Conversation). The narrative of Oedipa Maas' attempt to dispose of the rather large estate left by recently deceased Pierce Inverarity, Pynchon ensures that Oedipa's experience is anything but straightforward. "Coincidence after coincidence piles up until Oedipa finds herself enmeshed in what may or may not be a global conspiracy where almost every person, place, and thing she meets with can, given enough time, be plausibly fit" (QC). A postmodern masterpiece and cornerstone of… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966 First edition, first printing. Publisher’s yellow cloth-backed gray boards, with three muted post horn symbols in blind to front board, titles in black to spine, black topstain, brown endpapers with “w.a.s.t.e.” in gray lettering, book designed by William Gray; original dust jacket with muted post horn symbol to front panel, titles lettered in orange and blue, jacket designed by Milton Charles. About fine book with a small ownership stamp to upper front endpaper, a tiny scratch to bottom of rear board, a hint of soiling to fore edge, and a very minor dent to tail edge of text block; near fine unclipped dust jacket with very light wear to edges and foot of spine, a hint of rubbing to rear panel, and lightly nicked bottom rear corner. Overall, a very handsome and fresh copy of Pynchon’s masterpiece. Set in 1960s California, The Crying of Lot 49 begins with Oedipa Maas learning that she has been appointed as the executor of her… Read More

J. B. Lippincott and Co, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Grey papered boards with decoration to front panel stamped in blind, over yellow quarter-cloth with black spine titling; very good with light edgewear, thin lines of toning along top and bottom edges. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar, toned, with moderate scuffing to rear panel, light general edgewear and minor loss to spine head. Interior clean and unmarked.

J.B. Lippincott, 1966. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Long case. First edition. Light sunning at top edge of covers. Dust jacket mildly edgeworn. In bespoke clamshell case.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, (1966). First edition. His second book. Near fine to fine with a little tanning to pages; in very good to near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and touch of skinning to head of spine, and price on front flap nearly illegible due to erasure (or sticker removal?) and pencil marks. A sharp, attractive copy that is much nicer than it sounds.

New York: J.B Lippincott, 1966. First edition of Pynchon’s classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas. Octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Milton Charles. An exceptional example. “The Crying of Lot 49 is a haunting sequence of imagined human situations, typical and pathetic ones, fused with the particularized power that shows Pynchon’s own obsession with the encoded messages of the American landscape. What is also noticeable… is that the major character is really Pynchon himself, Pynchon’s voice with its capacity to move from the elegy to the epic catalogue. The narrator sounds like a survivor looking through the massed wreckage of his civilization, ‘a salad of despair.’ That image, to suggest but one of the puns in the word Tristero, is typically full of sadness, terror, love, and flamboyance. But then, how else should one imagine a tryst with America? And that is what this novel is” (New York Times).

New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing A very good or better copy of the First Edition of Thomas Pynchon s increasingly scarce 1966 second novel & winner of the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. A First Printing with the words 'First Edition' printed on the copyright page. This copy is housed in a Very Good unclipped first state dust jacket with the 366 on the upper flap corner and the $3.95 price on the lower front flap corner. Condition: 8vo. 183pp. Publishers yellow cloth-backed gray boards with top page edges stained black. Some foxing and age toning to the cloth boards with light wear to the spine ends. The interior is clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is in very good or better condition with just a small chip to the paper on the authors name on the spine, light wear to the upper spine end and some toning to the jacket flaps. Overall an attractive and quite collectible copy… Read More

New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1965. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Sm 8vo. Quarter yellow cloth and gray boards, with black spine lettering and blind stamp decoration on front cover. Black top stain. Tan end papers, with the term "w.a.s.t.e." repeated across the middle of front and back end papers. 183 pages. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$3.95" price intact), designed by Milton Charles, has short, closed tears at top of spine and top of front panel, and slight wear to corners and spine ends. A Fine, unmarked copy of the first edition, first printing of Pynchon's second novel, in a Very Good dust-jacket.

Philadelphia, New York: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1965. First Edition, First Printing in a Second Printing Dust Jacket. Publisher's Tan Boards Blind Stamped with Bugle Decoration, Backed with Yellow Cloth and Black Detailing. Near Fine/Very Good+. A Near Fine Book in a Very Good+ Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($3.95). Book is lightly shelf worn and moderately sunned to extremities. Slate gray topstain remains vibrant and text block is bright and fresh. Binding is tight and square and text is clean internally. Milton Charles designed Dust Jacket is from a Second Printing. Jacket is moderately shelf worn to extremities, most notably to crown and tail where some small chips are present. Rear panel of jacket is lightly toned and soiled. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 183pp.

Jonathan Cape, London., 1967. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 183 pages.Fore-edge faintly spotted, otherwise fine in near-fine, slightly nicked dustwrapper.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the US edition. 8vo. 183pp. Purple cloth lettered in silver at the spine and with the publisher's black top edge stain. A trace of very light spotting to the head of the upper board and pastedowns, and a single tiny biro mark to the fore edge margin of the front free endpaper. Very good indeed in fractionally toned non-price-clipped dust wrapper with a single miniscule nick to the head of the front panel front flap fold. A superb copy of the author's elusive second book, this UK edition vanishing more uncommon than the US equivalent..

Philadelphia: LIPPINCOTT.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. 0397004184 . Near fine in very good dust jacket. (3/4"-inch chip at crest of spine on dust jacket. No loss to titles. A few smaller chips at corners of DJ. Traces of shelf wear to rear panel of dust jacket. 2 faint soil spots on bottom & fore edges) Author's SECOND book. ; 5 1/4" x 8 1/2"; 183 pages .

Philadelphia:: J. B. Lippincott,, [1966].. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Light tape marks to boards, else a very good copy in a jacket with some light chipping and use to edges, and some slight soiling to back panel.. 8vo,.

PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT.. Near Fine. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in a Nf. dj. (Mildest possible erasure at head of front endpaper. Hint of tape ghosts at top & bottom edges of boards. Light stains at edges of dj. flaps & faintly on rear panel) Despite tape residue, a solid copy of the author's elusive SECOND book. .

philadelphia: j. b. lippincott company, 1966. second printing, 1966. an iconic feat in postmodern literature which has been interpreted both as parody and exemplary. philadelphia: j. b. lippincott company. hardcover. book condition: minor fading to tail of spine. very good +. jacket condition: clipped. near fine.