The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Good (previous owner's markings effecting 16 pages) in very good dust jacket (chips at base and crown of spine, rubbing at corners).
Synopsis
The Crying of Lot 49 is a novel by Thomas Pynchon. The shortest of Pynchon's novels and often considered his most accessible, the book is about a woman, Oedipa Maas, possibly unearthing the centuries-old conflict between two mail distribution companies, Thurn und Taxis and the Trystero (or Tristero). The former actually existed, and was the first firm to distribute postal mail; the latter is Pynchon's invention. The novel is often classified as a notable example of postmodern fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bob's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio5338
- Title
- The Crying of Lot 49
- Author
- Thomas Pynchon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition/First Printing
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....