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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.

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.

New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1966 First printing of the stated first edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in; yellow cloth-backed gray boards, in first printing dust jacket. Book in fine condition; dust jacket in fine condition, with light shelf wear.

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott. 1966. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Crease to front flap. Stated First Edition and 366 on upper flap corner. Pynchon's increasingly scarce second novel, winner of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Pynchon's second novel. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-312. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-212. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 31. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with mild internal tanning to spine panel (due to interaction with the cloth, as usual, not abuse) and a wrinkle to the rear panel. A sharp, bright copy. (#153059)

Philadelphia:: J. B. Lippincott,, [1965].. First edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. Some light foxing to cloth; else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. 8vo,.

New York: J.B Lippincott, 1966.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1966. An exceptional copy of this stated first edition. Yellow cloth spine with black lettering and gray paper boards blindstamped with posthorns. Spine has some foxing, but book has never been opened. Dust jacket not price clipped and without defects. A n altogether very nice book.. First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. First Edition. 183 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's grey boards, yellow cloth spine. Fine copy in a very-good plus price-clipped dust jacket with some minor edgewear, faint marginal toning, and toning to verso and spine. First Edition. 183 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. An attractive copy of Pynchon's second novel.

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, otherwise a bright, fresh copy. "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 twentieth-century American… Read more

Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott, (1966).. First edition.. 183 pp. Previous owner’s label inside front board (covered almost entirely by the flap), else fine in very near fine dust jacket. Pynchon’s second novel.

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, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Small chip front junction of top front panel and front flap, browing to inner dust jacket and spine of dust jacket that does not affect the outer. Top stain bright, slight toning to half title page. Bright yellow spine. Not price-clipped.

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

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966 First Edition. 8vo. Yellow cloth and boards stamped in black. Top page edges stained black. Nice dust jacket has small light stain at corner of back flap and slight wrinkle to rear panel. Clean and tight. near Fine/ Very good..

London, Jonathan Cape, 1967. . First UK edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's purple boards lettered in silver to spine, dust-jacket very slightly tanned, but overall very good. A pleasing first UK edition of Pynchon's second novel, hard to find in such good order.

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: 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,.

Stated First Edition; A very good book in a very good or better dust jacket. An excellent copy of this novel being the author's 2nd published novel; author went on to win the National Book Award for "Gravity's Rainbow". This copy is in very good condition with a square, tight binding, bright lettering over yellow and grey boards, and clean pages throughout; the book does show mild rubbing and sunning to the top board edges, some light foxing to the page edges, and a small crease to the top of page 99; housed in a crisp and bright very good or better dust jacket that shows only light rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges, mild foxing and faint soiling to the panels and flaps, and a small closed tear to the foot of the back flap fold, else near fine or better. Overall, a highly presentable and collectible copy of this book, getting uncommon in this condition. Not remaindered, not price clipped ($3.95 intact) and not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.