Gravitys Rainbow, First Edition (67 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Rare little magazine, includes a short review of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow by Robert Kettler. Unmarked copy, light wear. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in publisher's gray cloth with black lettering to the spine. In a very good dust jacket showing some light handling. 8vo. xxi, 262pp.

Mass Market PaperBack. Condition: Good. First Edition. Presumed first Bantam printing w/ no additional printings stated; Sound binding, a bit of weakness to front hinge w/ mild separation beginning at lower edge; Moderate wear to covers and spine from previous use; Some creasing present to rear, spine notably w/o creasing; Pages free of markings; A Good copy, scarce in this edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition THUS. Very good, no dust jacket as issued. 1st edition THUS, 3rd printing. Book has a crease in the corner of the front cover. Toning and some rippling to the pageblock. By the National Book Award- and MacArthur Fellowship-winning author of "Against the Day" and "Mason and Dixon". Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Miller, Frank (illustrator). First Edition. 1974 Bantam MM - 1st Bantam printing with double flap cover - some creasing to binding - minor staining to page edge - slight wear to cover - owner's name inside cover - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

Thick Trade PB. Condition: Fine+. Miller, Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition Stated; First Printing. Book Very Fine, square and tight. NO markngs of ANY KIND. A slight bump to front top corner, else Very Fine. ; Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition; Thick 8vo; 773 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 339 pages; Spring-Fall 1998 issue of Pynchon Notes. Collection of papers on Gravity's Rainbow as presented at International Pynchon Week [Antwerp, 1998]. Stout trade size paperback in pictorial card stock wraps. Tightly bound copy with no marks. Tea colored stain from a damp spill to the spine and thin areas of the covers asjacent to the spine; just minimal mild stains to the first and last few leaves. Uncommon. Solid binding. G++ to VG-.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Covers are very worn (split, smudged, edgeworn, chipped). The first and last few pages are damp spotted aswell as the sides of the text block. The pages within are tanned towards the outer edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good + Neat Ink Name. 1st Edition. A lovely copy, pages lightly tanning, spine lightly sunned, with a previous owner's neat ink name on the first page. This is the paperback first edition published simultaneous with the hardcover, a Viking Compass Book, number C 374 at top of spine; cover price $4.95. Book.

first softcover book club edition, 1973. c 374 on spine. no price on front panel. 00014 on rear panel. no additional printings indicated. new york: the viking press. isbn: 0-670-00374-3. 5.25 x 8.5 inches. 760 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: nearly undetectable reading crease. near fine. a truly gorgeous copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First paperback edition with "$4.95" written on front wrapper. Spine shows some creasing and fading, otherwise very good. Previous owner's name to backside of front wrapper.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Miller, Frank (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, with correct number line sequence, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Rare soft cover edition with price intact on rear cover. This collectible, " NEW" condition first edition/first printing soft cover copy is protected with a clear polyester archival cover. Beautiful collectible copy of the very rare and scarce soft cover edition. GIFT QUALITY Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Marc Getter (Cover design) (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in the UK as a paperback original (PBO) with a smaller hardcover issue intended mainly for libraries. ***A very good copy in glossy illustrated card covers priced at £1.95 on the back flap. The covers are unmarked, and largely uncreased, with just minimal edge wear. There is a light crease to the top corner of the front cover, and there are light vertical reading creases to the spine. The orange colour is faded to near-white on the spine, and to a yellow on the back cover near to the spine. There is slight marking and wear the bottom edge of the page block. Internally the book is near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. No creases. Pages clean and bright. There is no cracking to the binding (which is often found with this huge paperback) and the binding is nice and square (please see scans). ***760 pages. 204mm x 138mm. ***'If I were banished to the moon tomorrow and could take only five books along, this would have to be one of them.' - New York Times. ***'It is a funny, disturbing, exhausting, and massive novel by a remarkable mind and talent.' - Time (Review quotes taken from the back cover) ***'"Gravity's Rainbow" is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military. In particular, it features the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device, the Schwarzgerät ("black device"), which is slated to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000." Traversing a wide range of knowledge, Gravity's Rainbow transgresses boundaries between high and low culture, between literary propriety and profanity, and between science and speculative metaphysics. It shared the 1974 US National Book Award for Fiction with "A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories" by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Although selected by the Pulitzer Prize jury on fiction for the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Pulitzer Advisory Board was offended by its content, some of which was described as "'unreadable,' 'turgid,' 'overwritten' and in parts 'obscene'". No Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction that year. The novel was nominated for the 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Time named "Gravity's Rainbow" one of its "All-Time 100 Greatest Novels", a list of the best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 and it is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest American novels ever written.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition, published in the UK as a paperback original. There was also a much scarcer simultaneous hardback edition, aimed mainly at public libraries. Both first editions are very hard to find now, and the paperback issue is especially prone to damage, as it is so bulky. Most copies have damaged covers and sometimes cracked bindings. This copy is one of the better-preserved of the surviving copies. Scarce thus. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Marc Getter (Cover design) (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in the UK as a paperback original (PBO) with a smaller hardcover issue intended mainly for libraries. ***A very good copy in glossy illustrated card covers priced at £1.95 on the back flap. The covers are unmarked, and largely uncreased, with just minimal edge wear. The corners are remarkably uncreased. There are light vertical reading creases to the spine, and the orange colour is faded to pale yellow on the spine. There is some uneven fading also to the top edge of the front cover, and the margins of the front and back covers near to the spine. The page block edges are nice and clean. Internally the book is near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. No creases. Pages clean and bright. There is no cracking to the binding (which is often found with this bulky paperback) and the binding is nice and square - just slightly curved from reading at the spine (please see scans). ***760 pages. 204mm x 138mm. ***'If I were banished to the moon tomorrow and could take only five books along, this would have to be one of them.' - New York Times. ***'It is a funny, disturbing, exhausting, and massive novel by a remarkable mind and talent.' - Time (Review quotes taken from the back cover) ***'"Gravity's Rainbow" is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military. In particular, it features the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device, the Schwarzgerät ("black device"), which is slated to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000." Traversing a wide range of knowledge, Gravity's Rainbow transgresses boundaries between high and low culture, between literary propriety and profanity, and between science and speculative metaphysics. It shared the 1974 US National Book Award for Fiction with "A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories" by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Although selected by the Pulitzer Prize jury on fiction for the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Pulitzer Advisory Board was offended by its content, some of which was described as "'unreadable,' 'turgid,' 'overwritten' and in parts 'obscene'". No Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction that year. The novel was nominated for the 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Time named "Gravity's Rainbow" one of its "All-Time 100 Greatest Novels", a list of the best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 and it is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest American novels ever written.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition, published in the UK as a paperback original. There was also a much scarcer simultaneous hardback edition, aimed mainly at public libraries. Both first editions are very hard to find now, and the paperback issue is especially prone to damage, as it is so bulky. Most copies have damaged covers and sometimes cracked bindings. This copy is one of the better-preserved of the surviving copies. Scarce thus. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Large 8vo, xviii + 496pp. Fully illustrated. Hardcover, bound in original pictorial boards, housed in sturdy illustrated slipcase. In excellent condition. Slight bump to right corner of heel of spine, otherwise as new in a fine slipcase. One of a handful of copies published with this title on both the book and the slipcase, prior to legal action which prompted the name change.

Clean text, tight binding, some discoloration to top edge, in acetate.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. A bit faded along the spine, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, brief marginalia on two pages, light rippling to the latter two hundred pages of the text block, else good in red cloth. No dust jacket. ; 760 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Large 8vo, xviii + 496pp. Fully illustrated. Hardcover, bound in original pictorial boards, housed in sturdy illustrated slipcase. In excellent condition. Slight bump to right corner of heel of spine, otherwise as new in a fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 4th printing. Dust jacket has creases and chipping, spine faded. Binding solid. VG in G dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition. Pristine, clean & NEW hardcover in original slipcase. "Thomas Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW (1973) has been called a modern Finnegans Wake for its challenging language, wild anachronisms, hallucinatory happenings, and fever-dream imagery. With GRAVITY'S RAINBOW ILLUSTRATED: ONE PICTURE FOR EVERY PAGE, artist Zak Smith at once eases and expands readers' experience of the twentieth-century classic. Smith has created more than 750 pages of drawings, paintings, and photos---each derived from a page of Pynchon's novel. Extraordinary tableaux of the detritus of war---a burned-out Konigstiger tank, a melted machine gun---coexist alongside such phantasmagoric Pynchon inventions as the 'stumbling bird' and 'Grigori the octopus.' Smith has said he aimed to be 'as literal as possible' in interpreting Gravity's Rainbow, but his images are as imaginative and powerful as the prose they honor." [copy on slipcase] While the slipcase front shows the title PICTURES SHOWING WHAT HAPPENS ON EACH PAGE OF THOMAS PYNCHON'S NOVEL GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, the book's spine features GRAVITY'S RAINBOW ILLUSTRATED: ONE PICTURE FOR EVERY PAGE. So I guess it could be called both things. ZAK SMITH's book is beautifully made, in perfect condition, quite presentable & collectible. Oversize & hefty book will require additional postage & insurance to get to you safely; please inquire with your specific interest. Shipping charges will be advised once destination is known.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. spectacular copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $15.00 printed price present and is vibrant in color with NO chips or tears. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of housed in a custom clamshell box for preservation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. red cloth, red lettering, blindstamped design on the front cover, dust jacket unclipped, code 0273 on front flap, 760 pp first edition dust jacket is lightly worn, the front inner flap creased small black ink stain on the front cover near the spine Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Cloth/dust jacket and Mylar wrapped Octavo.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's third novel. Only 4000 copies of this hardcover issue of the first printing were published. An exceptionally influential novel, winner of the William Dean Howells Medal (for the best work of fiction to appear in the U.S. over a five-year period), the National Book Award, and a 1973 Nebula Award nominee. "A sprawling slipstream novel about a World War II psychological warfare unit full of weird characters, one of whom seems to be determining the pattern of V-2 rocket attacks by his sexual activities but refuses to submit to study and possible control. Extraordinarily elaborate black comedy." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-885. "U.S. writer, all of whose works are fabulations which resemble SF under some interpretations, though the paranoia-wracked worlds his protagonists inhabit defeat any secure reading of the malign figurations of reality . Enormous and complex, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW offers no repose for a secure reading, but the search for its main protagonist (whose sexual climaxes predict and attract rockets from the V-2s on) fabulously posits an sf world . Pynchon's general concerns with entropy, paranoia and communication have had a fruitful effect on some sf writers." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 981. A Burgess 99 title. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-213. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 915-20. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of wear at head and tail of spine panel at folds and corner tips, minute nick at top edge of front panel, and small closed tear at top edge of front flap. Overall, an excellent copy. (#69427).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Marc Getter (illustrator). 1st Edition. New York, Viking, 1973. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Spine pretty much unfaded, which is nice, just a little lightening. Some wrinkling and creasing to the jacket. Binding a touch bumped and shaken. Presents well overall. Cover art by Marc Getter [11161, Hyraxia Books].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 760 pages. First Edition. Pynchon's third novel, winner of National Book Award and William Dean Howell Medal, Burgess 99 selection and a high spot of postmodern American literature. Published simultaneously in hardcover and trade paperback, with only 4000 hardcover copies. Fine in lovely first state dustjacket with two tiny closed tears at upper edge of spine panel, else fine, without the typical rubbing or spine fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Fine in a near fine jacket. First edition. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Extremely scare, first ed, first printing, in first state jacket [0273 on bottom inner flap]. VG jacket, not price clipped. Jacket just a bit faded at spine, minor edge wear, NO rips or stains. Spine looks nice on a shelf, front cover vibrant- would look nice facing out as well. Pages/boards/jacket clean, binding sturdy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Dutch edition, hardcover issue. Translated by Peter Bergsma. Tall octavo. 748pp. Fine in trifle worn, fine dust jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Gravity's Rainbow' by Thomas Pynchon. This book is a paperback first edition. A handsome, bright copy. A thick volume running into over 750 pages. Published by Picador and scarce in this format. PLEASE NOTE : The covers have been very carefully laminated and this has kept them in great conditon. Bright, glossy front cover with very good edges and tips. Striking cover art by John Holmes. Back cover is very solid with light dustines to white background. Very good edges and tips. Solid, straight spine with no creasing. There is an inscription to the front in pen. The pages are age toned otherwise clean and unmarked. The edges of the text block are age toned with slight dustiness to bottom edge. Overall a handsome copy. Not exliib and packed and sent with care.