1966 Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon First Edition First Printing Original DJ

Thomas Pynchon

Published by J. B. Lippincott and Co.

About this Item

The Crying of Lot 49. By Thomas Pynchon. New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Original dust jacket, 183 pp. Original half-yellow gray cloth binding measures 8.25 x 5", 8vo.

In good condition. Dust jacket: normally scuffed and toned around edges; hinges creased; head and tail of spine scuffed; orange/blue lettering on spine lightly tanned from shelf-wear/sun-exposure. Both gray boards exhibit tape or tape residue on top and bottom edges. Head and tail of spine bumped. Top edge of text-block stained black (dulled gray with age-staining). Ex-libris bookplate (blank) found on front end-page. Normal toning in margins, some sporadic age-staining. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing.

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, and references to history, art, science, and popular culture. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists. Pynchon is notoriously reclusive. Few photographs of him have been published, and rumors about his location and identity have circulated since the 1960s.
After publishing several short stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the novels for which he is best known: V. (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), and Gravity's Rainbow (1973). For the last, Pynchon won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

First Edition, First Printing. Gift quality.

RAREA1966HNPX - 07/26 - HK3750.

Seller Inventory # RAREA1966HNPX

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1966 Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchon First Edition First Printing Original DJ
• Publisher: J. B. Lippincott and Co.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good