Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1963). First edition. 8vo. 492 pp. Original lilac cloth, stamped in blind and in silver; top edge stained dark blue; in original first state dust-jacket, very lightly worn along top and bottom edge; in blue linen-covered slip case and chemise.

A handsome copy of Thomas Pynchon's first novel. A classic and frenetic postmodern masterpiece.