Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott, (1963). First edition. 8vo. 492 pp. Publisher's lilac cloth, stamped in blind and in silver, spine and upper boards lightly faded; top edge stained blue; in original first state unclipped dust-jacket (without review blurbs), very lightly worn at folds.

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