Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. First Edition stated, 2006 Viking. First Printing with full number line, 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, some smudges on page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly bumped corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild mild surface and edge wear, and the price and 1106 date code on the front flap. L
Spanning the period between the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War One, Against the Day moves from the labour troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York, to London and Gottingen, Venice and Vienna, and one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
