Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, early printing of Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon without a dust jacket. First Edition unstated, 2025 Penguin. 3rd Printing stated.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
No dust jacket
Milwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the corner, Al Capone in the federal pen, the private investigation business shifting from labor-management relations to the more domestic kind. Hicks McTaggart, a onetime strikebreaker turned private eye, thinks he’s found job security until he gets sent out on what should be a routine case, locating and bringing back the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune who’s taken a mind to go wandering.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
