Thomas Pynchon The Crying of Lot 49 1966 1st US Fine

First US edition, first printing with "First Edition" on the copyright page. Publisher New York J. B. Lippincott, 1966. Octavio 5.25" x 8.25" [vi] [ii Blank] 9-183 [ix Blank]. Original grey cloth with bugles stamped on front cover. Yellow cloth spine with black lettering. Brown pastedowns & endpapers with a band of "w. a. s. t. e." printed on pages. Top of text stained black. Unclipped dust jacket with $3.95 price. Dust jacket design by Milton Charles / Charles and Cuffar1. States "Thomas Pynchon's V., published in 1963, was the Faulkner First Novel Awaward in that year."

Book Condition: Fine No flaws

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Rear cover has small chip on rear cover & bookseller label.

Author's second book & winner of the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon tells the story of a woman named Oedipa Maas who becomes embroiled in a complex conspiracy involving an underground postal system called Tristero. As she tries to unravel the mystery, Pynchon explores themes of paranoia, communication, and the subjective nature of reality.