Published by Jonathan Cape, London, in 2006. First UK edition, first printing, hardcover in dustjacket.
A mammoth novel at 1,085 pages, spanning the period from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the aftermath of the First World War. Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) is one of America's most celebrated and reclusive novelists. The UK Jonathan Cape edition is uncommon and scarcer than the US Penguin Press first.
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Book: pushed at both spine tips; text block tanned with age; otherwise tight, square, and free of ownership marks. Dustjacket: unclipped; free of nicks or tears; abrasion to the surface at the lower panel around the printed barcode, consistent with label removal; minor marks and soiling to the white margins; crease at the crown.
