Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon. First Edition.

Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon First edition, first printing of Pynchon's masterpiece and a cornerstone of modern American literature. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. Publisher's orange cloth, stamped in blind with spine lettered in red, orange topstain, first state unclipped dust jacket. A near fine copy in a very good or better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square with just traces of shelfwear to boards and a touch of rubbing to top edge of text block. Appears unread. Jacket shows minor shelfwear with the typical sunning to spine, protected in archival mylar.