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AGAINST THE DAY
by Pynchon, Thomas
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 159420120X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201202
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Penguin. The award-winning Pynchon's seventh book spans most of three decades from the 1893 World's Fair in Chicango to just after World War I; the action moves from Colorado to New York to London, Venice, Vienna, Central Asia, Siberia, Mexico, Hollywood and a few places not on any map; its characters include anarchists, balloonists, gamblers, tycoons, innocents and decadents, shamans and scientists, spies, detectives and hired guns with cameo appearances by Bela Lugosi and Groucho Marx. It's all Pynchon as usual -- trying to show us the world not necessarily as it is but as it just might be. Lower corner of front cover slightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows small crease on back flap o/w very minimal surface and edgewear. At 1,085 pages, this is a heavy book that may require additional postage. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. 2006.
Synopsis
Against the Day is a novel by Thomas Pynchon. The narrative takes place between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the time immediately following World War I and features more than a hundred characters spread across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia, and "one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all," according to the book jacket blurb written by Pynchon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004140
- Title
- AGAINST THE DAY
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 159420120X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201202
- Publisher
- Viking Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- MODERN NOVEL, FIRST EDITION, AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1890S, 1900S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Literature, Modern Novel;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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