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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
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Pr, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A sweeping novel spanning the time period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years after WWI--a time of corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent. First printing with correct full number line sequence. Aside from a 1/4" mark on the upper right corner of the front free endpaper, this is an exceptionally clean copy with no writing, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Corners are square, and the boards are clean, flat and true with virtually no edge wear except some bumping to the lower spine and some slight discoloration to the same. Dust jacket is not price-clipped ($35.00) and is likewise in great shape with minimal shelf wear, just a small crease on the back flap. This collectible, near fine/near fine, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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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- Bookseller
- rarefirstscom
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000589
- Title
- Against the Day
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 159420120X
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201202
- Publisher
- Penguin Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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