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New York, New York, U.S.A. : Henry Holt and Co., 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were 18th-century British surveyors who ran the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland - the Mason-Dixon Line. This is their story, featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, eroti c and political conspiracies, naval warfare and caffeine abuse. 773 pp. Author also of V, THE CRYING OF LOT 49, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, INHERENT VICE, and others. As new, first edition, first printing, in fine, original acrylic-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped.*Packed carefully and shipped in a box to ensure arrival in excellent c ondition.L179