New York: Lippincott, (1963). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 492 pp. Original lavender cloth-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Light edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners. Handling and shelf wear moderate, with rubbing, scuffs to gloss. Some foxing to jacket panels. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling wear present. Corners lightly curled. Mild toning to page edges with a small spot to bottom text block. Small spot atop rear panel edge. Light curling to spine ends. Faintest foxing and toning to panel edges. Interior clean and unmarked sans tiny pencil erasures to ffep. A lovely copy without the normal spine fade.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“V. is the debut novel of Thomas Pynchon, published in 1963. It describes the exploits of a discharged U.S. Navy sailor named Benny Profane, his reconnection in New York with a group of pseudo-bohemian artists and hangers-on known as the Whole Sick Crew, and the quest of an aging traveler named Herbert Stencil to identify and locate the mysterious entity he knows only as "V." It was nominated for a National Book Award.”