Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (114 results)
- Softcover
Seller: Rarewaves.com UK, London, United KingdomRarewaves.com UK
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Paperback. Condition: New. Discover Thomas Pynchon's brilliant writing in this postmodern literature classic. 'The greatest, wildest author of his generation' GuardianWe could tell you the year is 1944, that the main character is called Tyrone Slothrop and that he has a problem because bombs are falling across Europe and crashin…g to the earth at the exact locations of his sexual conquests. But that doesn't really begin to cover it. Reading this book is like falling down a rabbit hole into an outlandish, sinister, mysterious, absurd, compulsive netherworld. As The Financial Times said, 'you must forget earlier notions about life and letters and even the Novel.' Forty years since its publication, Gravity's Rainbow has lost none of its power to enthral.
- Softcover
Seller: Rarewaves.com UK, London, United KingdomRarewaves.com UK
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Paperback. Condition: New. Miller, Frank (illustrator).
- Softcover
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A few small stains.
- Softcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
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Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60152400: 2000. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 902 pages. Texte en anglais. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
- Softcover
Seller: Aspen Book Co., Denver, CO, U.S.A.Aspen Book Co.
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Condition: acceptable. It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wearâ"creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.
- Softcover
Seller: La Librería, Iberoamerikan. Buchhandlung, Bonn, NRW, GermanyLa Librería, Iberoamerikan. Buchhandlung
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Softcover. Condition: New. 4a. ed. 190x125 mm. Colección MaxiTusquets, 041/3. 1160 p. Rústica. Sprache: Spanisch, NUEVO / NEU / NEW. La obra que confirmó a Pynchon como uno de los grandes escritores contemporáneos. Tyrone Slothrop, un militar norteamericano que trabaja para la inteligencia aliada en Londres en 1944, padece un gr…ave problema: cada vez que cae una de las bombas alemanas V-2, tiene una erección. De niño, Slothrop fue sometido a experimentos pavlovianos por el profesor de Harvard Laszlo Jamf, un científico alemán que trabajaba para los nazis. Laszlo inventó el Imipolex G, un nuevo aislante para cohetes, y condicionó las partes pudendas de Tyrone para que respondieran a la presencia de ese nuevo material. Ahora, ya adulto, sus superiores están investigando la reacción que sufre el protagonista. En una Alemania devastada por la guerra, Tyrone tendrá que huir de extraños enemigos haciendo cabriolas. [Texto editorial] [literatura anglosajona contemporánea+novela siglo xx+novela norteamericana+Los Angeles+intriga policíaca]. ** 10% DESCUENTO/RABATT/DISCOUNT PRIMAVERA * excl. New German Books * * * * 19,75 (original price 22,00) **.
- Softcover
Seller: Dream Books Co., Denver, CO, U.S.A.Dream Books Co.
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Condition: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.
- Softcover
Seller: Saul Field - Bookseller, Kingston, ON, CanadaSaul Field - Bookseller
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Penguin, 1987. Softcover. Very Good. Text is clean and unmarked.
Quartet 48 - 49 (Volume 7; VII; Fall - Winter 1974 - 1975) - includes a review of Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Costa, Richard Hauer (ed.), Robert Kettler (on Thomas Pynchon), et al.
Published by College Station, TX: Quartet, 1975
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Rare little magazine, includes a short review of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow by Robert Kettler. Unmarked copy, light wear. Not Signed.
- Softcover
Seller: Equipment for Living, Aliquippa, PA, U.S.A.Equipment for Living
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Condition: new.
- Softcover
Seller: Aspen Book Co., Denver, CO, U.S.A.Aspen Book Co.
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Condition: acceptable. It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wearâ"creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.
Published by Rowohlt, (Hamburg), 1989
- Softcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Fine.
Published by Rowohlt, (Hamburg), 1994
- Softcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Translated by Elfriede Jelinek and Thomas Piltz. Text in German. Trade paperbck. Light wear, very near fine in glossy wrappers.
Language: English
Published by Bantam Books, 1979
- Softcover
Seller: Picky Books, Akron, OH, U.S.A.Picky Books
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Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good Minus. Later Printing. Book has age toning to the cover edges and on the text block to a lesser extent - still quite readable. Creasing and wear to the front cover corners, minor rubbing along the rear hinge, and other, minor, wear. Binding has a mild curve from previous reading but is… strong and sound. Clean interior. This is the 1979 seventh printing of the 1974 Bantam mass market edition, ISBN 0553125044.
Published by Viking/Compass, New York, 1973
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA
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Condition: Used
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Add to basketSoftcover. Thick 8vo., 760 pp. First softcover edition, fifth print, April 1973. States 'First published in 1973 in a hardbound and paperbound edition by Viking Press.' with $4.95 price on front cover. The hardcover and softcover editions were published simultaneously. The book's narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end o…f World War II, centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military and it features the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device, the Schwarzger?t ['black device']. Very Good with light handling and a couple of light corner creases in color illustrated wraps.
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Published by Viking Compass, New York, NY, 1973
- Softcover
Seller: Taipan Books, Inglewood, WA, AustraliaTaipan Books
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Add to basketTrade Paperback (21cm X 14cm). Condition: Good +. 760pp. Published simultaneously in hard covers and paperback in 1973. This copy from the fourth printing in April 1973. Light general wear. Contemporary gift inscription to top of first page. Pages are age-tanned. Edges of the text block are tanned and foxed, with some soiling. S…unning to spine. Sunning/offsetting to back cover panel. Light corner creasing. Reading crease adjacent to spine. The spine is uncreased and the binding is firm.
More imagesPublished by Bantam Books, New York 1974, 1974
- Softcover
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United KingdomROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD
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Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. Octavo. 887pp. Original gold printed paperback, all edges yellow. Slight rubbing and creasing with small chip to top front cover, otherwise very good.
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- First Edition
Seller: Quinto Bookshop, London, United KingdomQuinto Bookshop
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Pictorial limp card wrappers. Cover art work by Marc Getter. Cover creased and with some chipping to edges. Spine cocked and creased. Slight soiling to edges. Good only. *** A scarce first UK edition, published simultaneously in paperback and hardback.
Published by Bert Bakker, Amsterdam, 1992
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Dutch edition, hardcover issue. Translated by Peter Bergsma. Tall octavo. 748pp. Fine in trifle worn, fine dust jacket.
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Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.Black Falcon Books
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Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Bantam edition published March 1974, stated; no additional printings listed; Bantam Book number C8099; cover price $2.50; page edges tinted yellow; the double front wrap with the rainbow-colored vertical rocket exhaust on the second front wrap. The book is square and un…marked; the spine is cupped and edgeworn though uncreased; age-toning to the pages; some edgewear to the wraps; sleeve protected.
- Softcover
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.-OnTimeBooks-
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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipp…ed with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.
- Softcover
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.-OnTimeBooks-
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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipp…ed with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.
More imagesPublished by The Viking Press, 1973
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Open Door Books MABA, Bath, ME, U.S.A.Open Door Books MABA
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Condition: Used - Fine
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Condition, No Marks, Writing, Ripple On Spine Bottom. Second Printing Feb, 1973 Rare.
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- First Edition
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good. Wraps bumped at the edges, a few stains at the front cover, faded at the spine and with a tidemark at the head of the spine. Firmly bound with a very slightly concave spine, some soiling at the edges, contemporary gift inscription on the half-title, clean otherwise. A ni…ce first paperback printing of the Pulitzer Prize winner for 1974 and one of TIME's All-TIME 100 novels.
Published by BANTAM, 1974
- Softcover
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises
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Add to basketPAPERBACK GREEN. 3RD ED. General wear, wear to cover and light creasing at spine edges of covers, soiling on top and fore edges, creased cover corners, soiling in front and rear endpapers DATE PUBLISHED: 1974 EDITION: 3RD ED 887.
Published by Viking, New York, 1973
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, CanadaTBCL The Book Collector's Library
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Not A Book. Clamshell As New. Custom Clamshell Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. Beautiful Clamshell first edition Bookcase. [Not with Book] Hand-Crafted by our conservation team, each box is gilt-stamped at the spine, & features an embossed / 'sculpted' upper cover designed a…fter the famous DJ's graphic. Each box is finished inside & out in burnt orange cloth & blue Nuba® - a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph, that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the first edition snugly . Protect your investment. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for dozens of generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available.
Published by The Viking Press (A Viking Compass Book), New York, 1973
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition (softcover issue). [a sound and firmly bound copy, probably unread but with some external wear; the covers are edgeworn and scuffed (mostly on the rear cover), with fading to the spine and to narrow spine-adjacent strips, slight dog-earing at lower right corner of front cover]. Trade… PB Dense, encyclopedic historical/satirical/postmodernist novel set in Europe during the waning months of World War II and centering around the design, production and deployment of the German V-2 rockets. Considered one of the Great American Novels by many, turgid and unreadable by others; I ain't read it, so have no opinion. The book was published simultaneously in hardcover and paperback, prompted by the publishers' concern that the hefty cover price of the hardcover would hurt the book's sales; this is the first printing of the softcover issue, with the original $4.95 price printed at the upper corner of the front cover. (The hardcover was priced at a whopping $15, more than twice the list price of a typical work of fiction at the time.) ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.****.
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- First Edition
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in the UK as a paperback original (PBO) with a smaller hardcover issue intended mainly for libraries. ***A very good copy in glossy illustrated card covers priced at £1.95 on the back flap. The covers are…unmarked, and largely uncreased, with just minimal edge wear. There is a light crease to the top corner of the front cover, and there are light vertical reading creases to the spine. The orange colour is faded to near-white on the spine, and to a yellow on the back cover near to the spine. There is slight marking and wear the bottom edge of the page block. Internally the book is near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing. No creases. Pages clean and bright. There is no cracking to the binding (which is often found with this huge paperback) and the binding is nice and square (please see scans). ***760 pages. 204mm x 138mm. ***'If I were banished to the moon tomorrow and could take only five books along, this would have to be one of them.' - New York Times. ***'It is a funny, disturbing, exhausting, and massive novel by a remarkable mind and talent.' - Time (Review quotes taken from the back cover) ***'"Gravity's Rainbow" is a 1973 novel by American writer Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military. In particular, it features the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device, the Schwarzgerät ("black device"), which is slated to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000." Traversing a wide range of knowledge, Gravity's Rainbow transgresses boundaries between high and low culture, between literary propriety and profanity, and between science and speculative metaphysics. It shared the 1974 US National Book Award for Fiction with "A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories" by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Although selected by the Pulitzer Prize jury on fiction for the 1974 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Pulitzer Advisory Board was offended by its content, some of which was described as "'unreadable,' 'turgid,' 'overwritten' and in parts 'obscene'". No Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction that year. The novel was nominated for the 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel. Time named "Gravity's Rainbow" one of its "All-Time 100 Greatest Novels", a list of the best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 and it is considered by many critics to be one of the greatest American novels ever written.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the true first edition, published in the UK as a paperback original. There was also a much scarcer simultaneous hardback edition, aimed mainly at public libraries. Both first editions are very hard to find now, and the paperback issue is especially prone to damage, as it is so bulky. Most copies have damaged covers and sometimes cracked bindings. This copy is one of the better-preserved of the surviving copies. Scarce thus. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Marc Getter (Cover design) (illustrator).
Published by Viking: (NY), 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 760pp, minor extremity wear, white-out and erasure across the bottom edge of textblock (covering a remainder swipe) else a nice, clean copy, in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. Second Printing (numberline starts with "2"), but published alongside VINELAND (1990) w…hich is listed on the list of Pynchon's works opposite the title page, and on the dustjacket ("Author of Vineland"). Dustjacket has "$25.00" price, and "0191" code at bottom of front flap.
Published by Viking: (NY), 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.75 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 760pp, minor extremity wear, white-out and erasure across the bottom edge of textblock (covering a remainder swipe) else a nice, clean copy, in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. Second Printing (numberline starts with "2"), but published alongside VINELAND (1990),…which is listed on the list of Pynchon's works opposite title page, and on the dustjacket ("Author of Vineland"). Dustjacket has "$25.00" price, and "0191" code at bottom of front flap.
