"THIS IS AMERICA, YOU LIVE IN IT, YOU LET IT HAPPEN. LET IT UNFURL"

PYNCHON, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, (1966). Octavo, original half yellow cloth with gray boards, patterned endpapers, original dust jacket. $1400.

First edition of Pynchon's second novel.

"The wealth of invention is overwhelming… Pynchon's trick of sitting the action on the edge of absurdity without letting it fall off is carefully performed" (Parker, 20th Century Novel, 428). "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Mead A2.

A fine copy.