Thomas Pynchon — Gravity\\'s Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (Hardcover 1973)

New York: The Viking Press / Book-of-the-Month Club, 1973 Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon (Hardcover 1973) First Edition thus. Original cloth binding, dust jacket provided in facsimile. Publication History: The First Edition by The Viking Press Gravity's Rainbow was officially published in New York by The Viking Press on 14 March 1973. The publisher produced a notably small hardcover printing of 4,000 copies, supplemented by 16,000 softcover copies issued simultaneously. Item Offered Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. Hardcover issued to some members of the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1973. Presented here is the Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC or BOTM) edition of Gravity's Rainbow, issued in 1973 under a separate licensing arrangement with The Viking Press. This edition is not counted as part of the 4,000-copy Viking trade hardcover first printing. BOMC editions were usually printed from the same printing plates as the trade edition but constitute distinct issues produced independently for select book club subscribers. The dust jacket is a reproduction of the original dust jacket and not an original 1973 Viking or BOMC jacket. The dust jacket is free of the usual "Facsimile Dust Jackets L.L.C." rectangular stamp. Provenance Statement: Association Copy from the Dunbar Family Estate This volume features the previous ownership inscription in autograph of Irene E. Dunbar (1911–1999), a key figure in the late 20th-century preservation of the Paul Laurence Dunbar legacy in Dayton, Ohio. This item was acquired via an estate sale as part of the previous owner's significant private collection.