VLVL2: Crying Of Lot 110

[Tim Strzechowski]

The First Edition of GR (#109) is only $1750.00!

Who really needs a house addition anyways, right?

: )

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  From: Michel Ryckx 
  To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
  Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:38 PM
  Subject: VLVL2: Crying Of Lot 110


  from:
  http://www.lopezbooks.com/100/100-06.html

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  110. PYNCHON, Thomas. Vineland. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). A photocopied typescript of an early draft of Pynchon's first novel since Gravity's Rainbow, a period of seventeen years by the time Vineland was finally published. 521 double-spaced pages, with textual variations from the published version. This version of the manuscript reportedly dates from a period about a year before the publication of the book in February, 1990. It represents a version of the text that is markedly different from that which was published and is an exceptional rarity in that regard. Pynchon reportedly insisted that no proofs or advance reading copies be done of this title, and the only pre-publication states that exist are a handful of f&g's (folded and gathered sheets) of the first edition and copies of the published edition that had a promotional sheet inserted. This version of the manuscript, which Pynchon apparently rewrote considerably, was never produced in printed form. From the very first sentence to the very last sentence, there are major, substantive differences between this draft and the text of the published volume. Only a handful of copies were made, presumably for use by the publisher, and this is one; it shows signs of having been read: the top sheet is slightly creased and worn, and the edges of the pages a bit dust-soiled and slightly rough. Overall, the condition is near fine. No copies have been made of this copy, and this text was circulated to a very small number of people, mostly those involved with the publication process. While only a photocopy, this is doubtless the most textually significant Pynchon item we have ever seen offered on the market, and copies of this draft are likely to be scarcer than any of the proofs of any of Pynchon's other books. 

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  Michel

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