collectible Pynchon books

[Mike Beiderbecke]

It was because fifteen bucks was a really high price for a hardcover book in
March of 1973. And, by the by, they printed seven hundred and fifty of the
hardcover and fifteen hundred of the paper back.
But speaking of collectible Pynchon books, has anybody every seen one of
those 'Letters of a Fond Ghoul' or whatever it was?

Regards


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mackin" <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: collectible Pynchon books


> On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 12:41, Dave Monroe wrote:
> > Three grand seems to be in the midrange for clothbound
> > first editions in decent shape ...
>
>
> Anyone know what would be the going price for the paper bound first
> edition, also in decent shape? It was available at my bookstore slightly
> before the clothbound and I was in a hurry to start reading. The copy is
> clean, no marking, but with some loosening pages. It was only read twice
> as I remember.
>
> In a way the paper version might be a greater curiosity than the cloth
> because it was so unusual to bring a new book out both ways at the same
> time. I don't remember why they did that. It might have been some move
> to make quality lit more affordable. Anyone know the answer?
>
> P.
>
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