collectible Pynchon books

[Paul Mackin]

On Sun, 2004-10-10 at 08:41, Mike Beiderbecke wrote:
> 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.


Thanks for the info. The publishers weren't very optimistic I guess,
suspecting that by '73 many would have forgotten P. I probably would
have except that around the end of the 60s I was in contact with people
who'd been at Cornell with him and his name came up some way in
conversation.


> 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.
> >
> >
>