AtD print run?

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Thanks, Heikki! It appears you're right. I just tried googling "pynchon 
against the day 250,000" and got this hit:

http://www.magersandquinn.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1268855&isbn_id=3504345

They attribute this information to the publisher, so I guess the figure is 
correct. Quite a number for an author like Pynchon (the first hardcover 
printing of GR was 4000 copies). I'm somehow reminded of Geoffrey Wolf's 
comment about Gravity's Rainbow: "Forests have gone to the blade to make 
paper for this novel. Don't mourn the trees; read the book."

>From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>

>I recall seeing the figure 250,000 copies somewhere,
>but have forgotten the source. Anyone?
>
>Heikki
>
>On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Tore Rye Andersen wrote:
>
> > One can only wonder why The Sunday Times thought it a good idea to let a
> > complete Pynchon novice review AtD, but this article did contain an
> > interesting snippet of information: The print run of the first British
> > Edition (18,000 copies). I've yet to run across the corresponding figure 
>for
> > the first American edition. Does anyone have that information?

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