First edition book: V. by Thomas Pynchon. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1963. Hardcover bound in lavender cloth stamped brightly in silver on the spine, with first-issue dust jacket (with "$5.95" price on front flap and without review blurbs on the rear panel), 6 x 8.5, 492 pages. Book condition: VG+/VG, with a quarter inch of light sunning to the bottom front edge and the bottom of the spine, ownership inscription to first free end page, a few small stains to the jacket, rubbing and light wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends, and light edge-rubbing and scattered soiling to the rear panel.
