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FIRST EDITION AND FIRST STATE which was only printed in 4000 copies.
The seminal novel of postmodernism, Gravity's Rainbow won the National Book Award for 1974 and the prestigious William Dean Howells Medal, awarded for the best American novel published over a five-year period; the jury for the Pullitzer Prize, on the other hand, judged it to be "unreadable" and even "obscene": the fiction prize was not awarded that year.
The price of $15 is clearly marked on the jacket, as is the code 0273.
Nice copy.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINT (only 4000 copies printed).
One of the founding novels of postmodernism, Gravity's Rainbow was awarded the National Book Award for 1974 as well as the prestigious William Dean Howells Medal for best work of fiction to appear in the United States over a five-year period.
The Pulltizer price jury, on the other hand, found its contents "unreadable"andobscene"There was no prize for fiction that year.
Price unclipped. Code 0273 on the first flap.
Minor tear on the dust jacket.
A very good copy nonetheless.