{"product_id":"against-the-day-thomas-pynchon-1st-uk-edition","title":"Against the Day, Thomas Pynchon — 1st UK Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Jonathan Cape, 2006\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [viii], 1085.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Near Fine. The text block is exceptionally clean, tight, and square, presenting a crisp and unread appearance completely free from internal foxing or ownership markings. The black cloth boards are sharp and unfaded, featuring brilliant, unoxidised gilt lettering to the spine, with only the most minute, superficial traces of shelf-wear to the extreme lower board edges. The original dust jacket remains unclipped (retaining the original flap price) and remarkably bright, with only faint handling wear to the upper extremities, now carefully preserved within a clear, removable protective sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a true First UK Edition, First Printing of Thomas Pynchon's sprawling historical masterpiece, confirmed by the presence of the full number line \"2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1\" upon the copyright page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe UK edition, issued by Jonathan Cape in 2006 alongside the American release by Penguin Press, is distinguished by its elegant black cloth binding and understated typographical dust jacket design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopies surviving in such remarkably crisp, well-preserved condition, with an unclipped jacket and immaculately clean text block, remain highly desirable for the discerning collector of modern first editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning the tumultuous period between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the immediate aftermath of World War I, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic, anarchic epic that sweeps across North America, Europe, Central Asia, and places yet unmapped. With a worldwide disaster looming, Pynchon orchestrates a massive, exuberant cast of aeronauts, gamblers, mathematicians, spies, and shamans, including the legendary Chums of Chance in their hydrogen skyship, as they navigate an era where certainty comes crashing down and the future arrives with unpredictable force. It is a dazzling, wildly inventive exploration of unrestrained greed, radical politics, and the unyielding pursuit of scientific and mystical enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54618627080531,"sku":"5143","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260811_132715.jpg?v=1787044335","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/against-the-day-thomas-pynchon-1st-uk-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}