Mason & Dixon 1st edition

Description: This is a rare and highly sought-after First Edition of the novel "Mason & Dixon" by Thomas Pynchon. Published in 1997 by Holt & Company, Henry, this hardcover book features a dust jacket and contains 784 pages of fascinating fiction. The book is written in English, the original language, and is set in the 1990s era. The book's author, Thomas Pynchon, is a renowned literary figure, known for his unique and captivating style. This book is perfect for collectors and enthusiasts of historical and literary topics. It weighs 43.5 Oz, measures 9.6 inches in length, 6.6 inches in width, and 2.2 inches in height. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own this rare gem!Charles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as re-imagined by Thomas Pynchon, featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, major caffeine abuse. We follow the mismatch'd pair--one rollicking, the other depressive; one Gothic, the other pre-Romantic--from their first journey together to the Cape of Good Hope, to pre-Revolutionary America and back, through the strange yet redemptive turns of fortune in their later lives, on a grand tour of the Enlightenment's dark hemisphere, as they observe and participate in the many opportunities for insanity presented them by the Age of Reason.The New York Times Best Book of the Year, 1997 Time Magazine Best Book of the Year 1997

Price: 39 USD

Location: Oakridge, Oregon

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