(027695) Pynchon, Thomas. Gravity's Rainbow. New York: Viking, 1991. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 760 pages. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Thin black remainder line on bottom edges. DJ has a small repaired tear at bottom rear gutter . Nice copy of the hardback 1991 reissue with '0191' at the bottom of the front inner DJ flap. Has a number line beginning with number 2. The narrative of this postmodern novel is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device named the "Schwarzgerät" ("black device") that is to be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000" ISBN: 0670348325
