NMLP P-031253 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

V.

Thomas Pynchon · J. B. Lippincott Company · 1963

US Lippincott is the true first; UK Cape (1963) is later. As Pynchon's debut it is the scarcest of his firsts and frequently sought.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-031253 for "V." by Thomas Pynchon (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-031253, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).