The US and UK first editions of Gravity’s Rainbow were pretty much identical for both the hardcover and paperback. Following those releases came a plethora of GR designs riffing on rockets, parabolas, Saturn, Pop Culture, Sex, esoterica, and everything else.
US Uncorrected Proofs / ARC
Publisher: Viking (Apr 1973)
Thanks: Ken Lopez Bookseller
UK Uncorrected Proof / ARC
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Thanks: Ken Lopez Bookseller
First US Edition
Publisher: Viking (Apr 1973)
Design: Marc Getter
Price: $15
2nd US Hardback Ed.
Publisher: Viking/Penguin (1987)
Design: Melissa Jacoby
Price: $25
US Paperback Edition
Publisher: Bantam Books (1974)
Price: $2.50
US Paperback Edition
Publisher: Penguin Books (Jun 1995)
2nd UK Paperback Edition
Publisher: Picador (1975)
Cover Painting: John Holmes
US Paperback Edition
Publisher: Penguin, 2000
US Paperback Edition
Publisher: Vintage (2000)
Penguin Classics Edition
Publisher: Penguin (2006)
Design: Frank Miller
US Paperback Edition
Publisher: Penguin
UK Paperback Edition
Publisher: Vintage/Random House UK (2012)
Design: Matt Broughton