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SALINGER, J.D. (1919–2010)
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
SALINGER, J.D. (1919–2010)
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them."
First edition of the author's first book. In the dust-jacket featuring Lotte Jacobi's portrait of Salinger. Salinger's influential novel follows the lonely, compassionate and quixotic Holden Caulfield, after his expulsion from school. Saddened by the "phoniness" he saw around him, he says goodbye to Pennsylvania and sets out for New York City. Caulfield is an embodiment of youthful confusion and frustration, making the novel a poignant reflection on adolescence—particularly on teenage alienation and the struggle to find one's identity. For generations, the novel's themes of innocence, loss and rebellion have resonated deeply with readers worldwide. This copy with the first printing issue point of the dollar sign correctly positioned above the "R" on the front flap.
Octavo (196 × 129mm). Original black cloth, spine lettered in gold (rubbed at edges, hinges weak, "Baltimore Book Rental Service" stamps, endleaves with light stains and adhesive residue); pictorial dust jacket with design by Michael Mitchell printed in red, black and yellow, with the author's photograph on lower panel, not price-clipped (jacket trimmed slightly with last line of photo caption shaved, small repairs at corners with partial loss to last two letters of author's name on upper panel, restoration and some staining to flaps from adhesive removal); custom linen clamshell box.
SALINGER, J.D. (1919–2010)
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them."
First edition of the author's first book. In the dust-jacket featuring Lotte Jacobi's portrait of Salinger. Salinger's influential novel follows the lonely, compassionate and quixotic Holden Caulfield, after his expulsion from school. Saddened by the "phoniness" he saw around him, he says goodbye to Pennsylvania and sets out for New York City. Caulfield is an embodiment of youthful confusion and frustration, making the novel a poignant reflection on adolescence—particularly on teenage alienation and the struggle to find one's identity. For generations, the novel's themes of innocence, loss and rebellion have resonated deeply with readers worldwide. This copy with the first printing issue point of the dollar sign correctly positioned above the "R" on the front flap.
Octavo (196 × 129mm). Original black cloth, spine lettered in gold (rubbed at edges, hinges weak, "Baltimore Book Rental Service" stamps, endleaves with light stains and adhesive residue); pictorial dust jacket with design by Michael Mitchell printed in red, black and yellow, with the author's photograph on lower panel, not price-clipped (jacket trimmed slightly with last line of photo caption shaved, small repairs at corners with partial loss to last two letters of author's name on upper panel, restoration and some staining to flaps from adhesive removal); custom linen clamshell box.
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