First edition, in first issue dust jacket. 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.".Ī First Edition of "The Catcher in the Rye" in Jacket SALINGER, J.D. It begins, "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. Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher In the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. The dust jacket is the correct first issue with the cropping of Salinger's head on the rear panel and the price on the front flap. Very good in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and small chips to the spine. Please see our ABE store for other rare and collectible titles.įirst edition of the author's first book. Please see detailed images.ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVALABLE UPON REQUEST. An absolutely stunning vibrantly colored dust jacket. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $3.00. The dust jacket has no edgewear, no chips, no rips, no fading and no foxing but has a toning line to the rear inner flap. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with none of the typical fading and toning to the spine, the jacket is in the second state of the first printing with the small space located just above Salinger?s head. The magnificent first edition jacket has benefited from slight restoration to the spine tips and presents in near fine condition. The interior pages are clean, with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, and no writing. The book has NO inscriptions, NO owner names and NO bookplates. The end papers are clean withOUT the typical glue stains but one small spot to rear end paper. Faded gilt titles to the spine as it common with this title. The book has two pushed corners and no edgewear. Beautiful clean black boards, still maintaining their original sheen. First Edition, First Printing A near fine, crisp book with a near fine vibrant first printing dust jacket. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "First Edition" slug on the copyright page and no subsequent printings listed. In 2003, it was listed at #15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. Around 1 million copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. The volume presents handsomely upon the shelf. With some tape residue at the bottom of the spine. The jacket has been trimmed along the botom edges but not at the top. In the original, dust jacket with the iconic Lotte Jacobi photo of J.D. The rear paste-down shows some abrasion where the dust jacket was removed. This is a Lending Library Copy from "University Libraries of Cambridge, MA." With 3 rectangular stamps on the front paste-down and the front endpaper: (University Libraries) and (5Cents a day). Clean and crisp throughout, printed on white creamy paper with the exception of a faint thumb- smear in the margin of p. A splendid copy in gleaming finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in gold on the spine.