Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1951. First edition in 2nd state jacket.
Octavo. 277pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $3.00. Housed in custom red cloth slipcase.

Light soiling and wear to boards; corners and lower edge of front boards gently bumped; front hinge slightly overopened; stained to front free endpaper, with erasure and slight paper loss to upper edge; jacket darkened to spine, with signs of professional restoration to verso, especially at spine ends and panel edges. Very good. Item #1779

Price: $7,500.00