Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, First Edition, brown (33 results)

First edition, first printing, extremely rare presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the teenage son of his childhood friend Ada on the front free endpaper: "To Charles Kirtz with every good wish from J. D. Salinger (extra greetings to Ada and Victor from Sonny Salinger) New York 10/18/56". This is an exceptional rarity: signed or inscribed copies by the reclusive author are legendarily rare. The informal sign-off, "Sonny", was the nickname given to Salinger by his parents when he was born. Salinger, who grew up alongside Ada and her brother Victor in the same New York apartment house, presented Ada's sons, Charles (then around the same age as Holden Caulfield) and William, each with an inscribed first edition. He passed on the copies to the boys via Ada's mother, Ann, whose bookplate is on the front pastedown. An inscribed copy of Catcher in the Rye is perhaps the most elusive prize in 20th-century literature. Auction records show only one appearance of an inscribed first edition (at Doyle in 2010). Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket, designed by Michael Mitchell. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. A fine copy, in a lovely example of the dust jacket, spine panel mildly toned, extremities lightly rubbed and nicked, unclipped, the notoriously fugitive red exceptionally bright and fresh.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular First Issue dustjacket that has the publisher's $3.00 printed price correctly aligned on the front flap. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with NO restoration. The book is bound in the publisher's black cloth and is in fabulous condition. The book appears UNREAD. The pages are exceptionally clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. A Fine copy of the book in like dust jacket. Exceptionally bright and fresh, extremely scarce in this condition. Jacket with only negligible wear at the extremities, but retaining all the vivid red and yellow colors on the front panel and spine. With all relevant issue points, including original price (in the correct place on the flap), Salinger's hair touching the upper edge of the rear panel, and "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Housed in a custom red quarter-leather slipcase with chemise. Salinger's novel was not the first coming-of-age story to highlight teenage angst, but it sits squarely at the pinnacle of those efforts. It offers Holden Caulfield's perspective on school, New York City, sexuality, family and friends, and, of course, phonies, with a subtext on alienation and loneliness running throughout the book. "In American writing, there are three perfect books, which seem to speak to every reader and condition: Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher in the Rye. Of the three, only Catcher defines an entire region of human experience: it isâ "in French and Dutch as much as in Englishâ "the handbook of the adolescent heart" (The New Yorker). Fine in Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST EDITION" printed on the copyright page. Later editions do not state "First Edition" on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by J.D. Salinger on a sales receipt for four books that he bought from the Dartmouth Bookstore in Hanover, NH on August 22, 2001. The bookstore was near his home. This ORIGINAL dustjacket that is rich in color with minor repair. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition with minor wear to the spine and edges. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the pages are clean. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy SIGNED by the author with a Letter of Authenticity examined by PSA/DNA on February 27, 2020. We buy Salinger First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Celebrated by critics and cherished by many generations of adolescents, the work is widely recognized as the great American post-war coming-of-age novel. Between 1961 and 1982, it was the most censored title in American high schools and libraries. Copies in unrestored jackets are increasingly scarce. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket, designed by Michael Mitchell. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Ownership inscription, dated 1961, on front endpapers. Spine ends and single corner bumped, contents clean; jacket retaining the fugitive red colours, couple of faint marks, ends and corners nicked, a sharp and lovely example, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing, First State Jacket A superb copy of this title in an also superb unrestored FIRST STATE first printing dust jacket. Beautiful vibrant clean fine fine book with a beautiful FIRST STATE fine vibrant original dust jacket. With all relevant issue points, including original price (in the correct place on the flap, the dollar sign is above the shoulder of the letter ?R? instead of being on the heel of the ?R?), close crop to Salinger?s hair touching the upper edge of the rear panel, and ?First Edition? stated on the copyright page. The book is in exceptional condition for this title which otherwise is normally found with the gilt completely faded/oxidized to brown. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean and bright and with only a hint of the toning normally found along the gutter of the end papers. The end papers have no inscriptions, no book plates and no bookstore stamps. The interior pages are clean, and unusually bright, with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, no bent pages and no writing, and the outer page block remains bright. An overall solid, beautiful, clean book. Please see images. The original unrestored stunning first edition, FIRST STATE jacket is the correct first issue with the close cropping of Salinger?s head on the rear panel, with Salinger?s hair barely touching the upper edge and the correct placement of the price on the front flap. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with the spine color very vibrant and a strong red color. The jacket has no edgewear, no chips, no stains, no rubbing, no rips, no fading and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT Price clipped and has a stated price of $3.00 on the inside front flap, and is the FIRST state with no space above Salinger?s head. Striking dust jacket! Please see detailed images. A superb example of this title with a stunning first state dust jacket. Presents beautifully on the shelf. We have included an image of the proper location of the $3.00 price in a first state jacket. The correct placement for the first state jacket is shown in the last image, and is the image shown to the left side, the image has drawn in lines running down from the price to assist in discerning the correct location of the $3.00 placement on the front flap (please see the image, last in our image series which shows the first state dust jacket as the first image to the left). However, in addition, the first state of the first printing dust jacket is also 3 mm shorter which accommodates the first printing book with is also shorter than the second and later printings. The second state jacket and all later printing jackets were then ever so slightly longer. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other first printing landmark classics.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A Fine copy of the book in Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket with the spine a bit toned, as often, and two small amateur tap repairs to the verso. Rear panel a bit scratched and rubbed, but overall a very presentable copy of the work. With all relevant issue points, including original price (in the correct place on the flap), Salinger's hair touching the upper edge of the rear panel, and "First Edition" stated on the copyright page. Housed in a custom slipcase with chemise. Salinger's novel was not the first coming-of-age story to highlight teenage angst, but it sits squarely at the pinnacle of those efforts. It offers Holden Caulfield's perspective on school, New York City, sexuality, family and friends, and, of course, phonies, with a subtext on alienation and loneliness running throughout the book. "In American writing, there are three perfect books, which seem to speak to every reader and condition: Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher in the Rye. Of the three, only Catcher defines an entire region of human experience: it isâ "in French and Dutch as much as in Englishâ "the handbook of the adolescent heart" (The New Yorker). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

First edition. First edition, first issue dust jacket. [vi], 277 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with typical rubbing to spine lettering and very subtle bow to front board, in a pictorial dust jacket with no fading, unclipped with $3.00 price present at top of front flap, close crop to Salinger's head on rear panel; wear at head and tail, tiny nick to spine panel, offsetting from an earlier jacket protector mostly to verso but visible on recto of flaps and along bottom of front panel, else Fine. Housed in a large custom folding tan morocco box with color morocco onlay and spine label. An attractive, unsophisticated copy of the classic American coming-of-age novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger. Little Brown, Boston. 1951 first American edition first printing. Book and first issue dust jacket in very good condition. 8vo. Original black cloth (some spotting and discoloration to pastedowns and gutters, block edges very slightly spotted); original first issue dust-jacket printed in red, black and yellow with cropped photograph of Salinger on rear cover, flap priced at $3.00 (a few repairs to verso along top edge and front flap fold, spine panel lightly faded with small dampstain near foot, flap folds a little rubbed, some light spotting on verso); housed in quarter morocco folding case. The novel s protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has entered the pantheon of American literary heroes. "The Catcher in the Rye was a symptom of a need, after a ghastly war and during a ghastly pseudo-peace, for the young to raise a voice of protest against the failures of the adult world. The young used many voices anger, contempt, self-pity but the quietest, that of a decent perplexed American adolescent, proved the most telling" (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, pp. 53-54). One of the most important modern novels to collect, especially rare in first issue dust jacket and in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition, first issue. Octavo. In the original publisher s black cloth boards, with gilt titles to the spine. In the original publisher s first issue dust jacket. Presented with an archival clamshell case. This is a very collectible first edition, first issue printing of J. D. Salinger s novel The Catcher in the Rye. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston, on July 16, 1951. This book is presented in its original black cloth boards and original first issue dust jacket with $3.00 price on the front flap and with the Lotte Jacobi photo credit on Salinger s portrait on the rear panel. This first edition, first issue is without Reprinted July 1951 on the copyright found in later issues. The Catcher in the Rye details two days in the life of 16 year old Holden Caulfield, after he is expelled from his school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden is both intrigued and repelled by the trappings and realities of adulthood. An immediate success upon its publication in 1951, and popular with young readers since, the book has sold over 65 million copies. Since the book s publication, Holden Caulfield has entered the pantheon of American literary heroes. Very few works of art have had the cultural and literary impact of Salinger s novel. The Catcher in the Rye was a symptom of a need, after a ghastly war and during a ghastly pseudo-peace, for the young to raise a voice of protest against the failures of the adult world. The young used many voices--anger, contempt, self-pity--but the quietest, that of a decent perplexed American adolescent, proved the most telling" (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, pp. 53-54). CONDITION: Good condition overall. Octavo. In the original publisher s black cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards show slight wear to the edges, minor creasing to the spine, and some light spotting to the edges. In the original publisher s first issue dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor separation along the front flap panel fold, some toning, minimal soiling, and chipping with loss to "th" in "the" and touching the "E" in "CATCHER" on the spine. The dust jacket is not price-clipped. Interior pages are mostly healthy, save light toning. Book has a previous owner s inscription Harry Weber, signed in October 1958. Book dimensions: 8" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 5/16"D. Book is presented in a new, custom archival clamshell case. The case is 1/4 red leather and yellow cloth with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine, and an inlaid image of the dust jacket illustration on the front.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing of one of the most iconic novels to come out of the twentieth century. [vi], 277 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Slight rubbing to gilt at rear edge of spine, otherwise Fine. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a discrete 1.25" closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, spine panel lightly toned and lightly rubbed with a chip at the foot, and light areas of wear to the rear panel. A simply stunning copy of Salinger's masterpiece.

First Edition. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, Little Brown, 1951, first edition, 2mm closed tear to the head of the spine, else a tight vg+/near fine copy with the gold-gilt lettering on the spine nice and bright in a vg+ first issue dust-wrapper with some light wear and a bit of fading to the dust-wrapper spine. The authors celebrated and highly desirable first book.

hardcover. first. First edition, as stated on copyright page. 1951 on title and copyright page as well. Book very good, front gutter cracked. Dust jacket very good. Housed in custom-made fold-out case.

Hardback. First Edition. A First Edition, First State copy of the iconic American classic, the famed coming of age novel. A solid, collectible copy in its Very Good Plus original dust jacket.

Black Cloth. Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dustjacket. First Edition (stated). Stated First Edition, 8 1/8" Tall (Taller Than Some Other Copies Stating "First Edition"), 1 5/16" Thick (Thicker Than Some Other Copies Stating "First Edition"). The Book Is Tight And Clean, No Marks, Without Marks Or Damage, Just A Tiny Point Of Fraying Of Cloth At Each Of The Two Lower Tips, A Little Wear/Dulling To The Spine Gilt And A Little Rubbing/Bumping To The Ends Of The Spine. Dust Jacket With The Portrait Of Salinger On The Rear Panel, And With The $3.00 Price On The Front Flap, Second State With Slight Space Between Top Of Head And Top Of Dust Jacket (Apparently The First Issues Of The "First Edition" Were Slightly Shorter And With Cropping Of Salinger's Head In The Photograph On The Dj). The Dust Jacket Is Spectacular, No Chipping Or Tears, Without Restoration Or Cleaning Of Any Kind: No Fading To Orange-Red Or Yellow Colors On Spine And Front Panel, The Red On Both Spine And Front Panel Being An Even Bright Red, And The Author's Name On Spine Being The Same Bright Yellow As The Title On The Front Panel. There Is Not Any Sign Of Wear At The Top Of The Spine Panel, And It Is Still Crisp. The Jacket Has 1/8" Light Age Toning To The White Color Along The The Lower Edge Of Front Panel, To Top And Lower Edges Of White Flaps, And Within A Somewhat Larger Area Around All Edges Of The Photograph. There Is A 1/8" Rub At The Upper Right Tip Of The Front Panel, But No Other Rubs To The Color. There Is Almost Imperceptible 1/8" Bumping To Lower Edge Of Spine, And Slight Waviness Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Front Panel (Without Damage To The Paper] In The Area With Age-Toning (Possibly Due To Storage In An Older Dust Jacket Protector). Scarce In This Un-Restored, Un-Torn And Un-Chipped Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated), first issue with back panel portrait of Salinger credited to Lotte Jacobi and "$3.00" on the front flap. Octavo. Original black cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket designed by Michael Mitchell (unclipped; tiny chips to head and tail of spine and to corners; few small chips; front flap detached at fold). Very good. 277 pages. Enclosed in a red and black leather drop box. No signatures or bookplates.

1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition, in first issue dust jacket. Octavo (7 11/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 135 mm). [8], [1]-277, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's full black cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Boards with some light glue residue to top and bottom edges. Glue residue from bookplate removal on front and back pastedown. Library stamps for "Beverly Book Shelves Rental Libraries" on front and back free endpapers as well as to bottom margin of page 71, only touching page number. Some very light soiling to top margin of page 3, not affecting text. In a first issue dust jacket printed in red, black and yellow with cropped photograph of Salinger on rear cover, flap priced at $3.00. Some wrinkling to front panel and small minor chipping along top edge. Some minor toning to bottom edge. Old adhesive remnants to front sides of both flaps and some minor paper damage to inside of flaps. Still a very good copy in a very good, unfaded jacket. HBS 68504. $7,500.

First Edition. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, Little, Brown, 1951, lst ed. a vg/vg+ copy in like dust-wrapper with some slight tanning and wear. The authors celebrated and highly desirable first book.

First edition of the author's classic first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation. 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. 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. 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. Faint tape marks on the cover cloth; bookplate on the rear endpaper; very good in a jacket with minor wear and chipping and a thumbnail-sized chip at the bottom of the back panel. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

First Edition. Minor browning of the endpapers, else near fine in a very good or slightly better price-clipped dust jacket with a small scrape at the top of the spine and some small tears and a larger scrape at the top of the back panel. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing A lovely red leather rebound first edition, first printing of this landmark title. Beautiful copy in vibrant clean rebound boards, of red leather, with raised spine bands, and gilt ruling to the front and spine, and gilt titles and decor to the spine. The binding is tight and square. The book has NO inscriptions, NO owner names and NO bookplates. The interior pages are clean, with but a few scant handling marks, otherwise no stains, no writing and no foxing. Please see images. A fantastic copy, presenting beautifully on the shelf. Perfect for one seeking a spectacular first printing without the $15,000 price! ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for our other rare landmark titles.

159 pp.277 pp. 8vo, publisher's black cloth in dust jacket priced $ 3.00. First edition, second printing. Corners bumped; gilt lettering on spine oxidized; tiny areas of insect damage to the surface of the cloth; otherwise very good. The jacket, a few millimeters shorter than the volume, has not been supplied. There is a chip at the top of the backstrip (not affecting any lettering), a snag to the backstrip below the author's name, and a short closed tear at the bottom of the front joint fold. Nevertheless, a bright attractive example of the second printing, which appeared in the same month as the first.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Second Printing. No DJ. In archival cover.

HARD BACK. Condition: VERY GOOD. FIRST. stated first edition, exlibrary, this book has been rebound three quarter leather corner brown with light brown coordinating color with gold gilt title on spine, DATE PUBLISHED: 1951 EDITION: FIRST 277.

A splendid copy in gleaming finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in gold on the spine. Clean and crisp throughout, printed on white creamy paper; with the exception of a faint thumb- smear in the margin of p. 215, not affecting any text. 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). The rear paste-down shows some abrasion where the dust jacket was removed. In the original, dust jacket with the iconic Lotte Jacobi photo of J.D. Salinger on the rear panel. The jacket has been trimmed along the botom edges but not at the top. With some tape residue at the bottom of the spine. A striking jacket, nonetheless. The volume presents handsomely upon the shelf. The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languages. Around 1 million copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, and connection. 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. In 2003, it was listed at #15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "First Edition" slug on the copyright page and no subsequent printings listed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt on spine, lacking the dustjacket. Spine titles quite faded, cloth on the upper board with a pronounced vertical crease, but otherwise a crisp, clean, square copy. Stated first edition with no additional printings listed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated first edition, 8vo, 277 pp. Ex-library copy of this classic from Salinger. Good condition with ffep removed and front pastedown partially torn at hinge. Library copy stamp to bottom of page block edge else clean and complete internally. Jacket good with a large chip from top edge of front panel, measuring approximately 2.5 x 1.5" and consisting of "Catc" of Catcher. A small portion of this is laid in for potential conservation. The jacket is also trimmed 1/4" along top and bottom edges, and glued to the boards at flaps. There are a few tears and some toning to flaps. The spine is darkened and shows some rubbing along the joints. The front panel colors remain bright. Original price of $3.00 in tact. An honest copy of the first edition of this iconic work. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding, lacking the dust jacket. Good. Titles rubbed and barely legible on spine, wear to corners and shallow chipping and fraying to head of spine, light staining to cloth visible in raking light. A few small stains to textblock edge, pages tanned with bumped corners and an occasional dog-ear. Hinge at half-title page is slightly exposed.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, 1951. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. A Good+ to Very Good, black cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of crimping to spine edges, some handling/scuffing and faint soiling to boards, dent front board fore-edge, bit of age toning to pages, some scattered foxing to text block edges, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, in a Fine, Second Issue[slightly taller]FACSIMILE, mild handling marks, Dust Wrapper. Laid into a custom clamshell box with some handling/scuffing and dent to bottom rear corner. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 277pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.