The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger

Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1951

About this Item

3rd Printing; Goldtone letters on black cloth. 277 pages. The top end of the text block has darkened and has foxing; the foredge is less thus, and the bottom end is slightly thus. The binder's glue has darkened some areas of the pastedowns; the darkened areas have off-printed onto the free endpapers. An owner's name is on the top end of the front FEP. The pages have a mild, musty odor. Eight page margins have dent lines left by heavy handed use of a pencil. The notes and lines in pencil do not remain. DJ: Publisher's $3.00 is on the front flap; the author's b/w portrait, by Lotte Jacobi, fills the whole back panel. DJ condition: paper has tanned, and the bottom end of the spine panel has even more so; the ends of the folds and the spine panel are chipped, 1/4 in. to 1 1/4 in.; the folds are rubbed; a crease line is across the top end of the back panel; 5 closed tears on the folds, 1/4 in. to 3 1/4 in., are tipped together with glue. Scans e-mailed upon request. International shipping will require extra cost.

Seller Inventory # 010351

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Catcher in the Rye
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Pawson, John
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Poor
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