Catcher in the Rye

"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.…