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First Edition, First Printing of J.D. Salinger's ''The Catcher in the Rye'' -- With First Issue Dust

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First Edition, First Printing of J.D. Salinger's ''The Catcher in the Rye'' -- With First Issue Dust

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Auction Date:2014 Mar 27 @ 17:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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First edition, first printing of J.D. Salinger's ''The Catcher in the Rye.'' Boston: Little Brown and Company: 1951. Present with first issue dustjacket showing $3.00 on front flap and Salinger's photo on rear jacket panel. Excellent copy of the coming-of-age literary masterpiece featuring Holden Caulfield, the poster boy of disenfranchised youth. Runs 277pp. and measures 5.5'' x 8''. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book is in very good condition with binding very slightly cocked, light bumping to ends, bookplate to front pastedown and faint foxing to all page edges. Dustjacket is in good condition with tape repairs to verso, minor chips at edges of folds, and a darkened spine. Overall a handsome copy of one of the most acclaimed works of 20th century literature.