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Salinger, J. D.
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- ink and paper
The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little Brown, 1951
8vo (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 ins; 196 x 133mm). Publisher's black cloth with gilt-lettered spine in illustrated dust-jacket (first issue with lower panel crediting Jacobi on Salinger's photo) minor spotting to edges, crisp, unrubbed and unrestored jacket with light fading to white background in spine panel but with reds remaining bright overall, faint spots of minor dampstain along lower edge of rear panel mostly noticeable on verso, rear flap fold with tiny, intermittent spotting. Red calf folding case with embossed carousel horse motif from jacket to box front.
8vo (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 ins; 196 x 133mm). Publisher's black cloth with gilt-lettered spine in illustrated dust-jacket (first issue with lower panel crediting Jacobi on Salinger's photo) minor spotting to edges, crisp, unrubbed and unrestored jacket with light fading to white background in spine panel but with reds remaining bright overall, faint spots of minor dampstain along lower edge of rear panel mostly noticeable on verso, rear flap fold with tiny, intermittent spotting. Red calf folding case with embossed carousel horse motif from jacket to box front.
Literature
Burgess, 99 Novels
Condition
minor spotting to edges, crisp, unrubbed and unrestored jacket with light fading to white background in spine panel but with reds remaining bright overall, faint spots of minor dampstain along lower edge of rear panel mostly noticable on verso, rear flap fold with tiny, intermittent spotting. Red calf folding case with embossed carousel horse motif from jacket to box front.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition of Salinger's first novel and of one of the most influential post-war American novels. Holden versus the phonies, "...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" (Burgess). The famously private Salinger requested that the publisher remove his author photo from the rear panel on later printings.