SALINGER (J.D.). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1951. 8vo, original black cloth, pictorial dust jacket with design by Michael Mitchell printed in red, black and yellow, with the author's photograph on rear panel, price un-clipped. First edition, first printing, in a first issue dust-jacket un-clipped. Salinger's timeless novel follows one of the 20th century's most enduring protagonist who has entered the pantheon of American literary heroes. Holden Caulfield, a disaffected youth wandering New York after his expulsion, embodying the confusion and alienation of adolescence in a lasting meditation on lost innocence and the search for identity. A good copy

SALINGER (J.D.). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1951. 8vo, original black cloth, pictorial dust jacket with design by Michael Mitchell printed in red, black and yellow, with the author's photograph on rear panel, price un-clipped.
First edition, first printing, in a first issue dust-jacket un-clipped.
Salinger's timeless novel follows one of the 20th century's most enduring protagonist who has entered the pantheon of American literary heroes. Holden Caulfield, a disaffected youth wandering New York after his expulsion, embodying the confusion and alienation of adolescence in a lasting meditation on lost innocence and the search for identity.
A good copy

Good condition, minimal wear to the dust jacket

Dust jacket:

The spine is slightly sun-faded and the colours have faded a little

Minimal sun fading visible, particularly on the flaps

A few light stains

Two tiny tears with no loss of material along the top edge of the spine

Binding:

Very good condition, looking fresh

Pages:

Interior pages are clean

Small stain on the edge