Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye, First Edition

(Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951), 277 pages, octavo, stated First Edition, black linen boards with gilt spine, pictorial dust jacket with Salinger photo having Lotte Jacobi credit.

8 x 5.5 in.

Private Collection, Charlotte, NC

Lightly worn boards; dealer's pencil notation on front free endpaper; jacket intact with old tape residue on flaps, damp stains along lower edge, creases along the top, and some minor chipping; diagonal crease to rear endpapers. Overall very good condition.

$1,000 - 2,000