Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1951
First Edition, First Printing, First State Jacket A superb copy of this title in an also superb unrestored FIRST STATE first printing dust jacket. Beautiful vibrant clean fine book with a beautiful FIRST STATE near fine/fine vibrant original dust jacket. With all relevant issue points, including original price (in the correct place on the flap, the dollar sign is above the shoulder of the letter “R” instead of being on the heel of the “R”), Salinger’s hair touching the upper edge of the rear panel, and “First Edition” stated on the copyright page.
The book is in exceptional condition for this title which otherwise is normally found with the gilt completely faded/oxidized to brown. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are clean and bright. The end papers have no inscriptions, no book plates and no bookstore stamps. The interior pages are clean, and unusually bright, with no marks, no stains, no handling marks, no bent pages and no writing, and the outer page block remains bright. An overall solid, beautiful, clean book. Please see images.
The original unrestored stunning first edition, FIRST STATE jacket is the correct first issue with the cropping of Salinger’s head on the rear panel, with Salinger’s hair barely touching the upper edge and the correct placement of the price on the front flap. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with the spine color remaining a strong, vibrant red. The jacket has no edgewear but a few tiny chips to the top of the spine and upper tip of one flap fold, otherwise, no chips, no stains, no rubbing, no rips, no fading and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT Price clipped and has a stated price of $3.00 on the inside front flap, and is the FIRST state with no space above Salinger’s head. Striking dust jacket! Please see detailed images.
A superb example of this title with a stunning first state dust jacket. Presents beautifully on the shelf.
