NR. FINE 1ST/1ST ED., W. FIRST STATE JACKET~THE CATCHER IN THE RYE~J.D. SALINGER

Description: THE CATCHER IN THE RYEFIRST STATE DUST JACKETSTATED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING BY J.D. SALINGERPLEASE CHECK OUT OUR EBAY STORE WHICH IS NEATLY ORGANIZED FOR A GREAT BROWSING EXPERIENCE! Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1951First 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 fine book with a beautiful FIRST STATE 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”), close cropping of 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 and with only a hint of the toning normally found along the gutter of the end papers. 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 close 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 very vibrant and a strong red color. The jacket has no edgewear, 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. We have included an image of the proper location of the $3.00 price in a first state jacket. The correct placement for the first state jacket is shown in the last image, and is the image shown to the left side (Courtesy of Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc., ABAA/ILAB, and Fedpo.com), the image has drawn in lines running down from the price to assist in discerning the correct location of the $3.00 placement on the front flap (please see their image, last in our image series which shows the first state dust jacket as the first image to the left). However, in addition, the first state of the first printing dust jacket is also 3 mm shorter which accommodates the first printing book with is also shorter than the second and later printings. The second state jacket and all later printing jackets were then ever so slightly longer. Please see our stores on Ebay, and MeierAndSons.com for other listings. Please note the cost to ship includes full insurance. Insurance is calculated at the USPS rate of $1.00 per $100 of value and will show up as a handling fee on your invoice, but it is only the cost to insure your book in transit. International shipping will be via UPS for a flat rate of $100

Price: 17995 USD

Location: New Canaan, Connecticut

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