The Catcher in the Rye. by SALINGER, J. D - 1951

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition, first printing. This is a remarkably well-preserved copy, with the eye-catching jacket, usually so prone to fading, here retaining the original vivid red of the original design. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket, designed by Michael Mitchell. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco and cloth slipcase and matching chemise. A very nice copy indeed, clean and square, edges lightly foxed, endpapers a little browned, in a lovely example of the dust jacket, tips nicked, extremities lightly rubbed, couple of short closed tears with small tape repair to verso, not price-clipped, the notoriously fugitive red exceptionally bright and fresh.