THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
First paperback edition of Salinger's classic.
Near fine.
Price: $125.00
THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
"This unusual book may shock you, will make you laugh, and may break your heart – but you will never forget it."
Featuring a rather unimaginative and literal rendering of Holden Caufield's NYC adventures by James Avati, this edition's cover art so horrified Salinger that he insisted on purely typographic covers on all of his books for the rest of his career ("... he would be happier if the book was distributed in mimeographed form" — editor Marc Jaffe quoted, in Two-Bit Culture: The Paperbacking of America). Nice examples are difficult to find.
The Object
New York: Signet Books, (1953). 7'' x 4.25''. Original color pictorial mass market wrappers, cover art by Avati, Signet 1001. All edges stained red. 1 page of ads at rear. 159, [1] pages. Ink owner name and small pencil notation to front free endpaper. Light edgewear and a bit of soil to rear panel.
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