by J. D. Salinger
First edition, first printing in original dust jacket
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition, first issue dust jacket. [vi], 277 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with typical rubbing to spine lettering and very subtle bow to front board, in a pictorial dust jacket with no fading, unclipped with $3.00 price present at top of front flap, close crop to Salinger's head on rear panel; wear at head and tail, tiny nick to spine panel, offsetting from an earlier jacket protector mostly to verso but visible on recto of flaps and along bottom of front panel, else Fine. Housed in a large custom folding tan morocco box with color morocco onlay and spine label. An attractive, unsophisticated copy of the classic American coming-of-age novel.