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J. D. Salinger wrote one of the most famous books ever written, The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger wrote many stories and, in 1941, after several rejections, Salinger finally cracked The New Yorker, with a story, "Slight Rebellion Off Madison," that was an early sketch of what became a scene in "The Catcher in the Rye." The magazine then had second thoughts in part because of World War II in which Salinger was in combat, and held the story for five years before finally publishing it in 1946, buried in the back of an issue. ...
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J. D. Salinger wrote one of the most famous books ever written, The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger wrote many stories and, in 1941, after several rejections, Salinger finally cracked The New Yorker, with a story, "Slight Rebellion Off Madison," that was an early sketch of what became a scene in "The Catcher in the Rye." The magazine then had second thoughts in part because of World War II in which Salinger was in combat, and held the story for five years before finally publishing it in 1946, buried in the back of an issue. Everyone was surprised when the story and the book that followed it became a bit hit. Even today nobody can really explain why Catcher in the Rye is so famous and so popular. Yet, millions have been sold and are still being sold even though only available as used books nowadays. When The Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951, it was registered for copyright as "additional material." This obviously referred to the earlier work "Slight Rebellion Off Madison." The copyright page on "The Catcher in the Rye" states "Copyright 1945, 1946, 1951 by J. D Salinger." The date of 1945 obviously refers to the publication of "I'm Crazy," a short story written by Salinger and published in the December 22, 1945 issue of Collier's magazine that first introduced the character Holden Caulfield to the reading public. Salinger later reworked this short story to incorporate it into The Catcher in the Rye. The two earlier stories are "I'm Crazy," an early version of Holden's departure from prep school that later shows up in The Catcher in the Rye. With minor alteration, much of this story is familiar to readers as the chapter where Holden visits Mr. Spencer. What sets this story apart is the presence of an additional Caulfield sister and the clarity of Holden's resignation and compromise at the end. "Slight Rebellion off Madison" is an early version of another scene in The Catcher in the Rye. The story follows Holden when he is home from Pency and goes to the movies, then skating with Sally Hayes, followed by his drunken calls to her apartment late at night. An early story, it is the first of Salinger's Caulfied works to be accepted for publication.
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Seller's Description:
Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth binding, 277pp. No printings listed. Book of the Month Club edition with blindstamp on back cover. Light wear, spine partially fadzed, top of spine frayed. Photos on request.
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Good Condition. ~~Comes with original newspaper review by John Wain 'Holden and Huck' from 1958~~Good 1st impression 1958 Penguin #1248 paperback, terrific original cover design and youthful photo of Salinger to rear cover. Some page tanning and spotting at edges and darkening to end-papers, name and date to top edge of fly-leaf, archival tape reinforcement to front binding, well-preserved and unmarked in tight binding, unmarked and uncreased spine. IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH WORLDWIDE Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 076153.
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Very Good. 8vo. 220pp. Or orange and white card covers. Small bump to bottom corner affecting most pages slightly, spine and jacket a little toned, 4/ price sticker on front cover. Some toning and foxing inside covers and first/last few pages, some toning to page edges. First Penguin printing of this classic of American literature, and as such the first UK paperback printing. Nicer than it sounds and quite scarce in this condition.
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New. "Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service! "
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Good. "Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence, excellent customer service! "
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Very Good-in Very Good-dust jacket. 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 277 pages; 1st Modern Library edition, stated. Sound decent copy in original dust jacket. Mild shelf cock to spine; cloth at spine ends crimped with trace fray at crown. Dust jacket edge rubbed with shallow nicks at corners and spine ends, a short closed tear from the bottom edge of the rear panel and moderate general toning and soiling to the cream colored dust jacket. Jacket front flap is price clipped. Prior owner gift inscription to the verso of the front flyleaf is dated Christmas 1958. Boards lightly shelf bumped at corners. A copy that appears to have been read several times but that remains in sound decent condition. Uncommon 1st Modern Library printing of Salinger's great novel. VG-/VG-
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Poor in Good jacket. 2nd impression. the jacket is a colour photocopy of a first edition jacket. the boards of the book and very worn. there are small tears and the spine is faded. the book is foxed particularly on the early and later pages. there is a previous owner's stamp mark and inscription. the book is also somewhat cocked. the binding is excellent.
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Good. No dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: Young adult. Ships w insurance. July 1951 hc 1st ed 2nd printing. Spine tilted, title faded from spine, fraying & soil on cover, front board curves outward a bit, owner's label on front pastedown, which has bled onto fep, another owner's name in pencil on fep, staining on some pgs, foxing, lite tanning, curling, text clean, binding still good.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Stated august (7th) printing of the first edition original 1951 year 277 page hardcover. This was published one month after the first printing! This is a very clean unmarked book with bright attractive boards for age. No names, writing, labels etc., and not a book club or other variant. Great price for this first year publishing especially in fine condition and great alternative to extremely expensive first edition.
Description of conditions are not the same for the item we received. The book has writing marks on each page.
mickey
Mar 14, 2016
WONDERFUL CLASSIC
This was a very entertaining book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Betsaida P
Oct 28, 2014
Pebalon
Excelente servicio. Buen servicio, prontitud y garantía. Lo recomiendo.
Anthony M
May 1, 2014
Not what I expected!
I never read this "classic" in high school and now that I'm in my sixties I'm trying to catch up on some of the reading I should have done had I chosen to be a better student. Boy was I disappointed! Page after page, I kept expecting the nugget of wisdom to appear, but it never did. Instead, I found it to be nothing more than the trivial ramblings of a confused kid, Perhaps a more youthful reader would have better understood the author's style and found it to be the "profound" work so many have said it is over the years. As far as I'm concerned, it stunk!
Joanna W
Apr 4, 2014
My favorite cover of this book! i love it. I have read this book so many times and it never gets old. Hopefully everyone enjoys it as much as I do
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