J.D. Salinger. Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, 1951.
Price: US$51.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First published in GB 1951, This is Third Impressions 1957. 252 [4] pages First UK edition, Third Impression , the book is faded at the spine. Generally clean, clear and tight in its binding, good condition , blue cloth with silver gilt lettering to spine , octavo, 19cm x 13.5cm Hardback. Staining on pages 193-195 - looks like a couple of coffee drips
Seller: Legacy Books, London, United Kingdom
Salinger, J. D.. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, 1951.
Price: US$153.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First published in Great Britain 1951, copyright 1951 - see image. (Caveat emptor, caveat venditor). No dust jacket. Condition: very tight binding - appears unread! Sky blue cloth boards have a little fading in places; including a watermark near the spine at the bottom on the lower board. Pale sand coloured cloth spine with gilt (silver) titles. Internally - text is generally clean and clear but there is general tanning. This is most prominent on the book's preliminary and final pages - which also display a little spotting. The front pastedown and the front free endpaper have some previous owners names (mainly in ink - see image). pp. 252 (+ one unpaginated - the final chapter)/16mo. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request an additional payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2405.
Seller: Amnesty Bookshop - Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
SALINGER, J. D.. The Catcher in the Rye. UK FIRST EDITION.. Hamish Hamilton. London, 1951.
Price: US$256.06 + shipping
Description: Hamish Hamilton. 1951. First edition, first issue. UK. Hardback. No DW. Original blue cloth, sunned to grey at spine and edges. Pages slightly browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition published in 1951. Originally published in the US by Little Brown & Co., Boston on 16th July 1951. The UK edition has the attractive dustwrapper illustration by Fritz Wegner. ***Very good in light-blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The silver is still nice and bright. The boards are quite clean and unmarked, but there is browning and fading to the top and tail of the spine and edges of the boards. There is some creasing at the top of the spine and front board near the spine, with a small closed tear to the cloth. Small bump to the fore-edge of the front board. Corners sharp. The spine is tight with no reading lean. There is hardly any foxing to the page block edges, which are quite clean - the top edge just slightly darkened. Internally the book is also very good, with clean pages and just very light foxing to the first and last few pages. Small stain at the top corner of the front free endpaper. Original readers of the book have slightly creased the bottom edge of the pages where they have turned each page, but this is not very noticeable. No serious creasing and no tears. There is a neat contemporary gift inscription to the front free endpaper 'From John, Christmas 1951'. ***In what can best be described as a poor surviving example of the original illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped and retains the original publisher's printed price of 10s. 6d. net. Please note that the spine of the dustwrapper has completely gone, but the front and back panels and foldover flaps are still present! There are chips out of the top edge of the front panel, but Fritz Wegner's distinctive cover art is still largely complete. The back panel also has some loss at the top edge but this doesn't affect any of the text. Edge wear and small areas of loss at the corner tips and extremities. Small closed tear and associated creasing to the bottom edge of the back panel which is however quite clean. (Please see scans) ***210mm x 145mm. 253 pages. ***'"The Catcher in the Rye" is a novel by J. D. Salinger, partially published in serial form in 1945-1946 and as a novel in 1951. It was originally intended for adults but is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst, alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society. It has been translated widely. The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, connection, sex, and depression. The novel was included on Time Magazine's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century."' (Wiki) ***"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around--nobody big, I mean--except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all." (p.205-6) ***A first UK edition of J. D. Salinger's fabulously successful debut, and only, novel, "The Catcher in the Rye". Whilst this example has many faults as described, copies of the true first UK edition are now very hard to find in any condition now. Copies retaining the dustwrapper are even scarcer, as the dustwrapper is extremely thin and fragile - most copies are damaged to a greater or lesser degree. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First UK edition. Measuring approximately7.5" x 5" with 252 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping on both ends of spine. Heavy sunning on spine. Minor sunning to foredge of front board. "The Catcher in the Rye" is an American novel by J. D. Salinger and was originally intended for adults but is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation. About one million copies of The Catcher and the Rye are sold every year. The novel was included on Time's 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N7-12).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Salinger, J.D.. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, 1951.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: first UK edition. supplied in a very nice colour facsimile jacket. the boards are very worn and marked and the spine has had light repair work. the book has a previous owner's signature on the front and rear and there is some foxing mainly affecting the early and later pages. the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Salinger, J.D.. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, 1951.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: the boards are worn, sunned and marked. the spine has several small tears that have been carefully repaired. there is a previous owner's signature. the binding is now strong and square. comes with a very attractive colour photocopy of the original first edition jacket. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Price: US$537.72 + shipping
Description: , 251 pages, dust wrapper design by Fritz Wegner First UK Edition , Book cover lightly rubbed and sunned around the edges, internally clean, in very good condition , original dust wrapper spine ends and corners torn and chipped, front detached from spine and rear, bright and clean in good condition , Blue cloth, silver titles on spine Octavo Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Salinger, J. D.. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951.
Price: US$699.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original first British edition, blue cloth, slightly toned/bumped at board edges, softened corners. Mild foxing to text block edges and endpages. Front board faintly bowed. The original jacket in mylar is price clipped and has losses to spine ends, rubbing to folds. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton - London, UK., 1951.
Price: US$1360.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1951. First UK Edition. 252pp. Book is free of marks and inscriptions; a little softness to the spine and some toning to the boards; modest spotting to the text block. The striking, unclipped wrapper, designed by Fritz Wegner, has some loss, primarily at the head and tail of the spine. A nice, collectible copy. The Catcher In The Rye is undoubtedly a 20th-century classic, and since his debut in 1951, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with the "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today. It is one of the most censored books in American literature.
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Salinger, J.D.. The Catcher in the Rye. London Hamish Hamilton 1951, 1951.
Price: US$3008.68 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first printing. Published by Hamish Hamilton in London, 1951. This is a very near fine copy. The dust wrapper, superbly illustrated by Fritz Wenger, is bright throughout and not sunned at the spine. There is slight creasing to the top and tail edges and slight bumping to the tips. It has been price clipped - and has some faint staining visible from the inside, fainter to the outside. The original publishers cloth is slightly sunned at the spine, and so slightly bumped at the spine tips. The end papers are lightly foxed. The text blocks are not toned, though marginally foxed at the side edge. This copy is free from previous owner's ink and is, overall, in very near fine condition. An lovely copy. Partially published in serial form from 194546 before being novelized in 1951. Originally intended for adults, it is often read by adolescents for its themes of angst and alienation, and as a critique of superficiality in society. The novel also deals with complex issues of innocence, identity, belonging, loss, connection, sex, and depression. The main character, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion. Caulfield, nearly of age, gives his opinion on just about everything as he narrates his recent life events.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
J.D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye - A FINE COPY. Hamish Hamilton, 1951.
Price: US$4481.02 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A fine book, bound in the publishers blue cloth boards with bright silver lettering present to the spine. Internally, the page block and inner text are very clean indeed with no foxing or finger marks inset. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition with no loss or tears, and with no fading to the spine. Miniscule rubbing to the spine tip, else a super example with the publisher's printed price of 10s.6d net present to the front flap.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Salinger, J. D.. The Catcher in the Rye. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1951.
Price: US$4609.04 + shipping
Description: (London: Hamish Hamilton 1951). First UK Edition in First Issue dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap. Publisher's blue boards with silver lettering to the spine. A bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down otherwise a fine (or better) copy in a in a fine dustwrapper with the back panel creamy-white. No wear, tears or pieces missing. A particularly nice copy. Surprisingly, given its status in American literature, "Catcher in the Rye" has never been made into a movie. Time magazine included the novel in the list of the 100 Best English-language novels written since 1923, and publisher Modern Library included it in its list of the 100 Best English-language novels of the 20th century. A classic novel that explores the themes of alienation, rebellion, and identity in post-war America. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom