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Salinger, J. D.:. For Esmé - with Love and Squalor.. London, Hamish Hamilton., 1953.
Price: US$30.73 + shipping
Description: Second Impresssion. kl. 8° 215 S., Originalleineneinband (publisher's cloth binding), Rücken stärker gebrauchsspurig/spine shows heavier tear and wear, sonst gutes Exemplar (otherwise fine), Sprache: englisch.
Seller: Antiquariat Gothow & Motzke, Berlin, Germany
Price: US$119.60 + shipping
Description: 12mo (19x12.5cm), hardback, 215pp. Good condition in good dustwrapper (price clipped, general wear, sunned spine, two small holes to right front with a small hole and flecking to left rear - result of insect damage. Light spotting, white background at rear a bit grubby- nice for all this). Bumped, age-toned, lightly foxing. light offsets to endpapers, rough lower edge to pp107/8 where page was opened without care. Bookseller's label at front pastedown. No ownership markings or names. Pictures available on request.
Seller: City Basement Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
J. D. Salinger. For Esme-with Love & Squalor and other stories. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1953.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: For Esm?-with Love & Squalor and other stories. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket with original price. First edition, first printing. Jacket has a few small tears and wear around the edges and surface exposing the book beneath at the corners. Jacket has light discoloration on reverse. Owner's name "D.S. Franklin" on first page, with original price in pre-decimal currency listed at 10s. 6d. in pencil. Some light foxing on first few pages, and occasional light spotting on margins of additional pages. Additional photos available on request.
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Salinger, J. D.. For Esme - with Love and Squalor and Other Stories. Hamish Hamilton, 1953.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition of Salinger's second book, and first collection of short stories, published in 1953. Light foxing to the preliminary leaves, and along the edges (but does not affect the text), and some shelfwear, else a Very Good copy in a Very Good spine faded jacket with just a touch of light wear.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
SALINGER, J.D.. For Esme with Love and Squalor and Other Stories. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1953.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First English edition of *Nine Stories*. Early owner signature ("Frederick J. Hoffman, London, England. 14 July 1954") on front fly, small bookstore label front pastedown, modest stain at bottom of front board, very good in very good dust jacket with a little spine-toning. Small book label of author Larry McMurtry on front pastedown, and below Hoffman's name is McMurtry's neat pencil signature dated in 1969. Salinger's second book, and first collection of short stories. An increasingly scarce edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Salinger, J.D.. For Esme - with Love and Squalor and Other Stories. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1953.
Price: US$1494.63 + shipping
Description: (London: Hamish Hamilton Second Impression 1953). Originally published in 1953 this is the second impression from the same year. INSCRIBED BY VIVIEN LEIGH TO JAMES "JIMMIE" GROUT. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A VG (or slightly better) copy in a near VG dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper has a few marks, small edge nicks and some spine dulling. With a SUPERB FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION TO THE FRONT FREE END-PAPER FROM THE ACTRESS VIVIEN LEIGH TO FELLOW ACTOR JAMES GROUT (MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS LONG-STANDING ROLE AS CHIEF-SUPERINTENDENT STRANGE IN INSPECTOR MORSE). Vivien Leigh played one season in Stratford in 1955, and James Grout (1927-2012) acted with Leigh (and her husband Laurence Olivier) in Macbeth at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in June of that year. The play was directed by Glen Byam Shaw with Anthony Hopkins as Musical Director. The inscription reads 'For Jimmie - I hope you love this as much as I do - it comes with very much love. Many thankyous for all the happiness of this season at Stratford - Vivien 1955'. The choice of a Salinger title as a gift is interesting, as it is known that Salinger had dinner with Leigh and Olivier when in the UK in 1951. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom