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Condition: Good
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Seller: Seattle Goodwill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$5.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1963 hardcover stated 1st edition, later state ($4.00 price on flap, dedication bound in after copyright page). the best thing I can say about the dust jacket is that it is still here, but with a lot of tears (some closed, and front flap almost fully separated), chipping and soil. Spine a little tilted, sunning, soil and slight fraying on cover, staning near bottom of spine on covers and eps, soil on edge, light tanning, else text clean, binding tight . Clearly, not the copy in the picture.
Seller: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.88
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.88 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.88
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$6.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.88
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$7.20 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Heavily loved still intact and perfectly readable . Cosmetic wear only. Former Library book. Ships fast!
Seller: Dream Books Co., Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$8.81 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Lexington Books Inc, Idaho Falls, ID, U.S.A.
Price: US$9.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Salinger, J. D.. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third state, with the dedication page following the title page. Cocked, edges of covers faded under jacket, spine lettering dull; dust jacket chipped at corners and extremities of spine. Size: 8vo
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.76 + shipping
Description: RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS AND SEYMOUR AN INTRODUCTION, L-B, (1963), first edition, spine lightened, lower rear fore edge corner tip bumped, closed tear to the inner front hinge, else a vg+ copy. Further adventures of the Glass family.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$12.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition stated. Hard cover 8vo. Third state book with dedication page bound in after the title page and before the half title page. Very Good book in Very Good unclipped DJ in clear protective cover. Color loss to cloth, spine rubbed, light slant, else Fine and unmarked; jacket edgeworn and chipped. 248pp.
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Jacket spine sunned, half inch chip missing at bottom of front panel. Owner bookplate.
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition. Third state book with dedication page bound in after the title page and before the half title page. The lettering on the book spine is faded. There is a long white mark on the dustjacket spine partially affecting the lettering. The $4.00 price is present. "Seymour" is misspelled as "Seymore" on page 173. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bumped corner. Tiny chip and short tear to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rubbing to jacket. 3rd state.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.58 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$16.68 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD.
Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A couple short tears to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.44 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, Third Issue with dedication page bound in after title page. Cloth hardcovers are clean, touch of shelfwear. Interior clean, binding tight. Jacket gently rubbed, little foxing, not price-clipped. Professional bookseller for 20 years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.
Seller: Commonwealth Book Company, Inc., Lynchburg, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1959. Octavo. Gray boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Previous owner name on flyleaf, slight spine lean. Boards have shelf wear and spine fading. No dust jacket. 248 pages. ISBN: 0316769576. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Previous owner name. Two-inch tear to jacket.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.11 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Salinger, J. D.. Raise High The Roof Beams, Carpenter. Little Brown, Boston, 1963.
Price: US$22.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 248 Pp. Stated First Edition But Third State With Dedication Leaf After Title Page. Lightly Used, Spine Lettering All There, No Fraying Or Names Or Marks. Dj Not Price Clipped [$4.00], Wear At Corners With Minute Losses, Single 1" Long, 5/8" Deep Chip At Lower Right Of Rear Panel.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.91 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
SALINGER, J.D.. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1963.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition, third issue with dedication page present. Has copyright dates of 1955 and 1959 but published in 1963. Owner's name penned on front fly with some pen underlining and marginalia, split on bottom of front joint, cloth faded, thus fair only, lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.95 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Book is in NEW condition.
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.96 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.96 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.99 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Hardcover. The last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about "one of the liveliest, funniest, most fully realized families in all fiction" (New York Times).These two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass--the eldest son of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family--as recalled by his closest brother, Buddy. "He was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually all things to his brothers and sisters in our somewhat outsized family. Surely he was all real things to us: our blue-striped unicorn, our double-lensed burning glass, our consultant genius, our portable conscience, our supercargo, and our one full poet." The first of these two stories was originally published in the New Yorker in 1955. The second was originally published in 1959 in the same magazine. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Salinger, J. D.. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour. Little, Brown, Boston, 1963.
Price: US$27.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Several small tears at top and bottom edges of dustjacket. Now protected in a clear mylar cover. Price clipped. Previous owner's inscription on front end page. International orders may require additional postage. ; 3rd state with dedication page following the copyright page. The book has a tight square binding. ; 248 pages
Seller: Time Traveler Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, green cloth, a bit cocked; dj nicked, spine lightly faded; slight cut at to joint of dj Third issue with dedication page tipped-in after the title page, and with "Seymore" for "Seymour" at mid-page on p. 173.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Description: RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS AND SEYMOUR AN INTRODUCTION, Little, Brown, 1963, first edition, vg+ in like unfaded dust-wrapper with small nicks to dust-wrapper spine extremities. Further adventures of the Glass family.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 3rd issue. Near fine jacket. Hardcover.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Stated first ed. but "copyright 1955, 1959." Lib. of Congress number starts with 63. Dedication page after the title page and NOT tipped in. What this means I have no idea. Gray cloth binding, very good. DJ a bit frayed and rubbed and an impression hear and there.
Seller: Frank Hofmann, Yorba Linda, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition THUS. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Third state of the First Edition: dedication page adjacent to copyright page. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Erstwhile owner's signature on front pastedown; interior pages with text without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.88
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.29 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Hardcover. The last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about "one of the liveliest, funniest, most fully realized families in all fiction" (New York Times).These two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass--the eldest son of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family--as recalled by his closest brother, Buddy. "He was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually all things to his brothers and sisters in our somewhat outsized family. Surely he was all real things to us: our blue-striped unicorn, our double-lensed burning glass, our consultant genius, our portable conscience, our supercargo, and our one full poet." The first of these two stories was originally published in the New Yorker in 1955. The second was originally published in 1959 in the same magazine. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, green cloth, a bit cocked; dj nicked, spine lightly faded Third issue with dedication page tipped-in after the title page, and with "Seymore" for "Seymour" on p. 173.
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.16 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.02 + shipping
Condition: New
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Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Price: US$39.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Solid binding; Pages free of markings; Jacket housed in protective mylar; Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.88
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Continues the saga of the Glass family of New York. Orig. published as separate pieces in the New Yorker in 1955 & 1959, respectively, this is the Second Edition in book form, nd (1963). Hardcover small 8vo with gray cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering to spine is in VG condition: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages slightly off-white. Former owner's name in neat pen to ffep, else unmarked. Fading to exterior edges about 1/2" all around both bottom & top. The unclipped DJ (with $4.00 price intact) is Good with chipping to both ends of spine & all corners, long top edge of front cover; random rubbing & light soil. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time) ship same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. First edition, third issue. Grey cloth with some fading on the spine and on some margins. Brown spotting on the bottom edge and on the end-papers. In its original DJ, with the price present. The DJ has some small chips at the corners and at the ends of the spine, which has faded. There is a small spot on the front panel of the DJ and general dusting. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end-paper.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.43 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: Hardcover. The last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about "one of the liveliest, funniest, most fully realized families in all fiction" (New York Times).These two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass--the eldest son of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family--as recalled by his closest brother, Buddy. "He was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually all things to his brothers and sisters in our somewhat outsized family. Surely he was all real things to us: our blue-striped unicorn, our double-lensed burning glass, our consultant genius, our portable conscience, our supercargo, and our one full poet." The first of these two stories was originally published in the New Yorker in 1955. The second was originally published in 1959 in the same magazine. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First UK edition. Originally published in the US as two separate stories in the New Yorker in 1955 and 1959, and in book form by Little Brown & Co., Boston in 1963 - the stories are both very much concerned with the main character Seymour Glass. ***Very good in navy-blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The silver is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. Boards clean and unmarked. Spine tight with just a very light vertical reading crease. Head and tail of spine slightly creased. Three corners sharp, with slight creasing to the top corner of the back board. Quite heavy foxing to the top and fore edges of the page block [which is common with this title due to the type of paper used]. Internally also very good, with clean pages. There is some sporadic foxing to the first and last few pages. No creasing or tears. There is a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper [see scans]. ***In a very good typographical dustwrapper that is not price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 21s net. The dustwrapper is complete, with just light rubbing and wear to the edges and corners. There are some patches of foxing to the dustwrapper [which is common with this title]. The light-beige colour on the spine is only slightly faded. No chips. No tears. The large foldover flaps are also uncreased [please see scans]. ***210 mm x 145 mm. 248 pages. ***The stories are: 'Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters' and 'Seymour - An Introduction'. ***'"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: An Introduction" is a single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker: "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (1955) and "Seymour: An Introduction" (1959). Little, Brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. It was the first time the novellas had appeared in book form. The book was the third best-selling novel in the United States in 1963, according to Publishers Weekly. The title of the first story is the first line of a message left for Seymour by his sister Boo Boo on the bathroom mirror of the family's apartment, which Buddy discovers towards the end of the story. The message itself begins with a line taken from Sappho's fragment LP 111: "Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man'. The second story represents an attempt by Buddy Glass to introduce the reader to his brother Seymour, who had committed suicide in 1948. The story is told in a stream of consciousness narrative as Buddy reminisces in his secluded home. This story, like others concerning the Glass family, touches upon Zen Buddhism, haiku, and the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. [Wiki] ***A first UK edition, in nice collectable condition. Copies of the UK edition are quite hard to find in decent collectable condition now. ***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
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition. Originally published in the US as two separate stories in the New Yorker in 1955 and 1959, and in book form by Little Brown & Co., Boston in 1963 - the stories are both very much concerned with the main character Seymour Glass. ***Near fine in navy-blue cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The silver is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are in exceptional condition - clean and unmarked. Spine tight with no reading creases. Corners sharp. None of the usual foxing to the edges of the page block [which is commonly found with this title due to the type of paper used]. Internally also near fine, with clean pages and no inscriptions. None of the usual internal foxing even to preliminary pages. No creasing or tears. ***In a very good typographical dustwrapper that is not price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 21s net. The dustwrapper is largely complete, but for a largish triangular chip to the bottom edge of the front panel [where the dustwrapper must have got torn] - otherwise just light rubbing and wear to the edges and corners. None of the usual foxing to the dustwrapper [which is often found with this title]. The light-beige colour on the spine is slightly faded. The large foldover flaps are also uncreased. ***210 mm x 145 mm. 248 pages. ***The stories are: 'Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters' and 'Seymour - An Introduction'. ***'"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: An Introduction" is a single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker: "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (1955) and "Seymour: An Introduction" (1959). Little, Brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. It was the first time the novellas had appeared in book form. The book was the third best-selling novel in the United States in 1963, according to Publishers Weekly. The title of the first story is the first line of a message left for Seymour by his sister Boo Boo on the bathroom mirror of the family's apartment, which Buddy discovers towards the end of the story. The message itself begins with a line taken from Sappho's fragment LP 111: "Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man'. The second story represents an attempt by Buddy Glass to introduce the reader to his brother Seymour, who had committed suicide in 1948. The story is told in a stream of consciousness narrative as Buddy reminisces in his secluded home. This story, like others concerning the Glass family, touches upon Zen Buddhism, haiku, and the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. [Wiki] ***A first UK edition, in nice collectable condition. Copies of the UK edition are quite hard to find in decent collectable condition now. ***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
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition stated 1st printing - dedication page after copyright page - minor wear to dust jacket - minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - now in mylar cover - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 248 pages; Stated 1st edition, about 4th state with dedication after copyright page and correction made on page 173. Light soiling and wear to jacket.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gray cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustjacket which has a very minor chip to the spine top (DJ) and minor rubbing and fading to the dj lower spine area otherwise very nice. Book is complete, clean, and tight.The title page is dated 1955 and 1959 although it was actually published in 1963. This is a FIRST EDITION but THIRD STATE as the dedication page follows the tile page. Book also states first edition on the copyright page.
Seller: Barry's Books, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$49.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The issue with the tipped-in dedication page; the third state with the dedication page after the title page. The book is near fine with a previous owner's name and address on the FFEP; the writing on the spine is somewhat worn. The unclipped dust jacket has mild paper loss to the spine ends; and a couple short, closed tears; there is a thin strip of what appears to from a newspaper review about the title on the front panel.
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Third state with dedication page in proper place. Some offsetting to the front and rear panels, else a tight near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket (just some fading to the spine). Now protected in an archival cover.
Seller: Books Again, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 248 pgs., 8vo. Gray cloth binding has been sun-faded on the spine and part of covers, the darker rectangles remaining there are probably from smaller books once shelved next to this one. The spine title is faintly visible. There are no breaks in the cloth, including tips. There is some fox spotting on the endsheets. No writing at all in the book itself. Very scarce book, even lacking the jacket as is the case with this copy. Suitable for deluxe rebinding. First edition, stated (3rd issue, with the dedication appearing after the title page).
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, third issue (with the dedication page present after the title page). Slightly cocked spine and fading on the board edges thus very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with toning and rubbing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Salinger, J.D.. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. Little Brown, 1963.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: F/VG. attractive copy. 1st edition.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Third State with Dedication Page after Title Page. Octavo. Deocrated white and yellow dust jacket. Very good, dust jacket slightly worn at edges, some soiling, not price-clipped, slightly offsetting to edge papers.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
J.D. Salinger. Raise High The Roof Beam Carpenters. William Heinemann, London, 1963.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Raise High The Roof Beam Carpenters" by J.D. Salinger. WIlliam Heinemann, London. 1963 first UK edition first printing. Book in very good condition, comes with first issue dust jacket in good condition with some to edges, some chipping to crown spine, some fading of spine. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction is a single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955) and Seymour: An Introduction (1959). Little, Brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. It was the first time the novellas had appeared in book form. The book was the third best-selling novel in the United States in 1963, according to Publishers Weekly.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$56.25 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 248 pages; Stated 1st edition, about 4th state with dedication after copyright page and correction made on page 173. Very minor soiling and wear.
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Salinger, J. D.. RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPEN. Little Brown, 1963.
Price: US$59.07 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.76
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Salinger's two acclaimed novellas, the final book published during Salinger's life. The parodic elements - rightly admired by the likes of Nabokov - which come to fruition a few years later in "Hapworth," here are just beginning. A misunderstood book, worthy of a sympathetic rereading. 8'' x 5.25''. Original grey cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Original unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket. 248 pages. Ownership stamp to front flyleaf. Jacket with some rubbing, mild edgewear; slight sunning to spine. Textblock with a touch of soil to fore edge. Solid and tight. Near fine in very good dust jacket.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 248pp. Original cloth; dust jacket. Jacket with some overall pale mottling, a few small nicks at ends of spine. FIRST EDITION, third state with the insertion of the dedication leaf after the title, first issue jacket priced $4.00.
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, third state, with dedication page appearing after copyright page. Near Fine in a sharp, VG+ unclipped dustjacket (light chipping to spine ends).
Seller: Crow Hop Rare Books, Kennesaw, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, third issue (with the dedication page present after the title page). Slight fading on the board edges else near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with fading on the spine, toning, and slight rubbing.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Actually published in 1963, although copyright page states 1959. Third issue with dedication page tipped in following the title page. Very good to fine in dust jacket very lightly faded at spine, with minor soiling on white portions and a few small chips.
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy of the first edition in a near fine jacket (cloth has slight fading and wear to edges; jacket has trifling traces of wear). Third state of issue, with dedication page tipped in following title page. [8]+248 pages.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, third issue with dedication page after copyright page. 248 pp. Dark gray cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slightly dulled spine lettering and name written on front free endpaper, in Very Good unclipped ($4.00) dust jacket with some rubbing and closed tears to head, spine slightly sunned, tiny tear in gutter of front panel.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1959 Little Brown hard cover - stated First Edition - 3rd issue with dedication after title page - ink mark and minor staining to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) some staining to page edge - owner's name inside cover - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - a nice unclipped collectible - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 248pp. Near fine/very good. Unclipped jacket shows light sunning to spine (only), which has small chip at head, but otherwise bright and nice. Exceptionally handsome and tight first edition, third state, of this celebrated pair that first saw light of day in "The New Yorker" several years prior. Dedication page tipped in following title page and page 173 typo corrected. Quite sharp, lovely copy.
Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition (stated), third state with the dedication page bound in behind the copyright page. Neat ownership signature to the front endpaper, else near fine in gray cloth with gilt spine lettering; in a near fine dust jacket with minor edge wear. Front flap price of $4.00.
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 3rd state, with dedication page after the copyright page. Covers shelfworn. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Clipped dust jacket edgeworn, with faded spine.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, third issue (with the dedication page present after the title page). Light toning at top edge of boards and spine ends, near fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing, a sunned spine, and two interior tape repairs on the spine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, third issue (with the dedication page present after the title page). Faint crease on the spine, near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small tear on the cover, a sunned spine, and light soiling.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
J. D. Salinger. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour an introduction. Little Brown, 1963.
Price: US$81.00 + shipping
Description: HBD/J 1st edition, 3rd issue, with dedication page after title pg, 1959, 248 pgs, VG+/VG+, minor soil DJ
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: First Printing, third state, with dedication page following the title page. Octavo (21cm); grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],248,[2]pp. Gentle sunning to spine, upper, and lower board edges, upper corners gently bumped, with some faint foxing to covers and endpapers, and upper edge of textblock just starting to sag; Very Good. Dustjacket shows modest wear, gentle sunning to spine, a few tiny tears, faint foxing on verso, with some corresponding wrinkling at upper corners; Very Good+. Two long stories which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1959. STAROSCIAK A42.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. [9], 3-248, [2] pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Third issue of the first printing, as per Ahearn APG (004d). A Near Fine book with a touch of fading to the edges of the boards in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small closed tear and a wrinkle to the rear panel and minor fading to the spine panel.
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction" by J. D. Salinger. First edition, third state in its original dust jacket. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1963. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page along with the years 1955 and 1959.The dedication page is tipped-in after the copyright page, signifying it as a third state copy. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor to moderate wear to the panels with light chipping at the top of the front panel. The spine is slightly sunned. The original price of $4.00 is present on the front flap. The book is in very good plus condition. The grey cloth boards are very well preserved with crisp edges. A one inch scratch extends from the top edge of the front board down. Light sunning to the spine and perimeter edges. The contents are clean and bright with sound binding. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. Inventory #(C12-48).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$89.76 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st edition, third printing. 248pp. Octavo. Bound in original slate grey cloth with gold gilt lettering stamped to the spine. Minor shelf wear and bumping to the spine. Dust jacket has not been price clipped; some minor rubbing to the back hinge and panel, else in near fine condition. This is the third printing of the first edition, with the dedication page tipped in after the copyright page and the mis-spelling of "Seymour" on p. 173. Previous owner's name to the ffep, else internally clean. Overall, a bright and tight near fine copy. near fine A wonderfull well preserved copy of this book. Salinger combined two fairly long short stories that were originally published in the New Yorker in 1953 and 1959, respectively. Both stories center on the Glass family--in particular, Seymour Glass. A lovely addition to the library of any lover of Salinger's other works.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Loss to top of dust jacket near spine. Unclipped jacket shows original price of $4.00. Grey cloth boards with gilt particulars to spine. Dedication included after copyright and before half title page. Misspelling of Seymour as "Seymore" page 173 line 12/13. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 8vo; 248 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing. A Fine copy in light grey cloth, in a Fine white and caramel dustwrapper, not price-clipped (one tiny tear top rear panel). 248pp. Two linked short stories about the fictional Glass Family. Dedication after copyright page. A nice copy of a common book. Q10127
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First US edition, first impression ('First Edition' stated). About Near Fine: firm and square binding in grey cloth showing a few superficial scratches and a little sunning to the top-edge; fading to the gilt; tanned to the edge of the page block; internally bright, crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper ($4.00 stated) is Near Fine: very crisp and clean; faded to the spine; small abrasion to the front panel and light rubbing to the spine tips; All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, third issue, with dedication page tipped in after title-page. Orignal cloth. Very good+ in unclipped dust jacket with fading and edge wear. A very good copy none the less. 8vo. 248pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1963 Little Brown hard cover - 1st edition 3rd issue - slight staining to page edge - minor staining to dust jacket - price clipped - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - an almost like new collectible - enjoy
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
J.D. Salinger. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour. Little, Brown, 1963.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover with very good unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages and dust jacket are toned due to age.
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fine in VG dust jacket. Spine bleached a half a shade; small lesion on the fold. First edition, third issue, with dedication page tipped in following title page; "Sey-more" on page 173.
Seller: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edges have some age toning. Top edge dust stained. Gift inscription. DJ has some wear. DJ not price clipped. DJ had significant wear. In archival cover Second state of the first edition.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Edges have some age toning. Top edge dust stained. Date on front endpaper DJ has some wear. DJ not price clipped. DJ has some wear. In archival cover Third state of the first edition.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, third state, with dedication page following the title page. Octavo (21cm); grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],248,[2]pp. Tight, clean copy, with corners sharp and just a hint of sunning to upper edges of text block; very Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.00 on front flap), with a trace of rubbing at head and heel of spine panel but still crisp, clean, and unfaded, Near Fine. Two long stories which first appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1959. STAROSCIAK A42.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$119.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. Copyright 1959, but actually first published in 1963. First edition, third state with the dedication page present. Grayish blue cloth, 248 pages, printed dustjacket. The book has some very light edgewear and a light shadow of ingrained surface dust evenly cast over the cover, good hinges, sound text block, very clean pages free from names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped (4.00 price) and has some tiny chips and tears at its spine ends, little paper loss, minor shelf soil. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 248 pages. Author's fourth and final book, two long stories of the Glass family originally published in "The New Yorker." Third issue of the first edition, with the dedication page tipped in following the title page and "Seymore" for "Seymour" on page 173. In spite of the copyright dates of 1955 and 1959, this book was first published in 1963. Gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Spine cloth faded. Dust jacket chipped at spine extremities, closed tear and crease to rear cover, spine sunned.
Seller: E.R. Bosson, Books, Brewster, NY, U.S.A.
SALINGER, J.D.. Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour. Little Brown & Co, 1963.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION of J.D Salinger's "Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour." Published in Boston by Little Brown in 1963. Copyright page states, "First Edition", dedication page after the title page. Near fine, top edge a touch foxed in a very good+ dust jacket, faintly stained at bottom corners, with a couple of rubbed spots on back panel. This copy is neither price clipped nor personalized. DJ Price reads $4.00.
Seller: Bookbid, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; third state; near fine in a dust jacket with a faded spine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown, 1963. These two novellas by Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010) first appeared in "The New Yorker" (1955 & 1959) and this First publication in book form was spectacularly successful. This is a Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy of the First Edition (Third Issue). Greenish-gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean and fresh text; 248 pages. Previous-owner signature and chop on the FFEP; perhaps a hint of fade at the margins, else Fine. The dustjacket is complete and unclipped, but with light edgewear, some fade to the spine, and three small chips. In a plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$129.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. First edition, third state, with the tipped in dedication page after the title page. Copyright 1959, but actually first published in 1963. Gray cloth, 248 pages, printed dustjacket. Very good condition with firm binding, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [4.00] and has a chip to the top edge of the front panel (affecting only background), minor edge rubbing and a touch of shelf soil to the light colored background, very little paper loss. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition ( stated ) published by Little Brown in 1963. A near fine copy of the book with a minute trace of fading to the cloth at the spine ends, in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to the extremities. A very attractive copy.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 248 pp. 8vo, original cloth in dust jacket. First edition, third issue. Some very faint white spotting to cloth; otherwise near fine in a bright unchipped jacket (the spine is very slightly faded) with an old price sticker on the front flap.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, dark gray cloth lettered in gilt; dust jacket printed in black, with the slightest soiling. First edition, third state of Salinger's fourth and last book, with the dedication facing the copyright page. A handsome copy.
Seller: North Star Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheffield, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Third state of the first edition with the dedication page and the misspelled word on page 173. 248pp. Grey cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel. Light toning to text block and edges of cloth. A near fine copy in very good- dustjacket with some faint staining to the lower edges, a few minute chips, and a touch of fading to the spine panel. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Excellent Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped on the spine's Title Piece, & features a blind embossed [sculpted] Type Design, raised on the upper cover inspired by the first edition DJ's graphics. The clamshell is finished inside & out in a Deep Goldenrod Fine Cloth & Black Nuba®, a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck® leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for over 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. Book definitely NOT included. CUSTOM CASES available for CATCHER, FRANNY AND ZOOEY & NINE STORIES.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine condition original gray cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a good condition non price-clipped dust jacket with the correct 4.00 at the upper right corner of the inner front jacket flap. Includes List of Other Books by J.D. Salinger with Author Dedication Page bound-into-the-volume directly after the full title page, indicating third or fourth issue, and the uncorrected misspelling of the name "Seymore" at page 173, lines 12-13. "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page along with copyright dates of 1955 and 1959, although the book was published in 1963. Chipping at the upper jacket spine edge with a 1/2 by 1/2 inch chip extending to the upper left front jacket edge, with some scattered jacket edge nicks (see photographs). All pages are in fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is exceedingly tight and square (see photographs). "The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker - Raise Hight the Roof Beam, Carpenters in 1955, Seymour - An Introduction in 1959. Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both very much concerned with Seymour Glass, who is the main character in my still-uncompleted series about the Glass family. It struck me that they had better be collected together, if not deliberately paired off, in something of a hurry, if I mean them to avoid unduly or undesirably close contact with new material in the series. There is only my word for it, granted, but I have several new Glass stories coming along - waxing, dilating - each in its own way, but I suspect the less said about them, in mixed company, the better. Oddly, the joys and satisfactions of working on the Glass family peculiarly increase and deepen for me with the years. I can't say why, though. Not, at least, outside the casino proper of my fiction." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, third issue, with dedication leaf tipped in after title-page. 248pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth, spine slightly cocked, with dust jacket with some shelfwear and sunning to spine, very good First Edition, third issue, with dedication leaf tipped in after title-page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A particularly lovely copy of the first edition, published by Little Brown in 1963. Third state with dedication page opposite copyright page. Book and dust jacket both fine. The dust jacket strays from perfection only in a light mark to the rear panel and a few faint indentations. While not an uncommon title - this is an uncommonly nice example with neither a trace of wear or any of the soiling to the white panels which frequently mars this title.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Salinger's fourth and last book, two long stories of the Glass family. This is the third issue, with the dedication page tipped in after the title page. Spotting to top edge; boards mildly sunned and splayed; very good in a very good, spine-sunned dust jacket with a little wear to the spine.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean and tight. DJ has a little wear and a tiny chip on back panel. DJ not price clipped. In archival cover Third state of the first edition.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, third issue, with dedication leaf tipped in after title-page. 248pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Orignal cloth. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with slight fading to spine First Edition, third issue, with dedication leaf tipped in after title-page.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$261.79 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Copyrights of 1955 & 1959. Published for the first time in book form in 1963. Dark grey cloth, price-intact ($4.00) gold and cream dust jacket. Third state with dedication page tipped-in between the title-page and half-title, with "Seymore" for Seymour on p.173. Covers very lightly soiled, else a very good, clean copy in lightly soiled dust wrapper.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, third state, with dedication page tipped-in between the title-page and half-title, across from copyright page. Has "Seymore" for Seymour on page 173. DJ chipped at top of spine. Initial price intact ($4.00). Salinger's last published work. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, third issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a bit of rubbing. A very nice copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this collection of two novellas by the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. A very sharp example with noted provenance. "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters is written with a dazzling, almost showy, technical brilliance. Its dialogue is expert, its satirical comedy amusing, its style fluid and graceful. There can be no question that J. D. Salinger is a finished literary craftsman" (Orville Prescott, The New York Times).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 248 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two small patches of rubbing to the spine (but no fade). The third issue, with the dedication page appearing after the copyright page, and "Seymore" for "Seymour" on page 173.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 248 pgs., 8vo. Dark gray cloth, gold spine stamping, no markings whatsoever in the book. Jacket is unworn, the book was found with a glassine wrapper that kept its condition immaculate. It bears original $4.00 price, copyright dates 1955 and 1959 (secured for early magazine appearances) and also adjacent on the left thereto a letter sequence in small type, reading RHTRBC, cypher for the book title words, and perhaps a means the publisher used to hold space while awaiting Salinger's likely late submission of his jacket blurb and the dedication, which gave us the 3 variants in first edition states that are known. This copy has the dedication page, tipped in AFTER the copyright page, and it also has the 'Sey-more' typo on page 173, making it a "third state" copy, for collector purposes. The only condition matter to note is a minute inking flaw near the top of the spine, where the gold does not cover. This tiny spot does show, but is clearly only a manufacturing flaw, not a wear point. So we grade the book Fine / Fine, and we have not seen a better copy described for sale. Photos available upon request, price is net to all. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.
Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing, first state [Sey-more on pg. 173, dedication page following copyright page]. Gilt lettering on grey cloth covered boards in a yellow & white dust jacket. 8vo, 248pp. Spine lettering somewhat faded. Dust jacket [unfortunately] is torn at the top & bottom edges.
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$595.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright first edition, second state Raise High The Roof Beam by Salinger with dust jacket. With the dedication present and the misspelling "Sey-more" to p173. Original cloth with light fading to the spine. Clean end papers and contents. Clean unclipped dust jacket with faded spine and a few nicks and chipping on the edges.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in medium grey cloth, white and caramel colored dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Variant with dedication leaf bound in before the title page. "Sey-more" misspelling on page 173. Two "Glass stories" that appeared originally in The New Yorker. Q14210
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$960.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Copyright states 1959, but this volume was actually published in 1963. 248 pp. Publisher's original grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In the original dust wrapper. Dj spine slightly faded and wrapper slightly edgeworn with tiny puncture along spine edge. Jacket not price-clipped. Internally clean. No ownership names. The first issue without the dedication page and with 'Seymore' instead of 'Seymour' on p. 173. Scarce. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
J.D. Salinger. Raise High the Roof Beam. Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1963. First Edition / First Printing / First Issue. Stated First Edition, no additional printings. Gray cloth boards. First Issue with no dedication page. Reportedly one of only 20 to 30 copies. Jacket priced at $4.00. Rare Book. {ref: Ahearn, Lee, McBride, Smiley}. Book Condition: Very Good+, tight spine, clean pages. Minor sunning at the spine, light spots at the foot of the text block. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, sunning at the jacket spine. Chip at the jacket spine, a few light spots. Wrapped in a new mylar cover.
Seller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books, Opelika, AL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 248pp. Octavo [21 cm] Gray cloth with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Very good/Very good. Minor sunning to spine of jacket. The edges of the jacket are lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. First state lacking tipped in dedication page. Starosciak A42.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; first state, without the dedication page. [With] copies in the second and third states; all three are fine or nearly fine in dust jackets. The earliest state was reportedly recalled and only twenty copies supposedly survived in the wild. This cataloguer has seen it often enough to suspect that the number is higher, although it is certainly uncommon. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first issue, lacking the dedication page as issued. Small owner's name on the front pastedown, hidden under the front flap else else fine in fine dustwrapper. A lovely copy of an exceptionally scarce issue - some knowledgeable sources have speculated that as few as 20 to 30 copies of this issue were released before they were reissued with a tipped-in dedication page, although we suspect the number is substantially higher. Still, an uncommon issue.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$3202.16 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, first issue, without a dedication page. It has long been speculated that about 20 to 30 such copies were issued. Though our experience suggests the true number is much greater, copies in the first issue are still scarcer than the second and third issues, with the dedicatory leaf tipped or bound in, respectively. These two novellas, published here together and in book-form for the first time, are part of the Glass family sequence. They originally appeared in the New Yorker in 1955 and 1959. Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Housed in custom yellow cloth folding case with black spine label. A fine copy in near-fine dust jacket, light creasing to spine ends, tiny closed tear at head of rear panel, else a sharp, bright example.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
J.D. Salinger. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters. Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1963.
Price: US$3995.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book in VG condition w Fine D/J, Includes memo from publisher regarding introduction to be published in future editions. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction is a single volume featuring two novellas by J. D. Salinger, which were previously published in The New Yorker: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1955) and Seymour: An Introduction (1959). Little, Brown republished them in this anthology in 1963. It is the first time the novellas appeared in book form.
Seller: Sam Barcelo, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5800.00 + shipping
Description: SALINGER, J.D. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction (uncorrected advance proofs). Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, (1963). Very tall octavo (5-1/4 by 11 inches), comb-bound as issued, original green paper wrappers. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. $5800.Uncorrected advance proof of this beloved Salinger work, with publisher's advance slip tipped onto front wrapper.Like Franny and Zooey (1961), these two long stories were first printed in The New Yorker, and form part of Salinger's uncompleted series about the Glass family. "Rarely if ever in literary history has a handful of stories aroused so much discussion, controversy, praise, denunciation, mystification and interpretation" (New York Times). This rare uncorrected advance proofclearly derived from the printer's galleys and likely produced in very small numbersis particularly desirable given the textual changes upon publication. Like the rare first printing, this proof is without the dedication leaf, but retain textual errors. See Starosciak A42; Bruccoli & Clark I:315. Pages neatly hand-numbered in black marker.Interior generally fine, light wear and toning to extremities of wrappers, chipping and missing prongs from plastic comb binder. An extremely good copy of a very scarce Salinger proof.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$12750.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Unique. 8vo., pp248. The Publisher's File Copy and Only Known Copy Extant As Such. The First Edition - bound by Little Brown, the publisher, as a production sample prior to the actual production run. This copy with the dedication page present which is a curious fact in the light of the various states of the first edition assumed. This is Little Brown's file copy. Glued to the rear free-endpaper is a printed notice stating: SAMPLE Return to Manufacturing Department LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY Published: 1/28,63 Cloth: GSB Silver Black,Word Count; 54,225. Four typographical errors in the text have been identified by an editor/proof reader in green pencil. These are indicated on the verso of the front fly leaf - marked: "Corrections / P.117 /p.159 /p.173 /p.185". Curiously only one error, "Seymour" for "Seymore" on p.173 was found and corrected. Obviously a significant and special item, which provides unique bibliographical information. A very good example, with some fading to spine, light edgewear to cloth-covered boards, and soiling to the top edge and with glue remains on the rear pastedown to which was pasted a copy of the book's original dust wrapper since lost in time and space. A fascinating copy in a very good supplied dust wrapper. Custom Clamshell Case.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada