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Price: US$13.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two novellas featuring the character Seymour Glass, by the American writer J D Salinger (1919-2010) first published in The New Yorker in 1955 and 1959. 248pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to base of spine and minor dust marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear and fading to spine, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo, dust jacket over blue cloth boards with silver gilt titles on spine. 248pp. First UK edition. Dust jacket sunned with some chipping and a couple small pieces missing. Inner book generally very good and clean inside. Previous owner's initials, dated 1963, handwritten on front free endpaper. 2 stories originally published in the New Yorker featuring Seymour Glass, one of a family of settlers in twentieth century New York.
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
Price: US$20.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edges and contents foxed. Jacket rubbed, light edge wear, price clipped. Previous owner's inscription ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages
Seller: Haymes & Co. Bookdealers, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
Price: US$23.10 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Tight and clean copy, no ownershio names. The d/w is bright and clean with smallish loss to top front spine corner and a little marking/wear to spine.Unclipped at 21s.
Seller: Riverside Books, Halesworth, United Kingdom
Price: US$23.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: And 'Seymour - an. Introduction'; two long pieces, the latter setting out more of the Glass family Extremities evenly tanned. Owner signature, very good in good dustwrapper chipped at edges and missing a small piece from the crown of the spine.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
Price: US$44.91 + 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$44.91 + 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
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$52.35 + shipping
Description: The two stories in this book appeared in "The New Yorker" (in 1955 & 1959). - First edition in Great Britain. - Grundsätzlich gutes Exemplar, keine Einträge etc., gute Bindung, nur am Schnitt geringfügig angestaubt, es fehlt allerdings der Schutzumschlag (no Dusk Jacket). - 248 Seiten. In Englisch. - Bankverbindungen in Österreich und Deutschland. Size: Oktav (bis 22,5 cm)
Seller: Antiquariat Birgit Gerl, Gars am Kamp, Austria
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing with "First published in Great Britain in 1963" stated on copyright page. Foxing on end free pages only. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear. Prior owner date on ffep.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.