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Descrizione: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. J.D. Salinger (1951) The Catcher in the Rye , US first edition, first print, published by Little, Brown and Company. First issue dust jacket meeting all three first issue points: 1) Salinger s photograph appearing slightly cropped on the rear panel; 2) photograph portrait is credited to Lotte Jacobi; and 3) the $ and 3 of the price is positioned directly above the shoulder of the R . In addition, three ephemera: 1) a handwritten and signed Christmas card, signed with Love, Jerry ; 2) plus the corresponding envelope addressed in Salinger s hand; 3) and a contemporary copy of the letter from correspondent Joyce Miller Hodgins. Salinger wrote her back with the aforementioned card. The ephemera comes with the necessary paperwork where we obtained it and a lifetime guarantee of it s authenticity. Condition of the book: The actual book is near fine and very close to fine. There are NO previous owner s names inside the book; no annotations; no bookplates; and no stamps of any sorts. The pages are clean and white throughout. The gild lettering on the spine is vibrant and NOT rubbed out. The boards are clean and unbumped, with no scratches. a trifle of rubbing at the bottom of the front panel. The page block edges are slightly toned commensurate with age, the top page block edges a little dusty. Beautifully clean endpapers and paste downs. The original and unrestored first state wrapper is in very good condition. The colouring is vibrant and the spine NOT faded. Wear along the top edge as shown: a chip located above the portrait's head, small chips at the spine s top folds, and a chip just left of the front flap s fold. Light soiling at bottom of the front panel. The ephemera: Christmas card and envelope inscribed overall and signed by Salinger as Love, Jerry. Composed on a Metropolitan Museum of Art bifold card with a reproduction of Pierre Bonnard s lithograph The Little Laundress on the front cover, 3.5″ x 4.875″ Although Salinger s note is undated, it is accompanied by an envelope postmarked from Windsor, Vermont on December 16, 1969. The Christmas card followed a December 9, 1969 letter from correspondent Joyce Miller Hodgins, a contemporary copy of whose letter is included as well. The stamped envelope is addressed to Mrs. Joyce M. Hodgins, c/o Myles + O Neill, 60 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Mass., 02138. The ephemera items are in near fine condition. Joyce Miller Hodgins had been a staff writer at The New Yorker, where Salinger had published most of his short stories since 1942. It s likely that Salinger met Joyce through his ties to the magazine. Although most believe that their relationship was never romantic, Salinger s biographer Kenneth Slawenski speculates that he may have been interested in Hodgins at one time. The two corresponded for many years. Joyce wrote Jerry to inform him of several important life changes, and to thank him for helping her recover from a recent divorce and alcoholism. I don t wish to embarrass you, but I am, again, deeply grateful to you for your help when I so needed some help and particularly help from one who didn t give me those horrid, gratuitous lectures about pulling up one s socks, etc., Joyce wrote. Salinger replied: Merry Christmas, Jerce, and a fine uplifting New Year. Thanks for the news. It all sounds good. Strong and good. No news here. All is calm, all is no dimmer than usual. I live and work on routine, mostly pleasant. Very happy that you re making things go well for yourself. Love, Jerry. The Catcher in the Rye needs no introduction. Being read in schools, it is one of the landmark novels of 20th century American fiction with global sales exceeding one million copies annually. It has defined and captured the timeless mood of teenage existential angst and that is why the novel has retained its fascination to young readers around the globe to date. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s). Codice articolo ABE-1554552943490

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