*SOLD*
 
J.D. Salinger
Boston, 1951

One of the most significant works of 20th century fiction.

Fine first edition, first printing in Near Fine first issue jacket.

The book has minor spots to the top edge, otherwise Fine. The jacket is truly great, but let me walk through the minor faults first – a modicum of chipping to the spine head, two corners, and along a bit of the top front panel, a tiny closed tear at the upper front panel, a bit rubbed at the folds - and perhaps a most modest general patina of age endemic to all objects on Earth that haven't been hermetically sealed. That about covers it.

There is no fading to the spine or really elsewhere for that matter. Many other booksellers would probably call this an "else Fine" jacket, but my aim for brutal and probably self-injurious accuracy beckons me to stay with Near Fine.

Now, one can take a jeweler's eye to any jacket and find any number of faults, but make no mistake - this is a fresh copy and priced to make your dream of owning this classic a reality.

"I'd say its enduring appeal is not due to the fact that Salinger was an expert writer but due to the universality of Holden's emotions and expressions…

Books that are termed great are termed so, not because they have fantastic plots or unique literary devices but are in fact, universal and timeless in the feelings they evoke within us."(Mona)