Salinger Michael Mitchell (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Michael Mitchell (illustrator). 8th Printing. Cover Art; This is an 8th printing (Aug. 1951). This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Fair dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front pastedown page, along with the same owner's bookplate. The dust jacket has a long tear to the front spine joint, starting at the bottom edge, several other edge tears, several small chips missing, and all the white areas have light, but noticeable toning / darkening. The dust jacket price is intact ($3.00) , and has the full page photo of Salinger by Lotte Jacobi.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Michael Mitchell (illustrator). [288pp, top edge wine]: [viii], 280 (last leaf blank); grey linen printed wine, price-clipped jacket; 206 x 142 x 29 mm. Second US edition of the author's first book (originally 16 July 1951: Little Brown); preceded by a broadsheet excerpt. First printing thus (with eight ads on jacket rear); a quality facsimile of the original edition, on fine white wove paper with top edge stained, in premium jacket. Canadian issue with jacket price-clipped & Canadian price-sticker at upper tip of ffe ($2.90 instead of $1.95). A tight clean pristine copy in exceptionally bright unworn jacket (with only the slightest rubbing rear). An exemplary copy of the scarcest primary issue (by far) of the three earliest American hardcover editions of this iconic title (Little, Brown; Grosset & Dunlap; & Book of the Month Club).

Black Cloth. Condition: Near Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dustjacket. First Edition (stated). Stated First Edition, 8 1/8" Tall (Taller Than Some Other Copies Stating "First Edition"), 1 5/16" Thick (Thicker Than Some Other Copies Stating "First Edition"). The Book Is Tight And Clean, No Marks, Without Marks Or Damage, Just A Tiny Point Of Fraying Of Cloth At Each Of The Two Lower Tips, A Little Wear/Dulling To The Spine Gilt And A Little Rubbing/Bumping To The Ends Of The Spine. Dust Jacket With The Portrait Of Salinger On The Rear Panel, And With The $3.00 Price On The Front Flap, Second State With Slight Space Between Top Of Head And Top Of Dust Jacket (Apparently The First Issues Of The "First Edition" Were Slightly Shorter And With Cropping Of Salinger's Head In The Photograph On The Dj). The Dust Jacket Is Spectacular, No Chipping Or Tears, Without Restoration Or Cleaning Of Any Kind: No Fading To Orange-Red Or Yellow Colors On Spine And Front Panel, The Red On Both Spine And Front Panel Being An Even Bright Red, And The Author's Name On Spine Being The Same Bright Yellow As The Title On The Front Panel. There Is Not Any Sign Of Wear At The Top Of The Spine Panel, And It Is Still Crisp. The Jacket Has 1/8" Light Age Toning To The White Color Along The The Lower Edge Of Front Panel, To Top And Lower Edges Of White Flaps, And Within A Somewhat Larger Area Around All Edges Of The Photograph. There Is A 1/8" Rub At The Upper Right Tip Of The Front Panel, But No Other Rubs To The Color. There Is Almost Imperceptible 1/8" Bumping To Lower Edge Of Spine, And Slight Waviness Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Front Panel (Without Damage To The Paper] In The Area With Age-Toning (Possibly Due To Storage In An Older Dust Jacket Protector). Scarce In This Un-Restored, Un-Torn And Un-Chipped Jacket.