Little, Brown and Penguin Random House, 2018. Very rare black hardcover edition, author's initials in gilt on front board, titles in gilt to spine with pictorial dust jacket in excellent condition. The iconic American classic, the famed coming of age novel. Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher In the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with cynical adolescent. Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on top of book lists. Celebrated by critics and cherished by many generations of adolescents, the work is widely recognized as the great American post-war coming-of-age novel. Between 1961 and 1982, it was the most censored title in American high schools and libraries. J.D. Salinger's coming-of-age novel is the perhaps the definitive story of teenage angst. It offers Holden Caulfield's perspective on school, New York City, sexuality, family and friends, and phonies, with a subtext on alienation and loneliness running through the story. Original rare black publisher's binding, embossed device stamped in gilt to boards, titles and devices to spine in gilt. Binding tight and hinges intact, decorative endpapers with the author's initials both on pastedowns and flyleaves. Leaves bright without marks and annotations, very clean copy with smooth edges without a trace of foxing. Unclipped dust jacket designed by Michael Mitchell, vividly red and exceptionally bright without shelfwear. Wonderful mint copy of this very rare, valuable and highly collectible work of modern American literature in excellent condition. The Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger. Hardcover 240 pages ISBN:9780241984758
