SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. 8vo. 277 pp. Publisher's full black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's unclipped ("$3.00") first issue dust jacket (with the first issue points: the "$3.00" is over the shoulder of the "R" in "Catcher," the credit for photographer Lotte Jacobi is present on the rear panel, Salinger's hair is lightly cropped). FIRST EDITION OF SALINGER'S LANDMARK COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL, IN THE FIRST ISSUE JACKET. 

Cloth lightly rubbed, with occasional faint soiling, spine lightly toned, endleaves with very faint occasional soiling, some occasional faint dampstaining in text; jacket spine toned and chipped, panels worn, soiled, some marginal chipping and creased tears, rear joint torn the length of the jacket. Still, very good. Housed in modern clamshell case.