The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal ...
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The Catcher in Rye is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects of society, and the 'phonies' themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in conventional terms, there is hardly any plot at all). Salinger's style creates an effect of conversation, it is as though Holden is speaking to you personally, as though you too have seen through the pretences of the American Dream and are growing up unable to see the point of living in, or contributing to, the society around you. Written with the clarity of a boy leaving childhood, it deals with society, love, loss, and expectations without ever falling into the clutch of a cliche.
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Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by Montclair Book Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Montclair, NJ, UNITED STATES, published by Little, Brown and Company.
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VERY Good. Good Jacket. 1986 reissue from the Book of the Month club. Previous owner's name and address on FFEP. There's some rubbing to the jacket, with minor edgewear along the top. pp. 277.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Madison, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1953 by Signet.
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Very Good. Octavo. 159pgs. pictorial covers. Stated first printing. Pages toning. mild wear to corners. Firm copy of this scarce edition. Cover art by James Avait.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye. [Modern Library No. 90] to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Book Alley rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pasadena, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by The Modern Library.
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Very good. First edition stated. Unclipped jacket shows $1.95 price and 408 titles on reverse; jacket shows only slight edgwear and minor toning; small area of soiling to front; overall near fine. Red cloth boards show minor aspects of shelfwear at corners and spine. Pages lightly age toned but unmarked. Binding tight. A beautiful edition of this classic.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $162.00, poor condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1955 by Hamish Hamilton.
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Poor in Good jacket. 2nd impression. the jacket is a colour photocopy of a first edition jacket. the boards of the book and very worn. there are small tears and the spine is faded. the book is foxed particularly on the early and later pages. there is a previous owner's stamp mark and inscription. the book is also somewhat cocked. the binding is excellent.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $235.00, very good condition, Sold by Books Of Choice rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bloomington, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Little, Brown.
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Very good book in a very good dust jacket. 216 pages. Fourteenth Printing of the trade edition, from March, 1952. Very good, with gift inscription on front endpaper, in good to very good dustjacket with fading to colors and light stains to spine panel, closed tear at lower spine fold, other moderate wear, price-clipped. Reviews on rear panel of dustjacket.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Like New. Size: 5x1x8; Hardcover and dust jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Grosset & Dunlap, 1951 printing. Printed the same year as the true first edition by Boston's Little Brown. (195195 on upper front flap and rear of DJ promoting 8 Grosset & Dunlap titles. )
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by oldprintbooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Webster, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Little Brown.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. This novel was among the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 as chosen by Time, and named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It has been frequently challenged in the United States for its liberal use of profanity and portrayal of sexuality and teenage angst. This is the true trade edition (stated 8th impression two only months after the first) and not a book club or later variant. It is a very good clean original black hardcover, no marks, writing and no bookplates with bright gilt lettering on spine. Very clean throughout it's 277 pages and very similiar to the first printed 60 days earlier costing thousands more!
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $300.00, very good condition, Sold by oldprintbooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Webster, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Little Brown.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. RARE ORIGINAL JULY PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION. THIS IS A NEAR good CLEAN UNMARKED TIGHT CONDITION 277 PAGE HARDCOVER. (NOT A BOOK CLUB OR LATER PRINTING, ETC). THIS IS A STATED JULY 5th PRINTING! NO NAMES, LABELS, etc. COVER AND SPINE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE. A TRUE TRADE PRINTING THE SAME MONTH AS THE FIRST COSTING THOUSANDS LESS. THIS IS AN UNIQUE PIECE OF AMERICAN LITERATURE. Complete photos provided upon request.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $382.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1951 by Hamish Hamilton.
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Good in Good jacket. The boards are worn, sunned and marked. the spine has several small tears that have been carefully repaired. there is a previous owner's signature. the binding is now strong and square. comes with a very attractive colour photocopy of the original first edition jacket.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $2,500.00, very good condition, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Little, Brown and Company.
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Corners bumped; gilt lettering on spine oxidized; tiny areas of insect damage to the surface of the cloth; otherwise very good. The jacket, a few millimeters shorter than the volume, has not been supplied. There is a chip at the top of the backstrip... 159 pp.277 pp. 8vo,
Description of conditions are not the same for the item we received. The book has writing marks on each page.
mickey
Mar 14, 2016
WONDERFUL CLASSIC
This was a very entertaining book and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Betsaida P
Oct 28, 2014
Pebalon
Excelente servicio. Buen servicio, prontitud y garantía. Lo recomiendo.
Anthony M
May 1, 2014
Not what I expected!
I never read this "classic" in high school and now that I'm in my sixties I'm trying to catch up on some of the reading I should have done had I chosen to be a better student. Boy was I disappointed! Page after page, I kept expecting the nugget of wisdom to appear, but it never did. Instead, I found it to be nothing more than the trivial ramblings of a confused kid, Perhaps a more youthful reader would have better understood the author's style and found it to be the "profound" work so many have said it is over the years. As far as I'm concerned, it stunk!
Joanna W
Apr 4, 2014
My favorite cover of this book! i love it. I have read this book so many times and it never gets old. Hopefully everyone enjoys it as much as I do
