About this title: This is a collection of nine exceptional short stories from the author of "The Catcher in the Rye", J D Salinger. The book includes two of Salinger's most famous and critically acclaimed pieces, which helped to establish him among contemporary literary greats. The title story - a soldier's recollection of his meeting with a young girl, Esme, before being sent into combat - prompted a flood of readers' letters when it was first published in "The New Yorker in 1950". The haunting, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is the first of the author's many stories to feature the Glass family and follows ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140237535ISBN:0140237534
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harborough Publishing Co, London
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First Ace Book edition. All pages browned with age. Covers a bit scruffy. Ads for books in Ace collection at back. B/seller sticker on inside front cover. pp188. Bookseller Inventory # 02007. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140237535ISBN:0140237534
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 160 pages. (160 pages) a collection of nine short stories which includes a soldier's recollection of his meeting with a young girl, esme, before being sent into combat. (Paperback) read more
Edition: New Edition June 1970
Binding: Printed Cardstock
Publisher: New English Library [NEL] Times Mirror--Signet Modern Classics
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780450005268ISBN:0450005267
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Softcover Fiction. 7"; 19 cm. Tall. 188 pages. Covers are scuffed and show edge-wear; backstrip is creased; text is strong and unmarked, but browning to margins. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Date Published: 1962
Description: Very Good- in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. DJ has some wear, DJ chipped at edges, DJ spine and edges sunned, Internally Clean. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New English Library (Signet), London
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good. A British (mass market) paperback edition of NINE STORIES. Light vertical spine crease, else very good in printed wraps. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, London
Date Published: 1953
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Impression of the first English edition of 'Nine Stories' (and by far the scarcer of the two). Near Fine (toned top and fore-edges, spine tips faded) publisher's slate-blue cloth, the spine lettered in gilt; in an about Near Fine dust jacket (not price-clipped) with a moderately faded and lightly rubbed spine and a toned and soiled rear panel. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140237535ISBN:0140237534
Description: New. A collection of nine short stories which includes a soldier's recollection of his meeting with a young girl, Esme, before being sent into combat. read more
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Edition: REVISED ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, UK
ISBN-13:9780140237535ISBN:0140237534
Description: New. The original American text of A Perfect Day for Bananafish; Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut; The Laughing Man; Down at the Dinghy; Just Before the War with the Eskimos; For Esme-With Love and Squalor; Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes; De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period and Teddy. ISBN10: 0140237534. read more
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Edition: REVISED ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, UK
ISBN-13:9780140237535ISBN:0140237534
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. The original American text of A Perfect Day for Bananafish; Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut; The Laughing Man; Down at the Dinghy; Just Before the War with the Eskimos; For Esme-With Love and Squalor; Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes; De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period and Teddy. ISBN10: 0140237534. read more
"One of my favourite books of all time. Its pages are turning yellow on my shelf. My second-favourite Salinger (the favourite, of course, is Catcher in the Rye). One of the two books of short stories I most recommend to writing students as demonstrating mastery of the art. (The other is Irwin Shaw's Tip on a Dead Jockey. Raymond Carver, whose poetry I adore and admire, is lower on the short story list.)"
"I read the title story- pretty perfect, but did not make it to my favorite Salinger- but It would be my first or second reccomendation to someone else."
"Two very REAL and fascinating c. WWII Euro-Theatre stories of life and chance and suddenly they are tied together in a way only J.D. Salinger can construct! Wonderful!"
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