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. $36.74, good condition, Sold by Eaglestones rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oudtshoorn, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1955 by Hamish Hamilton.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $53.00, very good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1953 by Signet Books.
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Seller's Description:
Very good+ Handsome copy! Printed paper wraps, mass market size, not illustrated. Book has mild toning, rubbing and edgewear to wraps, old sticker remnant to rear panel, binding tight, endpapers faintly foxed, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout, mild soil to edges of block.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye ( a Modern Library Book #90 ) to cart. $60.00, good condition, Sold by BookHouse On-Line rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1958 by The Modern Library.
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Good in Missing jacket. Size: 8x1x10; Stated 1st Modern Library edition. Blumenthal binding, style 8. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name on back of front endpaper, otherwise text is very good. Front edge of text block has a dime-sized spot of discoloration. Back cover has some shelfwear. From a private collection. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by The Chatham Bookseller rated 5.0 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 to cart. $79.95, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Bantam Books.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $85.00, very good condition, Sold by DogStar Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lancaster, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Grosset & Dunlap.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 277 pages; 1951 Grosset & Dunlap HC/DJ. Early edition, printed from the 1st edition plates supplied by Little Brown and in dust jacket with identical pictorial design as that used in the Little Brown 1st. Snugly bound and neat in original gray tweed patterned paper covered boards. Dust jacket price clipped top corner front flap; mild shelf rubbing to jacket edges and usual mild toning to the whites of the design. Hint of fading to jacket spine panel. Quite attractive copy of an early printing in the same design and format as the true 1st. VG+/VG+
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. $250.00, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Hamish Hamilton.
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Book. Octavo, 253 pages. In Good plus condition, lacking dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth with silver lettering on sunned spine. Boards have sunning to spine, bumping and rubbing to corners, discoloration to rear cover, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has light foxing to some pages and previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket. Shelved Room A. 1372930. Special Collections.
Add this copy of The Catcher in the Rye to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by oldprintbooks rated 2.0 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 2.0 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.
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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
