In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them. It begins, "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye 1st Edition 6th Printing 1951 Original DJ. "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 banned book lists. The Catcher In The Rye Author SALINGER, J.D Book condition Used - First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, To Ned Thompson with all good wishes J.D. First edition of the author’s first book. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.NY: Little, Brown & Co, 2014. First Edition of The Catcher In The Rye Inscribed and dated by J.D. There are no previous owner’s scribbles inside the book, no stamps and no bookplates. Condition: a very good book in an unrestored acdeptable to good dust jacket. It begins,"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. Jerome David Salinger (1951) ‘The Catcher in the Rye‘, US first edition, first printing, published by Little, Brown and Company. 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 banned book lists. Original American text edition, Paperback, 192 pages. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) Published August 4th 1994 by Penguin. Until Salinger died in 2010, we had not seen a signed first printing of The Catcher in the Rye since the Phoenix Book Shop sold one from Howard Moss’s library in 1984 - a span of more than a quarter century. Salinger’s signature is scarce and signed copies of Catcher in the Rye are rare signed firsts are exceptionally scarce. 5, 1961.” Lightly rubbed, near fine in a bright near fine dust jacket with some toning to the spine and some minor rubbing. Fine in a bright fine dust jacket without the usual tanning to the spine and without any chips or tears, bookplate. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author opposite the title page, “To Ned Thompson with all good wishes J.D. First edition of the author’s first book.