First edition of Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

"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, J.D.  The Catcher in the Rye.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.  Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $20,000.

First edition in first-issue dust jacket.  Book fine in superb unrestored dust jacket with virtually no edgewear; front panel of dust-jacket remarkably bright and vibrant; very light toning to spine. An outstanding copy.