RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS and SEYMOUR AN INTRODUCTION
by Salinger, J. D
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- first
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston / Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1959. Octavo. Grey cloth, spine gilt. 248 pp. First edition, third issue with the dedication page tipped in facing the copyright page. Original dust jacket, price intact. Page 173 has the requisite misspelling of the title character "Seymour" as "Seymore." Small crease at bottom foretip of front endpaper, spine slightly sunned, else a very good/near fine copy.
This last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about the Glass family.
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This last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about the Glass family.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 553
- Title
- RAISE HIGH THE ROOF BEAM, CARPENTERS and SEYMOUR AN INTRODUCTION
- Author
- Salinger, J. D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston / Toronto
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Catcher in the Rye, family drama, suicide
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