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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 4476513, member: 84"]Someone contacted me asking if I had any antique books & I remembered I had a drawer full; when going through them I found this Catcher in the Rye book, and when I looked at the date I saw </p><p>Printed in 1945, 1946, 1951 by J.D. Salinger</p><p>And when I looked that up I saw it called a first commercial edition, and with the Book of the Month Club at the bottom of the back dust cover jacket I found those saying First Edition - what exactly do I have?</p><p>Also - I found some with the author's photo on the back & some without - but none with advertising for other books like mine has? What is that about?</p><p>Thanks for any information!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]388117[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388118[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388122[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 4476513, member: 84"]Someone contacted me asking if I had any antique books & I remembered I had a drawer full; when going through them I found this Catcher in the Rye book, and when I looked at the date I saw Printed in 1945, 1946, 1951 by J.D. Salinger And when I looked that up I saw it called a first commercial edition, and with the Book of the Month Club at the bottom of the back dust cover jacket I found those saying First Edition - what exactly do I have? Also - I found some with the author's photo on the back & some without - but none with advertising for other books like mine has? What is that about? Thanks for any information! [ATTACH=full]388117[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388118[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388119[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]388122[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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