Description
The first edition of “Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters” and “Seymour an Introduction” by J.D. Salinger.
Octavo, 248pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page. This is the third state, which includes the dedication page inserted after the title page, opposite the copyright information. Solid text block, dust remnants to top edge, faint foxing to endpapers. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $4.00 retail price on front flap, rubbing to corners, light shelf wear. (Starosciak A 42)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters was first published in 1955 in The New Yorker magazine.
