Description
First edition of The Best American Short Stories 1949 edited by Martha Foley, featuring “A Girl I Knew” by J.D. Salinger.
Octavo, xvi, 334pp. Beige cloth, title stamped in green. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. Light soiling to cloth, a very good example. In the publisher’s dust jacket, price-clipped, short closed tears to spine, bright illustrations. A scarce piece.
This marked the first appearance of “A Girl I Knew” by J.D. Salinger in book form, two years before he rose to national prominence with The Catcher in the Rye. This short story first appeared in Good Housekeeping magazine in February 1948, originally titled “Wien, Wien.”
