London: Hamish Hamilton, (1952), 1952. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover. First Edition. Thick 8vo., pp. 1033. Original orange cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. First book appearance in England of Salinger's "For Esme- With Love and Squalor, " In England, "Nine Stories" was published as " Esme-With Love and Squalor " in 1953, by Hamish Hamilton. Stephen Spender devotes an important essay on Bloomsbury and James Thurber contributes five stories (Bowden D213). With contributions by many others as well. A near fine, lightly spine-faded copy lacking the dustwrapper . Reprinting many of the most famous stories first printed by Hamilton.

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Bookseller: TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11249
Title: MAJORITY 1931-1952. An Anthology of 21 Years of Publishing
Author: (SALINGER, J. D.)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: London: Hamish Hamilton, (1952)
Date Published: 1952
Keywords: LITERATURE/FICTION/NONFICTION/BLOOMSBURY/. ELECTRONIC LIST, WINTER
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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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