Re: Rarity
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:36:18 -0400 (EDT)
> There are really pirated collections of Salinger's unpublished short
> stories. Does anybody know where I might be able to find one. I have been
> looking for a long time and have not been able to find one.
They would be very expensive if you found them (it's a 2-volume set),
and they are technically illegal to sell (since they were published
in violation of Salinger's copyright). When they were first distributed,
in 1974, the FBI got involved. Salinger's lawyers filed suit against
booksellers who sold copies, and requested punitive damages ranging
from $4,500 to $90,000 for each copy sold.
You can get the whole scoop at the library. See the New York Times,
November 3, 1974, and a followup on November 10, 1974.
--tim o'connor