Bananafish Archives, December, 1998: Re: _TCITR

Re: _TCITR_: Early Edition

hochman@uscolo.edu

Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:36:38 -0700 (MST)

This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_00000004.01BE2D94 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.981222093215.10027C@meteor.uscolo.edu> Sarah, I'm no authority but I may be able to offer a bit of sense...a new hardbound catcher is gonna run in the mid twenties and will be a forty something edition (like me...)...if your second edition is in good condition and has a dust jacket, I'd guess it's a fair price but be warned that there is little collector's value to the second edition since it is the same as the 45th edition I have and not the first edtion with Salinger's mug on the cover...nonetheless, if it were in my book store I'd have bought it, will On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, Sarah wrote: > I was in a collector's book store yesterday and ran across and early edition copy of _Catcher_. It is either a second or third edition, I cannot remember, but I'm almost positive it is a second edition. Out of curiosity, how much should this cost? The owner has it down for 30 dollars, but I was just wondering if this was in the ball park...excuse my ignorance on the matter - I truly don't know anything about appraising books. > Thanks! :) > > ~Sarah > ------=_NextPart_000_0000_00000004.01BE2D94 Content-Type: TEXT/HTML; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.981222093215.10027D@meteor.uscolo.edu> Content-Description: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">

I was in a collector's book store = yesterday and=20 ran across and early edition copy of _Catcher_. It is either a = second or=20 third edition, I cannot remember, but I'm almost positive it is a second = edition. Out of curiosity, how much should this cost? The = owner has=20 it down for 30 dollars, but I was just wondering if this was in the ball = park...excuse my ignorance on the matter - I truly don't know anything = about=20 appraising books.

Thanks! :)

~Sarah