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First edition, first printing of ''Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction'' by J.D. Salinger. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1963. With first edition stated on copyright page, and lacking dedication page as required for first printings. Housed in original first printing dust jacket showing price of $4.00. Book also includes a promotional letter from the publisher, advertising the book, ''to be published...on January 28, 1963. Price: $4.00''. Bound in gray boards with gilt lettering on the spine, book measures 5.625'' x 8.25'' and runs 248pp. Some foxing to endpapers and discoloration along lower edge of boards, else near fine. Dust jacket is beautifully preserved, in near fine condition.
J.D. Salinger First Edition, First Printing of ''Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters'' -- With Publisher's Letter Promoting the Upcoming Book
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