The Sixties Catalogue

T h e S I X T I E S 62 A Great Rarity: Publisher’s File Copy Of Raise High The Roof Beam And Seymour , Hand-Corrected By The Editor/Proofreader 60. SALINGER, J.D. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction. Boston and Toronto, 1963. Octavo, original gray cloth, dust jacket, custom cloth clamshell box. $11,000. Click for more info First edition, third issue (as usual), of Salinger’s unforgettable Glass family saga. The publisher’s file copy, labeled as a manufacturing sample and with four typographical errors noted by an editor/proofreader. Like Franny and Zooey (1961), these two long stories were first printed in The New Yorker , and form part of Salinger’s uncompleted series about the Glass family. First edition, third issue, as usual, with dedication leaf following the title page. Bookwith a few tiny spots of soiling to interior, glue residue to rear pastedown, a couple tiny spots to boards, and spine toned. Dust jacket with slightest soiling to rear panel and light wear to extremities. A bright, near-fine copy with interesting provenance. “I’m a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”