JEROME D. SALINGER
$1,800.00
41524-1
(b. 1919) American author who established his reputation on the basis of a single novel, The Catcher in the Rye (1951), whose principal character, Holden Caulfield, epitomized the growing pains of a generation of high school and college students. Now a virtual recluse. Extremely rare T.L.S. signed with initials "JDS", 1p. 8vo., [Norwich], Sept. 26, 1982, to Phoebe Marshall, in part: "...Much prefer your postcards. We have that in common, if not much else. Incidentally, have never seen you looking better or more in the pink. In Paris, are you? Thought you were in school. See a little of Brittany, if you can. The coast, the tip, in autumn. French trains are good...Perhaps I'll see you there later on. Some London plans here...Read, walk, eat, go to the Louvre, the Opera, ride the Metro. Observe and be wise. And keep that nice table for your morning ablutions...". Fine.