Salinger's Diamond Covers

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http://haydensferryreview.blogspot.com/2008/07/cover-lover-j-d-salinger.html

Posted by Beth Staples at 4:41 PM Friday, July 25, 2008.

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Nine Stories was published by Little, Brown in April, 1953
and is a personal favorite of Cover Lover. Eight of the stories
were originally published in The New Yorker;
“Down at the Dinghy” originally appeared in Harper’s....

     

Despite Salinger’s feelings for Signet, they issued the first
paperback edition of Nine Stories in July, 1954. The figure
on the left is a first printing; Cover Lover isn't sure if these
variations existed with the first printing or were slowly
introduced over time. Note the signature of W. D. Miller,
which appears on the first printing but is absent from
the other examples.

This Modern Library edition of Nine Stories was issued in 1959.

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