The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. First Edition, First Printing. J.D. Salinger's First Appearance in Book Form. Complete with Original Illustrated Mailing Carton
Published by Consolidated Book Publishers, Chicago, 1942
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Historical Antiques & Collectibles, Oldwick, NJ, U.S.A.Historical Antiques & Collectibles
AbeBooks seller since January 24, 2025
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 738.26
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Wartime morale anthology published during World War II for American servicemen. An increasingly difficult World War II home-front publication to locate complete with its original illustrated mailing carton that is addressed. An exceptional survival of one of the most collectible World War II literary publications. The 1942 first edition of The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines contains J. D. Salinger's first appearance in book form, his short story "The Hang of It," nearly a decade before The Catcher in the Rye. Complete examples retaining the fragile illustrated wartime mailing carton are scarce and highly sought by collectors of Salinger, twentieth-century literature, and World War II Americana. The volume contains 336 pages of stories, verse, and cartoons prepared for distribution to American servicemen during World War II, featuring contributions by J. D. Salinger, Rudyard Kipling, Damon Runyon, Ellery Queen, O. Henry, Vincent Starrett, Pat Frank, and others, together with numerous illustrations and cartoons from Esquire magazine.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. First Edition, First Printing. J.D. Salinger's First Appearance in Book Form. Complete with Original Illustrated Mailing Carton
- Author
- E. M. Delaware (compiler); C. X. Paine (associate editor)
- Publisher
- Consolidated Book Publishers, Chicago
- Publication year
- 1942
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover/Hardback
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Historical Antiques & Collectibles
Oldwick, NJ, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 24, 2025
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Family run business buying and selling antiques, books and collectibles since the mid-1970s. Operating an antique business in one of the original US colonies provides an ideal location for sourcing and consigning antiques, books and collectible items. Located in rural and historical Hunterdon County, New Jersey, settled in the late 1600s. Knowledge and sentiment of the global antiques, book and collectibles markets have been influenced by interests, careers, and from living for over a decade in the Middle East, South America and Europe. We immersed ourselves in the local antique, book and collectible markets living overseas buying and selling on three continents. We are available to help with any questions on any of our items listed, policy, procedures, consigning or selling items.…
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