
Contract signed ("J.D. Salinger"), granting Spanish-language publishing rights for The Catcher in the Rye to Mundo Actual de Ediciones S.A. (Barcelona)
by Salinger, J.D
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- Signed
- Condition
- Single sheet standard printed contract. Folded at center
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New York, New York
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About This Item
New York, 1980. 2 pp recto and verso, printed contract completed in type carbon, countersigned by Patricia Powell as witness. Folio. Single sheet standard printed contract. Folded at center. 2 pp recto and verso, printed contract completed in type carbon, countersigned by Patricia Powell as witness. Folio. Signed by Salinger, Spanish rights to Catcher in the Rye. A signed copy of the contract for the Spanish-language rights of The Catcher in the Rye, made between Salinger and a Barcelona publisher for a book club edition. The final three provisions of the contract testify to the control over his image that Salinger notoriously maintained, stipulating that "no reviews or quotations from reviews" and "no introductory comments or prefaces" be used on the jacket; that "no photograph may be used on the cover or jacket or in any connection with this book," and that "no biographical material may be used for promotion or advertising"; and finally that "the cover and dust jacket of the book must be submitted for the author's approval
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- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 311582
- Title
- Contract signed ("J.D. Salinger"), granting Spanish-language publishing rights for The Catcher in the Rye to Mundo Actual de Ediciones S.A. (Barcelona)
- Author
- Salinger, J.D
- Format/binding
- 2 pp recto and verso, printed contract completed in type carbon, countersigned by Patricia Powell as witness. Folio
- Book condition
- Used - Single sheet standard printed contract. Folded at center
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- American | J.D. Salinger
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- book club edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the... [More]
- verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,... [More]
- recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [More]