The Language of Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye' [INSCRIBED]
by Namba, Tatsuo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: The Shinozaki Shorin Press, 1984. Hardcover. vg. Sm. 8vo. xii,122pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original dustjacket. Minor creasing and discoloration to dj. The purpose of this book is to discuss the language J.D. Salinger chooses to give the hero-narrator, Holden Caulfield. Inscribed by author on rear endpaper "To Prof. Metzger with best regards. T. Namba 4/24/85." Very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14639
- Title
- The Language of Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye' [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Namba, Tatsuo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Shinozaki Shorin Press
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- American literature, Grammar, Teenage colloquial speech, Language analyses
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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