Jerome David Salinger died this week at the age of 91.
This is the famous paperback edition of The Catcher in the Rye published by Bantam Books.
It was this edition many teens from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s carried around in their bookbags and back pockets.
The cover is stark and iconic.
Solid maroon both front and back with gold lettering and generic typeface.
Simple and oh so perfect.

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