Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger [FIRST EDITION / 7TH PRINTING]

FIRST EDITION / SEVENTH PRINTING [1961] LITTLE BROWN & COMPANY

Hardcover with dust jacket.  DJ has some discloration, a few tears to edges & some sticker damage to lower spine..  Book itself is excellent; cover is clean and pages read like new. 

The short story, Franny, takes place in an unnamed college town and tells the tale of an undergraduate who is becoming disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her.

The novella, Zooey, is named for Zooey Glass, the second-youngest member of the Glass family. As his younger sister, Franny, suffers a spiritual and existential breakdown in her parents' Manhattan living room -- leaving Bessie, her mother, deeply concerned -- Zooey comes to her aid, offering what he thinks is brotherly love, understanding, and words of sage advice.