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The Kit Book for Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
Chicago, Consolidated Book Publishers, (1942 and 1943). The Kit Book, which contains Salinger's first book appearance, the story "The Hang of It." This is the first issue (1942), the state without the head and toe bands. With the later issue mailing box, printed in red, pink and navy, and with 96 cartoons listed rather than the earlier 80. The book has a $1.00 price written on the front flyleaf; the boards are a bit rubbed; and the 2 in the copyright date is barely printed, which is not uncommon. A near fine copy in a near fine mailing box, rubbed along the folds, but not addressed for mailing. [#029717] SOLD

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