J. D. Salinger Rare Signed Contract for "Franny and Zooey"

Jerome David Salinger (1919-2010). Typed Document Signed, "J. D. Salinger", 2pp on the recto and verso of one sheet, 8.5" x 14", New York, November 30, 1961, a contract for "Franny and Zooey" in Danish. Salinger has added his initials, "JDS", at paragraph 5 of the recto. Also signed by Claire Salinger, as witness. Folds, creases and light soiling. Tape repairs at center fold and upper corners. In near fine condition and boldly signed with Salinger's rare autograph. 

This standard boilerplate contract, with additions and amendments here in carbon, was prepared by Salinger's, agent Franz J. Horch Associates, and grants publisher Gyldendalske Forlag of Copenhagen the right to publish a Danish translation, to be titled "Franny Og Zooey", and spells out the advance payment, royalties, and all other terms of the arrangement. Salinger planned a series of stories on Franny, Zooey and the Glass family. "Franny" originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1955 and was followed two years later by "Zooey." The two long stories were first published together in book form by Boston publisher Little, Brown in 1961, the year Salinger signed this contract.

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