<Table> The Catcher in the Rye <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> First edition cover </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> J.D. Salinger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cover artist </Th> <Td> E. Michael Mitchell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Realistic fiction Coming - of - age fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> July 16, 1951 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Little, Brown and Company </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 277 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 287628 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 813.54 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> First edition cover </Td> </Tr>

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