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CATCH-22

by Heller, Joseph

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First printing
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Beautifully inscribed first edition of this dark satire on the patriotic narrative of American triumph in World War II, with a brief accompanying letter from Heller. A supreme example of black comedy in 20th-century war fiction, CATCH-22 emphasizes the existential disillusionment of soldiers witnessing their companion's deaths: graveyard humor taken to the same extremes as warfare. CATCH-22 has gone on to become a modern classic, familiar even to those who haven't read it through its influence on our linguistic culture: "Many consider the novel to be the definitive statement of the modern antiwar position. The phrase 'Catch-22', symbolizing the absurdity of all institutional logic, has become a permanent part of our language" (NYPL). A wonderful example in exceptional condition, exhibiting little of the usual fading to the red of the jacket, with a warm and revealing inscription. Rare thus. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original… Read More
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CATCH-22

by HELLER, JOSEPH

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Used
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FIRST EDITION, First Printing
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. FIRST EDITION, First Printing. 220 x 150 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 3/4"). 443 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, white lettering on smooth spine. In the original illustrated dust jacket. Housed in a modern red morocco-backed clamshell box. Title page SIGNED BY HELLER in ink. ◆A pristine volume in a bright, pleasing dust jacket. (The jacket with one-inch tear to fold at front joint neatly repaired on verso, one other quite small closed tear to top of front panel, front cover lightly chafed, slight fraying at spine ends and minor wrinkling at bottom of back panel.). This is an excellent signed copy of Heller's modern classic on the absurdity of war, often hailed as one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Based on Heller's own first-hand experiences as a member of the U.S. Air Force in WWII, the story revolves around bombardier Captain John Yossarian and his desperate efforts to keep himself alive by avoiding bombing runs. As noted by Britannica, "The 'catch' in… Read More
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Catch-22

Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

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Used
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First edition
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Hardcover
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CHESTER, Connecticut, United States
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First edition. Original blue cloth, fine in a nearly fine dust jacket (faint wear and discoloration on the spine). Inscribed by Heller.
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Catch-22.

Catch-22.

by Heller, Joseph

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Used
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Hardcover
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First edition of Heller's classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation coy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Albert Raman, Best wishes to you. Joseph Heller 3/20/80 New York." The recipient was a lawyer and well-known book collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example with noted provenance. "Catch-22, Joseph Heller's first and best-known novel, depicts a military world turned upside down. In Heller's World War II, a supplies manager has more power than a general, and anyone seeking a discharge on the grounds of insanity is declared sane enough to keep on fighting. When the novel appeared in 1961, World War II veterans appreciated its satire of the military bureaucracy and chaos of war. By the mid-1960's, it had become a cult classic among counterculture activists for its biting… Read More
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Catch 22

by Heller, Joseph

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 443 pp. First edition, first printing stated. Signed by Joseph Heller on the front free endpaper, with a lengthy inscription to a former owner. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in white. Very Good+ with bump to bottom edge of front board, thin strip of staining to bottom edge of covers from old-style dust jacket sleeve, spotting to front paste down and offsetting to rear endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, which exhibits edge wear, heavy waviness to the top portions and light, associated creasing. A nice copy for the first printing, signed by the author.
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Catch-22

Catch-22

by HELLER, Joseph

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Used - Near Fine
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Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Bookplate front fly, and endpapers skinned where an old jacket protector was affixed there, thus good only in good dustwrapper with evidence of glue and tape where the jacket was affixed. A presentable, if not exactly lovely copy. The author's first novel, whose satiric anti-war attitude set the tone for the 1960s, and whose title quickly became part of the language.
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Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

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Used - very good
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first
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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Simon & Schuster, 1961. first. hardcover. very good/very good. SIGNED first printing as stated on copyright page. Signed on tipped-in page by author. Book very good, some tanning to spine and covers, very minor rubbing to edges. Dust jacket very good, minor wear and foxing.
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CATCH-22  (Advance Reading Copy)
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CATCH-22 (Advance Reading Copy)

by Heller, Joseph

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
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Paperback
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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Simon & Schuster. Very Good+. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. ****Spring Sale! The current price reflects a 20% discount off the regular price, while the item lasts. Sale ends April 2, 2024*****; Advance reading copy in original white wraps and blue type stating "To be published October 10, 1961" "Price $5.95" on front cover. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page, but actually pre-publication copy. Wraps are toned with just a little wear spine edges and about 1/2" at top edge of front cover. Back cover has a 1/8" tear and very modest soiling from rubbing on shelf. Faint toning to page edges, but pages themselves are unaffected and pristine. Book appears to have never been cracked open. .
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Catch 22 - Accompanied by a SIGNED typescript of the opening passage from the book
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Catch 22 - Accompanied by a SIGNED typescript of the opening passage from the book

by Heller, Joseph

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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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London: Cape, 1962. A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1962. A near fine book (spotting to the page edges) without inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper a few light handling marks to the rear panel. Five reviews to the rear panel. A really lovely example of the dust wrapper. Accompanying the book is a typescript with the opening line: "It was love at first sight", SIGNED in black ball point by Joseph Heller. 8.5 x 11" - headed 'The Texan' being Chapter One of 'Catch 22'. "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him..." Signed at the conclusion in black ink, "Joseph Heller". Both book and letter in excellent condition.
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Joseph Heller's Catch-22 Very Rare, Pre-Publication Copy
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Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" Very Rare, Pre-Publication Copy

by Heller, Joseph

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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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Joseph Heller. "Catch-22." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Soft cover. Marked on cover "To be published October 10, 1961". Copy has the same design as the first edition dust jacket, but this is much scarcer than the first edition. Catch-22. Octavo, original wrappers; 443 pp. Light toning and some foxing to wrappers. Rare. ADVANCE READING COPY, PRECEDING THE FIRST EDITION, of Heller's masterpiece, one of the most influential American novels of the century. In original wrappers with publisher's promotional slip laid-in. "Captain John Yossarian is a bomber pilot who's just trying to make it through WWII alive. But the only excuse the Army will accept for refusing to fly a mission is insanity, and if Yossarian refuses to fly he is, by definition, sane. This is the self-devouring logical worm that lies at the heart of Catch-22, the story of Yossarian, his colleagues-who respond to the horrors of war with a range of seriocomic neuroses and psychoses-and his superiors, who respond to the horrors of war by… Read More
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Catch-22 (Uncorrected proof, Agent's copy)

by Heller, Joseph.

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Paperback
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, uncorrected proof. This is Candida Donadio's copy. Donadio was Joseph Heller's agent and responsbile for the "22" in Catch-22. Donadio's name and address have been written on the front cover between "Catch-22" and "Joseph Heller". This was the working copy in Donadio's office. It is, therefore, a very good copy in somewhat darkened wrappers with a few random spots. The interior text is, for the most part, in fine condition, but a few pages have been roughly opened along the bottom edge.
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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

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Used - Very Good+
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First Edition, Second Printing
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Hardcover
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Catch-22, Joseph Heller. First Edition, SECOND PRINTING, signed and inscribed by Heller to Olive Plunkett on front flyleaf. In original dust jacket.
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Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

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Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
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Hardcover
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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New York: 101 Productions. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding has traces of fading on edges and a small area on the spine top. No internal markings. Dustjacket has moderate edgewear which includes small tears and light crease lines. There are two small chips out at the head and tail of the spine. Spine shows some soiling / darkening. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 443 pages .
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CATCH-22.

by Heller, Joseph.

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Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
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Paperback
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. ADVANCE READING COPY. Very good+ or better copy in white printed wrappers. (Faintly discernible damping at bottom fore edge running through most the book. Not at all messy. Trace of toning at unprinted spine and front cover. Mild crease at bottom edge of rear cover. ) Uncommon advance issue of the author's acclaimed FIRST book. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4" .
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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

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Used - Near Fine
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Hardcover
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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First Edition/Later Printing (15th); A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed directly to the title page by the author. An outstanding copy of this classic work of WWII literature, uncommon flat signed by Heller. This copy is in near fine condition with only light rubbing to the board edges and a gentle push to the spine foot, else fine; housed in a crisp and bright near fine dust jacket that shows only some faint creasing and rubbing to the spine head and a mild age-toning to the panels and flap edges. Overall, a highly collectible and presentable copy of this seminal novel; Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box."Catch-22 is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to some one dangerously sane -- a masterpiece of our time."
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Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

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Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Flemington, New Jersey, United States
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Simon & Schuster, 1961. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Near Fine Jacket $5.95 on Lower Flap. Stated First Edition lightly Foxed on Jacket Spine Excellent Fresh Copy of This Modern Day Classic Scarce in This Condition..
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CATCH-22

by Heller, Joseph

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Used
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First Edition
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Rochester, Michigan, United States
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CATCH-22, Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, small brownish stain to the base of the spine, else a just about vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper with some light rubbing and wear and some minor professional restoration. The authors first and highly collectable book and of course the source for the film of the same name.
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Catch-22

Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

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Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. No remainder marks, no previous owner marks. Minor soiling to bottom page edges. Dus Jacket has its original price of $5.95, Dust Jacket has some rubbing to front cover - see our photo. Rubbing to rear cover of DJ. Minor shelfwear to dustjacket edges including 6 small tears along the bottom edges and 6 small tears along the top edges. Dust Jacket protected in a clear plastic Brodart cover. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 443 pages .
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Catch-22

by HELLER, Joseph

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Used - Very Good
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Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Drink rings on the front board, else about near fine in a good plus dustwrapper with a few moderate chips. Author's first novel, whose satiric anti-war attitude set the tone for the 1960s, and whose title quickly became part of the language.
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Catch-22

by Heller, Joseph

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  • near fine
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  • first
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Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Austin, Minnesota, United States
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Simon & Schuster, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated First Printing with $5.95 price on jacket. Author photo on rear panel of jacket. One-inch tear to jacket and two eighth-inch chips to spine ends of jacket, else light rubbing..
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