Joseph Heller
114 copies for sale · $20–$15,000 · 65 first editions · 16 signed
Notable copies for sale
Catch-22 (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$5,500
Catch 22 (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
We Bombed in New Haven (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,250
CATCH-22 (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$15,000
CATCH-22 (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$11,000
Geschichte Der Holzschneidekunst Von Den Altesten Bis Auf Des Neuesten Zeiten Nebst Zwei (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$400
Verzeichniß von bambergischen topographisch-historischen Abbildungen in Holzschnitt, Kupfe (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$165
Catch-22: A Dramatization (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
Catch-22. A Novel (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,500
Catch-22 (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,200
Catch-22 (first edition) — Honey & Wax Booksellers$2,000
GOOD AS GOLD (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
What these are worth
Catch-22 (first edition, first printing)5 copies from 4 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
CATCH-2215 copies · €43–€8,200
GOOD AS GOLD12 copies · $20–$113
SOMETHING HAPPENED7 copies · $20–$88
GOD KNOWS7 copies · $20–$48
CATCH-225 copies · $3,000–$15,000
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST, AS AN OLD MAN5 copies · $20–$73
Catch-22, Joseph Heller True 1st 19694 copies · $300
God Knows - 1st Edition/1st Printing4 copies · $40–$48
Good As Gold - 1st Edition/1st Printing3 copies · $40
Good As Gold3 copies · $20–$20
CATCH-22; A Novel2 copies · $478–$2,500
Catch-222 copies · $2,000–$2,200
We Bombed in New Haven2 copies · $54–$1,250
Something Happened Signed2 copies · $45–$125
Good As Gold Signed2 copies · $65–$75
Picture This2 copies · $20–$55
Something Happened - 1st Edition/1st Printing2 copies · $48
Picture This Signed2 copies · $38–$45
We Bombed In New Haven2 copies · $20
God Knows2 copies · €13–€20
Market context
95 copies of Joseph Heller's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $300 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Good as Gold, first edition, signed by the author, New York, 1979; and another, signed (2) (forum, 2026-07-02)£100
God Knows, first edition, signed by the author, New York, 1984; and 20 others, American an (forum, 2026-04-23)£170
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