Joseph Heller
78 copies for sale · $20–$15,000 · 33 first editions · 10 signed
Notable copies for sale
Catch-22 (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$5,500
CATCH-22 (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$15,000
CATCH-22 (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$11,000
Catch 22 (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
Something Happened - 1st Edition/1st Printing (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$48
Catch-22 (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,800
Catch-22 (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$3,000
Catch-22 (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,200
Catch-22 (first edition) — Honey & Wax Booksellers$2,000
Autograph Note Signed Joseph Heller To Alfred Eisenstaedt For The Alfred Eisenstaedt What — James Cummins Bookseller$750
Catch-22 (signed) — Good Books in the Woods$350
GOOD AS GOLD (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
Works on the market
CATCH-2212 copies · £43–£8,200
Catch-22, Joseph Heller True 1st 19696 copies · $300
GOOD AS GOLD6 copies · $50–$113
CATCH-225 copies · $3,000–$15,000
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST, AS AN OLD MAN5 copies · $20–$73
God Knows - 1st Edition/1st Printing4 copies · $40–$48
SOMETHING HAPPENED3 copies · $20–$88
CATCH-22; A Novel2 copies · $478–$2,500
Catch-222 copies · $2,000–$2,200
Something Happened - 1st Edition/1st Printing2 copies · $48
Autograph Note Signed Joseph Heller To Alfred Eisenstaedt For The Alfred Eisenstaedt What 1 copy · $750
CATCH-22 SIGNED; Signed1 copy · $713
GOOD AS GOLD; SIGNED Franklin Library1 copy · $343
CATCH-22; First Edition Library, FEL1 copy · $293
GOOD AS GOLD; Franklin Library1 copy · $273
GOOD AS GOLD; Signed 1st Franklin Library1 copy · $273
Joseph Heller Catch 22 1st edition 3rd printing 1 copy · $175
We Bombed in New Haven: A Play1 copy · $175
Market context
73 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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