Catch-22
$5,500 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · Signed · In dust jacket
New York: Simon Schuster, 1961 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Heller to family in blue ink on front free endpaper, one week after publication: To Aunt Gert and Uncle Lew - With sincere affection, and with many fond memories of your warmth and generosity. Joe Heller / October 16, 1961 / New York. Publisher s light blue cloth, lettered in white to spine, top edge stained red; in a supplied original red, white, and blue dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. Good book, with some spotting and soiling to cloth, light fading to spine, corners rubbed to boards, light staining to top edge of text block, light offsetting to endpapers, and front hinge starting but sturdy; good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning and soiling to spine, light toning to panel edges, some chipping to head of spine and top edge of rear panel (text unaffected), some small closed tears to panel edges, light rubbing to front panel, and lightly nicked corners. Housed in a custom gray folding box. Overall, a great association copy. Considered one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, Catch-22 is a satirical text that tells the story of United States Air Force Captain John Yossarian during World War II. Heller coined the term Catch-22, a paradoxical situation in which a given problem s solution is inherently denied by the nature of the problem. In this novel, the catch-22 is Yossarian s enrollment in the Army; in order to be discharged, a soldier must be proven in
- Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster
- Year: 1961
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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