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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. First THUS. Signed by author. Minor edge wear may be present due to storage. Otherwise NF, appears unread.

Hardcover. First Edition, 18th Printing. Octavo, 443 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. White spine with a blue rectangle and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$13.95", has mild shelving wear, mild wear along the edges, chipping along the fore corners, and bending wear along the front flap. Boards have mild wear along the fore corners, light bumping along the front head fore corner, moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges, and stains on the rear cover. Textblock has a stain through the dedication page to page 8, a stain on page 6, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. Inscription on the front end-page reading "To Douglas Payne, With regards from Grace Neil, who tells me you enjoy this book, and with very sincere good wishes from me" signed Joseph Heller, dated "May 1, 1986 East Hampton, N.Y.". DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Joseph Heller was born May 1, 1923 on Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC to poor Jewish immigrants from Russia. Heller had an early love for writing, writing a story about the Soviet invasion of Finland, which was rejected by the "New York Daily News". Heller would join the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, performing over 60 missions flying a B-25 bomber. After graduating with an M.A. in English, Heller would work several jobs, writing as he worked, eventually coming up with the lines that would birth "Catch-22" in 1953. "Catch-22" would be published in 1961, a satirical war novel based in part on Joseph Heller's personal experiences during World War II. After publication, "Catch-22" became big amongst younger circles who felt the novel encapsulated feelings about the Vietnam War. "Catch-22" remains a popular novel into the modern day, many noting it's seeming prescience about the chaos of the world to come. 1390120. Special Collections.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. A Fine copy in the original blue leather, gilt. Signed by the author. Mint.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Signed limited. The Franklin Library leather-bound edition signed by Joseph Heller. Fine.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Original 12" stereo long playing microgroove 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record. Cover illustration by Diane and Leo Dillon. Liner notes by Robert M. Scotto. A large but faint scratch over Track Two of Side Two "Yossarian Walks Through Rome," along with some other light wear from playing and handling, still a very good copy that should display only minor flaws in quality upon playback, in a very good cardboard sleeve with toning and bumping to the corners with most of the original shrink wrap remaining some of which has been torn away. Signed by Joseph Heller on the front cover. TC 1418. Features eight excerpts including "Yossarian: Clevinger's Trial," "Doc Deneeka," and "Snowden's Death.".

Hardcover. Signed by Joseph Heller on limitation page at front, copy #561 of 750 in the limited edition. 416 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering, blindstamped front board, housed in publisher's red slipcase with gilt lettering. Fine in slightly bumped slipcase. The 25th anniversary edition with a new preface by the author.

Hardcover. Limited Edition. One of 750 numbered and SIGNED copies of this classic with a new preface by Heller. Published in 1994 to coincide with the publication of its sequel, CLOSING TIME, and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original publication. Fine in slipcase without dustwrapper, as issued.

443 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition, first printing (stated). First edition, first printing (stated). 443 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "To Joseph Collins, a victim & Survivor of Catch-22, Joseph Heller." General Joeph Collins fought in WW II and was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Publisher's blue cloth. VG+ in iconic Paul Bacon dust jacket which has some light chipping and old water stain (visible only from verso). Bookplate. Laid into a half blue morocco dropbox.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 443 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Aged white spine with a blue rectangle with white lettering inside. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut "$5.95", has mild shelving wear, chipping along the head fore corners and rear head edge, mild wear along the rear tail edge, small open tears along the spine head edge, stains on the rear cover and spine, and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the fore corners, light bumping along the rear tail fore corner, and moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock has denting and water damage along the head edges of the front end-page to page 37, 108-131, and 188-226, moderate water damage throughout the tail edges along the gutter and hinges, a stain on the front end-page and pastedown, mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the edges, faded red inking along the head edge. Signed flat by Joseph Heller on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Joseph Heller was born May 1, 1923 on Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC to poor Jewish immigrants from Russia. Heller had an early love for writing, writing a story about the Soviet invasion of Finland, which was rejected by the "New York Daily News". Heller would join the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, performing over 60 missions flying a B-25 bomber. After graduating with an M.A. in English, Heller would work several jobs, writing as he worked, eventually coming up with the lines that would birth "Catch-22" in 1953. "Catch-22" would be published in 1961, a satirical war novel based in part on Joseph Heller's personal experiences during World War II. After publication, "Catch-22" became big amongst younger circles who felt the novel encapsulated feelings about the Vietnam War. "Catch-22" remains a popular novel into the modern day, many noting it's seeming prescience about the chaos of the world to come. 1390129. Special Collections.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. first. SIGNED first printing, as stated on copyright page. Signed on tipped-in page. Book near fine, a couple of faint water stains on covers, front and rear papers slightly discolored, tiny spot to bottom edge of pages. Dust jacket very good, some pieces missing, some wear and chipping.

hardcover. Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. first. 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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. FIRST. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTINING IN DUST JACKET. with handwritten letter on his personal stationary. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of Heller's classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation copy, 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 indictments of war. 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 Books of the Century 177). Basis for the 1970 film directed by Mike Nichols. The cast included Alan Arkin, Bob Balaban, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Olimpia Carlisi, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Charles Grodin, Bob Newhart, Anthony Perkins, Paula Prentiss, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, and Orson Welles.

hardcover. Zustand: near fine. Rebound in full blue morocco, raised bands, a.e.g. N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Fine. Very early presentation copy, dated Sept. 11, 1961 - "To Milton Perlman- With all good wishes, and sincere gratitude for your help and encouragement in these pre-publication days. Joe Heller".

GOD KNOWS Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1984, 353 SS. gebunden (Hardcover,8°), Schutzumschlag mit Aufkleber Doubleday Book Shops AUTOGRAPHED COPY - eigenhändig signiert.

Zustand: Near Fine. Signed Limited Edition. A fantastic association copy of this deluxe reissue of Catch-22. This copy is inscribed to Nina Bourne, who was the advertising director at Simon and Schuster when Catch-22 was published. Signed by Heller on the limitation page, this copy is additionally inscribed on the front free endpaper by him, "Dear Nina, I want you to have a copy of this special edition of a novel with which you are now eternally associated, especially since there are not very many people who want to pay $125 to own one and some have come to me gratis. Also, it's possible you may not have yet seen your glorious name in the preface. Best, as always, Joe. May 24, 1995. East Hampton, N.Y." In the new introduction that Heller wrote for this edition, he credits Bourne for her creative ad campaign that helped get this first novel noticed. The New York Times' obituary for Bourne noted, "The campaign she created for Catch-22 is now regarded as a classic. Ms. Bourne was the most passionate in-house champion of the book, a darkly comic tale of World War II by a first-time novelist." Nina Bourne was close friends with Robert Gottlieb, the editor at Simon & Schuster who discovered Heller and worked with him for years on Catch-22. When Gottlieb left S&S for Knopf, Bourne went with him, which explains why Heller thought she might not have seen the preface to this edition. Gottlieb inherited this book when Bourne died in 2010 and it comes from his estate (with provenance). Simon & Schuster reissued Catch-22 in hardcover and in this signed, limited edition to coincide with the publication of Closing Time, a sequel to the original novel. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt, fading to spine cloth. Near Fine with light rubbing to lettering on spine, in a Near Fine publisher's slipcase with light soiling, scuffing and wear. An important association copy.

Zustand: Near Fine. Signed Limited Edition. The dedication copy of one of the most iconic novels of the 1960s, with a lengthy inscription from Joseph Heller on the front free endpaper to editor Robert Gotlieb, "May 24, 1995. Dear Bob, I want you to have a copy of this very expensive edition of a novel with which you (and Richard Stern) are now eternally linked, particularly since not many people have wanted to pay the very stiff price and some copies have come to me gratis. Best, Joe (East Hampton, N.Y.)."For the new edition, Heller wrote a preface about the initial publication of the novel and changed the dedication. In copies printed from 1961 to 1993, the dedication was to Heller's wife and children. For this edition, billed a few years prematurely as a 35th anniversary edition, Heller changed the dedication to read, "To Candida Donadio, literary agent, and Robert Gottlieb, editor." In the preface, Heller writes about the change: "I embrace the opportunity afforded no to dedicate this new edition to both of them, as colleagues and allies with talents that were of immeasurable value." Gottlieb, while a young editor at Simon & Schuster, signed Heller to a publishing contract and then worked for several years to turn the manuscript into a publishable novel. The title was Catch-18. As the long-in-progress WWII satire neared publication, Leon Uris, a best-selling writer, announced that his forthcoming novel was titled Mila 18. Heller needed a new number, and Gottlieb came up with Catch-22, a term that came to mean a paradoxical situation. In his memoir, Avid Reader, Gottieb describes getting the first seventy-five pages of the novel in 1957. "I was knocked out by the voice, the humor, the anger. We offered Joe five hundred dollars as an option payment." (In the preface here, Heller remembers it as $750.) The Richard Stern referenced in the inscription wrote a negative review of Heller's first book in the New York Times. Stern wrote that the book "gasps for want of craft and sensibility." Obviously, despite the success of the book, the riches he got from it, and the passing of more than 30 years, a few harsh paragraphs from the author of Golk and other books, still rankled in Heller's brain. He used this inscription and his preface to settle an old score.Simon & Schuster reissued Catch-22 in hardcover and in this signed, limited edition to coincide with the publication of Closing Time, a sequel to the original novel. This is copy number 524, also signed by Heller on the limitation page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light rubbing to lettering on spine, in a Near Fine publisher's slipcase with light soiling, scuffing and wear. An important association copy.

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. âA 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 Catch-22 involves a mysterious Army Air Forces regulation which asserts that a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions but that if he makes the necessary formal request to be relieved of such missions, the very act of making the request proves that he is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved." Although the story takes place during the Second World War, the novel is largely a commentary on the Cold War and McCarthyism, and its anti-war message especially resonated with young people coming of age during the Vietnam War era. Joseph Heller (1923-99) wrote several novels, short stories, and plays, but "Catch-22" remains his best-known work. This copy is especially desirable for its very attractive condition and the presence of the author's signature on the title page.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 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.