Catch-22
by Heller, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Pelham, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster,, 1961. NF/VG. Stated First Printing edition. In clean blue cloth HC with light pink/orange topstain and a very clean and bright blue/white/red dj with a full-page photographic portrait of Heller on the rear cover which shows a long internally tape-repaired tear from the top down to about the left eye of Mr. Heller. Non-clipped dj with the original price of $5.95 on the bottom of th e front flap. Attractive po ex-libris bookplate on the ffep. VERY minor chips off the top of the dj. Highly collectible.. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Near Fine/Very Good.
Synopsis
Catch-22 is Joseph Heller’s first novel and his most acclaimed work. Set during World War II, the novel uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, mainly focusing on the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier. Occasionally, the narrator also shows us how other characters, such as the chaplain or Hungry Joe, experience the world around them. As the novel’s events are described from the different points of view through separate out-of-sequence storylines, the timeline of Catch-22 develops along with the plot. The novel's title refers to a plot device that is repeatedly invoked in the story. Catch-22 starts as a set of paradoxical requirements whereby airmen mentally unfit to fly did not have to, but could not actually be excused. By the end of the novel, the phrase is invoked as the explanation for many unreasonable restrictions. “Catch-22” has since entered the English language and can be understood as an unsolvable logic puzzle, a difficult situation from which there is no escape. Upon publication, the book was not a best seller in the United States. It was merely a cult favorite until the publication of the paperback edition in 1962, which set record sales — most likely benefitting from a national debate about the pointlessness of the Vietnam War. Catch-22 has since been ranked as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library, one of the 20th century's top 100 novels by the Radcliffe Publishing Course, and one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by The Observer.
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- Bookseller
- Pellbooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6619
- Title
- Catch-22
- Author
- Heller, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- STATED FIRST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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WILLKOMMEN - BIENVENUE - WELCOME .....PELLBOOKS is owned by Karin and Steven Bratone. We have been in business for 12 years and stock over 2000 out-of-print titles in more than 50 catalogs in our own inventory. We specialize in photography, art reference, interior design, architecture and German language books. We also operate a multilingual , world-wide book search service.. We have hundreds of satisfied customers worldwide: from Albuquerque to Zanzibar! We take pride in our individualized and prompt service. Every inquiry and order is handled by an owner and we normally ship every order within 24 hours of receipt and payment! Wir freuen uns dass Sie PELLBOOKS, INC. im Internet gefunden haben. Wir beliefern Kunden aus aller Welt und Sie koennen mit us gerne auch auf Deutsch korrespondieren. Ich (Karin Bratone) bin geborene Oesterreicherin und lebe seit 30 Jahren in New York. Unser Versandantiquariat spezialsiert sich auf Literatur und Geschichte des 20.Jahrhunderts , Architektur/Design, Photographie, Kunst und Kunst Kataloge, , Biographien, Politk, Zeitgeschichte, und vieles mehr.
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