Catch-22 - Signed by Heller, Joseph - 1961

Franklin Centre, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. 1978. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition. Dark blue leather with gilt decorations. Gilt to edges. Ribbon bookmark. Black & white illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Signed by the author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 551 pages. A lovely copy of Heller's classic satirical war novel. First published in 1961. . Limited Edition. Hardback.

SB. 568pp. No date. No place. A Catch-22 signed “Joseph Heller” in blue ballpoint ink on the endpage page. This classic novel is an Everyman’s Library edition printed in 1995. Light wear to the top and bottom of the dustjacket, but in fine condition.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. A signed, numbered edition with new preface by the author issued to coincide with the publication of Heller's novel Closing Time. One of the classic novels of the Second World War and of the 1960s. One of 750 numbered copies bound in blue cloth and signed by Heller on the limitation page. In a red paper slipcase. A fine copy in a near fine, slightly bumped slipcase. This is no. 561 of 750 signed by Heller.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Parker, Robert Andrew. Collectible - Like New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. 551 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by the author Joseph Heller. Limited Edition. Bound in full leather boards with gilt lettering along spine, gilt design on front and rear covers. Full gilt page edges, bound ribbon bookmark, silk moire endpapers and inside covers. Shelfwear: light rubbing along edges, moderate fading along edges of front and rear endpapers and inside covers. Tightly bound, no marks. Volume is in Near Fine-minus condition..

New York; (1989): Simon and Schuster. Limited Edition. Octavo. ). Limited to 750 copies. The present copy is number 395. A very nice edition with a new preface by Heller on pages 11-15 that provides a wonderful background of the novel when it first appeared. What will interest those who love the novel is how difficult it was for him to get anything other than articles published and how he finally received a $1500 advance which kept him going. A handsome copy bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, housed in publisher's red paper covered slipcase lettered in gilt.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in white. This is the second printing (stated on the copyright page) of the author's first book. In the same format as the first edition .Signed by the author on a laid in 3" x 5" card. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. 443 pp. . Author Signed Card. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Fine (Facsimile DW).

Pennsylvania: Franklin Library. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; Signed by Joseph Heller; Limited Edition; Signed by Author .

London: Cape, 1962. A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1962. A near fine book (spotting to the page edges) without inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper a few light handling marks to the rear panel. Five reviews to the rear panel. A really lovely example of the dust wrapper. Accompanying the book is a typescript with the opening line: "It was love at first sight", SIGNED in black ball point by Joseph Heller. 8.5 x 11" - headed 'The Texan' being Chapter One of 'Catch 22'. "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him..." Signed at the conclusion in black ink, "Joseph Heller". Both book and letter in excellent condition.

New York, 1968. Typed Letter Signed. Near Fine. Typed Letter SIGNED by Joseph Heller, author of CATCH-22: 1 page on Heller's personal deckle-edged stationery [with letterhead: "Joseph Heller / E. Hampton, N.Y."] bearing several ink corrections in the author's hand, dated June 28, 1964. Accompanied by a stamped envelope also addressed to Professor James Nagel of Northeastern University, Boston, Mass, postmarked "June 2[5?], 1968, Smithtown, N.Y.," and typed [presumably by Heller].<br/> <br/> "Joe" Heller writes "Jim" Nagel to to inquire about his new collection of critical essays about Heller's famous novel Catch-22. The author asks for a set of bound galleys of those essays. Evidently, one of the essayists got his facts wrong. In response, Heller relates what actually occurred during his last days in the Army Air Force. He was employeed in PR but couldn't recall doing anything. SIGNED Letter has EXCELLENT CONTENT about Heller's… Read More