Catch 22 Double Signed Inscribed First by Heller Joseph (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Joseph Heller (1961) 'Catch-22', US first edition, first printing, published by Simon & Schuster. Signed twice by the author. Signed on the title page, and once more signed and inscribed on the half-title page: "To Dick Jenny Rhett Robotham. With good wishes. Joseph Heller | 2/26/85 | N.Y.U" Provenance: Signed to a collector and literature buff in person in New York at a literature event in 1985 Condition: a near fine copy in like dust jacket. The boards are nice as shown, the lettering on the spine present. the dust jacket is NOT price clipped in decent condition. One of only 4,000 first edition copies of this landmark novel which features on various lists of the best 20th century novels in the English language. Initially a slow sale the book became an international bestseller and resonated well with WWII veterans as well as the Vietnam generation in the 1960s. Adapted into a film in 1970 and once more into a TV-series in 2019. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).