Catch by Heller Joseph: Signed (72 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus 1994. First Printing. Book shows some light wear and tear under close inspection. Signed by Author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. *Autographed by author.* Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Stamped with 22kt gold gilt design on cover front, back and spine. All edges gold. Silk moire fabric end papers. Satin ribbon place holder. Raised bands along spine. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Until it's absorption by the Easton Press in 2000, the Franklin Library Press set the standard for finely bound, profusely gilt classic leather bindings. Signed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited edition signed by the author. Handsomely bound in full blue leather with gilt titling and decoration on spine and front and rear covers. Raised bands on spine. All page edges gilt, silk moire endpapers and a satin bookmark bound in. Very Good. Mild toning to edges of silk moire endpapers. Previous owner bookplate applied to BACK of moire front endpage and therefore not easily removed. 551 pages, with illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Franklin Center, PA: Signed 60. Robert Andrew Parker. Unread copy in very good condition. A couple of spots of light wear to bottom edge and minor imperfections in page gilt, with some fading to silk endpapers. Gilt-embossed design on blue leather background. No internal markings or other signs of previous ownership. Tissue guard still in place over signature page. Sewn-in bookmark appears to still be in original position. Notes included. Robert Andrew Parker (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. UK paperback reprint. An excellent inscription to Valerie Singleton. 'to Val - With sincere affection - you made talking on Midweek so pleasant - Joseph Heller, May 14, 1980'. Impeccable provenance. Paperback in Good condition overall with some spine fade. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Just removed from original shrink wrap! 25th Anniversary reissue. Signed limited edition #310/750 in slipcase. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Later printing. Signed by Joseph Heller on the front flyleaf. The classic novel of wartime madness, a cornerstone of American literature. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Limited Edition First Thus. New. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on archival paper with onion skin sheet inserted to protect the signature. A beautiful Franklin Library Limited Edition. Square and brightt with stunning gilt edges all around. Unread. Signed by Heller. An extraordinary copy of an American classic at a great price. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine+. Near Fine+. 1st Edition/2nd Printing Thus.- 1994 Special Edition with new introduction by author. SIGNED by Joseph Heller on a bookplate affixed to front end page; "Joseph Heller 'Catch 22'". From the famous 1970 Mike Nichols film version of the novel --attached to first free fly-page is a bookplate SIGNED by RICHARD BENJAMIN (played 'Maj. Danby') and a photo-card SIGNED by PAULA PRENTISS (played 'Nurse Duckett'). Laid-in is a card SIGNED by RICHARD LIBERTINI (played 'Brother John'). $25.00 price present on DJ flap; mylar protected. (Bonus: Also comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Heller's "Closing Time", Heller's sequel to Catch 22 also published in 1994--bonus book only comes with domestic order). Unique copy for the Heller--Catch-22 fan or collector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author & Cast.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A FIRST EDITION EX LIB HARDCOVER IN DJ. SIGNED ON TIPPED IN PAGE. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. 416pp. Near fine/near fine. Book spine ever-so-faintly rubbed. Handsome and tight copy of the 35th anniversary edition of THE classic 1961 satirical war novel -- with front colophon noting limitation to 750 numbered copies (this #622) signed boldly by Heller in black ballpoint. Best of all, this unique copy bears three fine, matching, heavy stock 5" X 3" cards signed boldly by a trio of the 1970 film version cast. Top to bottom: ROBERT E. BALABAN (born 1945, plays bomber pilot Captain Orr) signs in blue ballpoint, dated by him 25 March 1980 at upper right; AUSTIN PENDLETON (born 1940, plays Lt. Col. Moodus) signs in blue ballpoint, dated by him 3 March 1970 at upper right; and MARTIN SHEEN (born 1940, plays pilot 1st Lt. Dobbs) signs in blue fineline, dated by him 30 September 1969 at upper right. Laid in are the ideal bookmarks: Balaban, Pendleton and Sheen's original transmittal envelopes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 453 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's light blue cloth, lettered in white to spine, top edge stained red in an original red, white, and blue dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon. With souvenir typescript, one page (11" x 8 1/2") signed in black ballpoint, "Joseph Heller. Housed in a custom made enclosure. First edition with first state jacket. Souvenir typescript excerpt from chapter one of the great satirical novel Catch-22, beginning: "It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him." signed by Heller in black ballpoint pen. Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. It is his debut novel. He began writing it in 1953, and the book was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the 20th century, it uses a distinctive non-chronological third-person omniscient narration, describing events from the points of view of different characters. The separate storylines are out of sequence so the timeline develops along with the plot. The novel satirizes military bureaucracy and greed. Condition: Some staining to cloth along top edge and at foot of spine. Jacket lightly rubbed with a few small tears along edges, some with tape repairs to reverse, small puncture to back panel at fold else very good in like jacket housed in custom orange-brown marbled cloth clamshell box. Souvenir typescript fine. Paul Bacon (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition/Stated First Printing; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by the author to the front free paper. An exceptionally well preserved copy of this classic work of World War II fiction; a rare presentation copy. This copy is inscribed to Lee Milazzo, an editor and professor of history at SMU in Dallas. Housed in a custom clamshell box. This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding and clean white pages throughout; some mild pale toning to the cloth edges, else Fine. The dust jacket is a crisp, bright near fine example with a few small chips and a couple of tiny closed tears to the spine head, and some light rubbing to the edges. A highly presentable and collectible copy of a novel getting scarce in the first printing and in this condition, rare indeed as a presentation copy. Not remaindered, not price-clipped ($5.95 intact), not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1961. 443 pages. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Joseph Heller on the front endpaper, on October 11th, 1961, eight days before the book's official publication date, on October 19th, 1961. At that time, Joseph Heller was still working at McCall's magazine, and chose to include McCall's as a post-script, below his inscription and signature. This pre-publication copy would indicate this copy was likely from the author's own private stock of pre-publication copies. Additionally, Mr. Heller inscribed the book for his then boss at McCall's magazine. All of this information is provided by Joseph Heller, in a handwritten note, explaining this very pre-publication date inscription. This hand-written letter is laid in, along with its original mailing envelope, dated June 17, 1996, with a 117 postmark, indicating Suffolk County, Long Island, which is home to East Hampton, where Mr. Heller resided. As for the book, binding is tight. Hinges are strong and sound. Sunned red topstain. Original DJ with $5.95 price intact on flap. DJ is bright and attractive. One or two tiny edge chips. Red hue is bright on the front and on jacket spine. Light rubbing to jacket. One tiny instance of minor soiling, on DJ front. Endpapers are clean; front endpaper contains the lengthy inscription, from Mr. Heller. Blue cloth panels have been professionally cleaned. Cloth rubbed thin along some folds. A touch of professional restoration in front gutter, and to blue cloth, mostly on corner tips. There are nicer copies available, but few check so many boxes for one of the most important books in twentieth century literature. First edition, first printing, in bright original jacket, signed and inscribed by the author in a dated, prepublication association copy, with the inscription breakdown supplied by the author himself, some thirty-five years after the fact. A true plum. Rare. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "FIRST PRINTING" printed on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by Joseph Heller on a laid in signature. This First Issue dustjacket has the $5.95 printed price present with no chips or pieces missing. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the panels. The pages are exceptionally clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. Signed by Author(s).…

Fine Binding. Condition: New. Limited Edition. This stunning edition of Joseph Heller's satirical, anti-war, cult classic is published by the Croatian fine press, Amaranthine Books, in a limitation of only 200 signed and numbered copies, this being #109. This is a spectacular, letterpress-printed, limited edition of 'Catch 22' in mint condition as received directly from the publisher. The book is sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. It comes with the 'swag' that was only available with books purchased directly from Amaranthine. It is signed by Damir Mazinjanin (illustrations), Marko Matijasevic (creative concept), and the whole production team. This stunningly unique edition of 'Catch 22' is hand-bound with a military-green goatskin leather spine, and plywood laser-engraved boards featuring tally marks designed to capture the essence of the title. The book comes in a tray case designed to look like a WWII weapon's crate and is bound in military-green book cloth with white foil blocked on the front and on the spine. The case is lined with beige plush, keeping the book well protected. There are 22 illustrations throughout the book, each depicting moments where Catch-22 situations were most prominent in the dialogue between the characters. All these illustrations feature at least one detail where the geometry and logic are broken, akin to the drawings of M.C. Escher. These challenging illustrations were meticulously made by Damir Mazinjanin. The book has been printed letterpress, including all the illustrations, on 100% cotton paper, and features marbled endpapers made to look like military camouflage. Included are a two-sided bookmark, featuring a bomb on one side and a plum tomato on the other, and a notebook. The first photo is of this copy but the others are stock images as the book is sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. HEAVY/OVERSIZE/HIGH VALUE. Buyers may be asked for extra postage to cover higher shipping and insurance costs. Enquiries welcome. ORDERS professionally packed, tracked and insured. U.S. BUYERS: Books remain exempt from import duty under U.S. law. I provide accurate customs forms to protect buyers from unnecessary charges and to minimise delays. Mazinjanin, Damir (illustrator). Signed by Artist & Production. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Simon and Schuster; New York, 1961. Trade paperback. Advanced Reading Copy (uncorrected proof). Cut out card, signed by author, Joseph Heller, laid in. A Good, binding intact, handling/scuffing and sunning to covers, wear and creases to spine, couple of blue pen lines on front cover, text block edges a bit pulpy, mild scattered foxing to text block edges, some age toning to pages, few dog-eared pages, small and faint moisture stain bottom text block edge, Mylar protected, copy in wraps. Good and overall clean copy. Laid into a custom black and sturdy clamshell box with trace handling marks/shelf wear. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 443pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book. Signed by Author.…

First printing of this edition. 551 pp. Fine in full gilt-decorated leather. A.e.g., ribbon place marker bound-in. Illustrations by Robert Andrew Parker. Includes a "special message to subscribers" by Heller unique to this edition. One of an unstated limitation SIGNED by Heller. Twenty-two page "Notes from the Editors" (near fine in stapled wrappers with a vertical band of offsetting to the front cover accompanies).…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dw as Issued. some light scratches to the gilt on thepage edges. Signed by Joseph Heller on a laid in sheet. Daniel Mark Duffy (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Octavo. .551 pages, full navy blue leather, gilt, silk moire endpapers, a.e.g. Signed by Heller, and With a New Message by the Author for this edition, in which he remarks on the existential meaning of the book's title and theme. New illustrations by Robert Parker, who had been a mechanic on B-29s before becoming an influential artist. Half a century ago, in a coffee shop, I was introduced to two lawyers who had served in the Army Air Force with Joseph Heller. They asked me, "You don't think he made up all of those events, do you?" "Hilariously funny, the novel's insights are also deadly serious ." - 1001 BOOKS YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU DIE. The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction, 29.…

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

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Signed by author on second preliminary page at front. A Limited edition. Full deep blue leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. BB. Parker, Robert Andrew (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 9.5 x 6.5", blue cloth, 416pp, a nice, clean, fresh copy in a lightly soiled slipcase. LIMITED TO 750 NUMBERED COPIES (this is #651), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JOSEPH HELLER.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Limited edition, full blue leather with gilt decoration, gilt all around. with booklet Notes from the Editor. Robert Andrew Parker (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: 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. Condition: Fine. Signed by Joseph Heller in blue ink. Signature page protected by a leaf of tissue paper. Bound in full navy leather with gilded page edges, moire endpapers, and a sewn-in satin bookmark. I bought this book from a Franklin Library subscriber who never read it. It was on his shelf from 1978-late 2024. Part of Franklin's signed limited editions series, sometimes called the 60 series because there were sixty titles in the series. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Thus. First Franklin Library edition, signed by Joseph Heller. Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. Pamphlet "Notes from the Editors" laid in. Ribbon marker. As new, never read. These early Franklin library editions are destined to become true collector's items, especailly of classics such as Catch-22. Excellent to add to any collection or as a gift. Robert Andrew Parker (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second printing. Octavo, 416pp. Second printing of this new edition of Heller's classic, with a Preface by Heller, dated in 1994. A good copy only in the publisher's blue boards with red cloth spine, lacking the dust jacket. Notable soiling and spotting to the rear board. Still, an excellent copy, SIGNED and warmly INSCRIBED by Heller on a leaf preceding the title page: "For Leon Golden - With respect and affection -- and with gratitude for a [underlined] splendid time in Tallahassee. Joseph Heller, March 23, 1997. Tallahasee." Golden, a Lecturer at Florida State, was the moderator on a panel held in March 1997 at Florida State University, on the topic of "War and Racism in American Culture." The three star panelists were Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, and William Styron, all of whom were veterans of World War II, and who wrote novels which are emblematic of the theme under discussion. The panel discussion took place on March 21, 1997 (two days before this inscription). It later aired on C-Span, and is available on their website. The existence of a signed Franklin Library edition, as well as a signed limited issue of this 1994 reprint, make signed copies of Catch-22 not especially uncommon. However, pleasing associations such as this one are harder to come by at modest price points. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Full dark blue leather with bright gilt elaborate border decorations and center geometric decorations to front and rear - all edges bright gilt, endpapers moire silk, archival paper, and 2 raised bands to spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of any flaws - beautiful book, Fine. Signed by Heller on a blank page with a laid-in tissue guard. Signed by Author(s).…