Fine Books & Manuscripts

HELLER, Joseph (1923–1999). Catch-22. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth, spine lettered in white, red top stain; original unclipped dust jacket priced “$5.95” with a photograph of Heller on the rear panel (jacket wrapped in an old self-adhesive protector, tiny chip near head); cloth folding case with morocco spine label gilt. FIRST EDITION of the author's first book that is considered to be one of the most important novels of the twentieth century and which introduced the famous phrase coined by Heller into the English language. SIGNED BY HELLER on the title.