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HELLER, Joseph (1923-1999). Catch-22. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. 8vo. [2, blank], 443, [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s full blue cloth, spine lettered in white, publisher’s unclipped (“$5.95”) dust jacket (cloth spine and board-edges rubbed and sunned, headcap bumped, numeric inkstamp on copyright page near top and soiled tear near inkstamp (visible on title-page as well); jacket chipped at spine edges and corners, some chipping and marginal creased tears to upper and lower jacket margins on front and rear jacket panel, jacket toned). Overall a good copy. FIRST EDITION, STATED FIRST PRINTING, WITH A BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY HELLER AFFIXED TO FFEP. With the 1961 ownership signature of “George Bronson Howard” on the ffep. Offered with the rare promotional pamphlet, “One Great Novelist of the 70’s Writes About Another / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. on Joseph Heller’s Something Happened…” [New York: Ballantine Books, 1974]. Printed wrappers. First edition of this uncommon promotional piece for Heller’s novel. Minor rubbing, else near fine.