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• Author: Joseph Heller
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Seller Description: First edition of Heller's classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Presentation coy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Albert Raman, Best wishes to you. Joseph Heller 3/20/80 New York." The recipient was a lawyer and well-known book collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example with noted provenance. "Catch-22, Joseph Heller's first and best ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 443 pp. First edition, first printing stated. Signed by Joseph Heller on the front free endpaper, with a lengthy inscription to a former owner. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in white. Very Good+ with bump to bottom edge of front board, thin strip of staining to bottom edge of covers from old-style dust jacket sleeve, spotting to front paste down and offsetting to rear endsheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, which exhibits edge wear, ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near fine. Rebound in full blue morocco, raised bands, a.e.g. N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 1961. Fine. Very early presentation copy, dated Sept. 11, 1961-"To Milton Perlman-With all good wishes, and sincere gratitude for your help and encouragement in these pre-publication days. Joe Heller". See More Details

Seller Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. 443 p. 22 cm. Simon and Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED Joseph Heller on the ffp. An attractive dustjacket that is rich in color with slight wear to the edges. This original FIRST ISSUE DUSTJACKET has the $5.95 price present with no chips or pieces missing. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are good with ... See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Bookplate front fly, and endpapers skinned where an old jacket protector was affixed there, thus good only in good dustwrapper with evidence of glue and tape where the jacket was affixed. A presentable, if not exactly lovely copy. The author's first novel, whose satiric anti-war attitude set the tone for the 1960s, and whose title quickly became part of the language. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good+ Advance reading copy in original white wraps and blue type stating "To be published October 10, 1961" "Price $5.95" on front cover. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page, but actually pre-publication copy. Wraps are toned with just a little wear spine edges and about 1/2" at top edge of front cover. Back cover has a 1/8" tear and very modest soiling from rubbing on shelf. Faint toning to page edges, but pages themselves are unaffected and pristine. Book appears to have never ... See More Details

1961, Simon & Schuster Paperback, Very Good

Sage Rare & Collectible Books BEST Livonia, MI, USA

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Seller Description: Very Good in Good dust jacket. Blue cloth binding has traces of fading on edges and a small area on the spine top. No internal markings. Dustjacket has moderate edgewear which includes small tears and light crease lines. There are two small chips out at the head and tail of the spine. Spine shows some soiling / darkening.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 443 pages. See More Details

Seller Description: New. 0399130861. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT---with a bonus offer-- See More Details

Seller Description: As New. 0671823884. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION--488 pages--with a bonus offer-- See More Details

Seller Description: As New. 0399133550. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION-. Considerable creasing to DJ, with some nicking, abrading and a few small tears to edges. Name of former owner recorded in ink on fep. --with a bonus offer-- See More Details

Seller Description: NY 1961. 8.5x5.5", cloth, 443pp, bookplate, ink inscription, inner front hinge cracked, light cover staining in well worn and edge chipped dw. FIRST EDITION. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. ADVANCE READING COPY. Very good+ or better copy in white printed wrappers. (Faintly discernible damping at bottom fore edge running through most the book. Not at all messy. Trace of toning at unprinted spine and front cover. Mild crease at bottom edge of rear cover. ) Uncommon advance issue of the author's acclaimed FIRST book.; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4" See More Details

1961, Simon and Schuster. Softcover, Very Good

Waverley Books AVERAGE Santa Monica, CA, USA

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Seller Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Fine Copy in a Near Fine Jacket $5.95 on Lower Flap. Stated First Edition lightly Foxed on Jacket Spine Excellent Fresh Copy of This Modern Day Classic Scarce in This Condition. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Good jacket. First edition. Drink rings on the front board, else about near fine in a good plus dustwrapper with a few moderate chips. Author's first novel, whose satiric anti-war attitude set the tone for the 1960s, and whose title quickly became part of the language. See More Details

Seller Description: Bob Slocum was living the American dream. He had a beautiful wife, three lovely children, a nice house...and all the mistresses he desired. He had it all--all, that is, but happiness. Slocum was discontent. Inevitably, inexorably, his discontent deteriorated into desolation until...something happened. Something Happened is Joseph Heller's wonderfully inventive and controversial second novel satirizing business life and American culture. The story is told as if the reader was overhearing the ... See More Details

Seller Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. VG, VG, corner bumped, no tears or marks, in mylar cover. Binding is tight. Signed by Heller. 484 p. First Large Type Edition, 1961; DJ intact, not price clipped ($10.95). Photos available upon request. See More Details

Seller Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. NF/VG. Stated First Printing edition. In clean blue cloth HC with light pink/orange topstain and a very clean and bright blue/white/red dj with a full-page photographic portrait of Heller on the rear cover which shows a long internally tape-repaired tear from the top down to about the left eye of Mr. Heller. Non-clipped dj with the original price of $5.95 on the bottom of th e front flap. Attractive po ex-libris bookplate on the ffep. VERY minor chips off the top ... See More Details

Seller Description: Fine. Handsomely rebound in full light blue morocco, darker blue spine labels. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1961). First Edition. Fine. See More Details

Seller Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Stated first printing in very good clean bright tight square first edition. With price clipped original jacket showing a young Heller. For those who want a better 50 year old first printing book! A true piece of history! See More Details

Seller Description: Heller's first book since Catch-22, We Bombed in New Haven is an extension-after seven years which have seen that novel's most extravagant imaginings stolen by history-of Heller's wild and moving vision of man against war. See More Details

Seller Description: Very good condition. Book. Octavo (8vo). 443 pages of text. Three quarter leather binding with gilt-stamped spine. New endpapers. The original maroon cloth backstrip/spine has been affixed to a new rear endpaper. A few minor spots of staining/soiling scattered to a few dozen closed page edges and two pages with tiny creases to the lower corner. Joseph Heller (1823-1999). First edition, first printing with no further printings noted on the copyright page. See More Details

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Seller Description: Fine in slipcase without dustwrapper, as issued. One of 750 numbered and SIGNED copies of this classic with a new preface by Heller. Published in 1994 to coincide with the publication of its sequel, CLOSING TIME, and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original publication. See More Details