Heller, Joseph (1961) ‘Catch-22’, US advance reading copy

Joseph Heller (1961) ‘Catch-22‘, US Advance Reading Copy, published by Simon and Schuster. This ARC of Heller’s landmark novel precedes the first trade edition.

Condition: a very good copy with slight browning to spine and toning to margins. Internally clean without previous owners’ names, no bookplates, no stamps. Nicely housed in a custom-made clamshell case which presents the book well and protects it from any light fading.

Heller’s ‘Catch-22’ is a landmark novel and once of the most important of the 20th century. The phrase ‘Catch-22’ has permeated the English language which very few novels have managed to do so.