Sale 2478 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, May 15, 2018

177 c   HELLER, JOSEPH. Catch-22. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, spine lettered in white, slightly shaken, corners soft, scattered soiling, spine tanned with minor fraying to head and foot; dust jacket, unclipped, spine panel faded slightly with chip to head, some corner rubbing and overall dustsoiling; small diminishing dampstain to bottom of blank margins of approximately first 15 pages. NewYork: Simon and Schuster, 1961 [3,000/4,000] first edition , first printing , presentation copy , evocatively inscribed by heller in the year of publication , referencing a key character in the book : “To Sue Fox - /With all best wishes and / with the hope that / we’ll meet again soon. / Hungry Joe Heller / November 14, 1961 / NewYork.”