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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. Signed Limited Edition. Near Fine. The dedication copy of one of the most iconic novels of the 1960s, with a lengthy inscription from Joseph Heller on the front free endpaper to editor Robert Gotlieb, "May 24, 1995. Dear Bob, I want you to have a copy of this very expensive edition of a novel with which you (and Richard Stern) are now eternally linked, particularly since not many people have wanted to pay the very stiff price and some copies have come to me gratis. Best, Joe (East Hampton, N.Y.)."For the new edition, Heller wrote a preface about the initial publication of the novel and changed the dedication. In copies printed from 1961 to 1993, the dedication was to Heller's wife and children. For this edition, billed a few years prematurely as a 35th anniversary edition, Heller changed the dedication to read, "To Candida Donadio, literary agent, and Robert Gottlieb, editor." In the preface, Heller writes about the change: "I embrace the…

Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller, first published in 1961. The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944, and follows Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and the other airmen in the camp, who attempt to maintain their sanity while fulfilling their service requirements so that they can return home.