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First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in white, red topstain. Near Fine with slight toning to spine and top edges of boards, minor soiling to rear board and trivial rubbing to tips. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial creases, subtle fading to spine, several small faint stains, and small tape repair at crown on verso. A great copy of the author's best-known work, a satirical novel of the absurdity of war set in World War II.

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.