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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.

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.