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an undated 9 X 11.25 inch hardcover large type edition (c.1955,1961) in blue publisher's boards with white titles to spine, second state DJ with $10.95 price is protected in clear book jacket cover with 6 review blurbs on rear, inscribed note on FEP signed Joe Heller 8/20/69, 484 pages, dust tone and rubs to DJ.

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.