Catch-22 by Heller, Joseph - 1961

London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1950 First printing of first British edition. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. Ownership signature to front-free endpage, light rubbing and tanning to board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to back cover and flap margins, small stamp, "690" to bottom back cover, moderate rubbing/creasing/paper loss to edges, primarily spine ends and corners, and a short ink mark to upper front cover, else fine.

New York : Harcourt Brace and Company, 1994 First printing, stated first edition. Signed by Paul Monette directly on the title page; also signed by 12 other LGBT activists for a Los Angeles charity for Lesbian and Gay Rights:, Thom Gunn (poet, writer); Joe Keenan (writer); Jackie Goldberg (politician, teacher, former member of California State Assembly, Pink Lady--Hero of Hollywood, author of AB-205 a domestic partner benefits law); Armistead Maupin (writer, Tales of the City); Sharon Stricker (poet and activist); Patricia Nell Warren (writer and LGBT journalist); Tim Hine (teacher, actor); Winston Wilde (book's dedicatee, sexologist, psychotherapist, author); et el. Light shelf wear, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.

New York: Doubleday, 1987 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and dated by Isaac Asimov, directly on the title page, along with an inscription turned into an original rhimed poem by Asimov: "There's a certain young doctor named Art / whom people have thought of as smart, / And handsome and sporty. / He's now turning forty--- / As an oldster he'll make a new start / Isaac Asimov / 1988." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light creasing/rubbing and wear to corners/spine ends, else fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951 First printing of the first edition, with Scribner's 'A' on the copyright page, in first issue dust jacket with the 2.50 price on front flap, 222pp. Offsetting to endpapers, faint toning to spine and endpapers, a few pages faintly creased, and a few small stains to interior, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to spine, folds, and inside flaps, light rubbing to folds, and moderate edge wear to spine ends and corners, else fine.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950 First printing of the first edition. Book with light, uneven toning to the title page, otherwise interior pages only faintly toned at the margins; dust jacket with light toning to spine, a hairline crimp along spine, tape to verso, and a faint, small moister splash near bottom front cover, else fine. An attractive copy.

New York : Harcourt Brace and Company, 1994 First printing, stated first edition. Signed by Paul Monette directly on the title page; also signed by 12 other LGBT activists for a Los Angeles charity for Lesbian and Gay Rights:, Thom Gunn (poet, writer); Joe Keenan (writer); Jackie Goldberg (politician, teacher, former member of California State Assembly, Pink Lady--Hero of Hollywood, author of AB-205 a domestic partner benefits law); Armistead Maupin (writer, Tales of the City); Sharon Stricker (poet and activist); Patricia Nell Warren (writer and LGBT journalist); Tim Hine (teacher, actor); Winston Wilde (book's dedicatee, sexologist, psychotherapist, author); et el. Light shelf wear, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.

New York: Doubleday, 1987 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and dated by Isaac Asimov, directly on the title page, along with an inscription turned into an original rhimed poem by Asimov: "There's a certain young doctor named Art / whom people have thought of as smart, / And handsome and sporty. / He's now turning forty--- / As an oldster he'll make a new start / Isaac Asimov / 1988." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light creasing/rubbing and wear to corners/spine ends, else fine.

New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950 First printing of the first edition. Book with light, uneven toning to the title page, otherwise interior pages only faintly toned at the margins; dust jacket with light toning to spine, a hairline crimp along spine, tape to verso, and a faint, small moister splash near bottom front cover, else fine. An attractive copy.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 First printing of the stated first edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with a short closed tear/crease to top edge of the front cover, diagonal crease to top corner of front and back flaps, a touch of rubbing to back cover, and light wear to spine ends, else fine. A beautiful copy of a very scarce title.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book, 1981 First printing of the stated first trade edition, preceded by the Franklin Library edition. Signed by Toni Morrison directly on the front endpage. Very slight crease to top corner of the first three leaves, else book in fine condition; in a fine dust jacket. A superb copy.