Joseph Heller — Catch-22

London, Jonathan Cape, 1963. Cloth. A bright copy of Joseph Heller's culturally important World War Two novel. The seventh impression of this popular work, published the year after the first.In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.'Catch-22' is a significant war and bureaucracy satire novel, set during the Second World War. The title of this book has know become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice.Written by Joseph Heller, who is best known for this novel. 'Catch-22' is considered to be one of the most significant novels to be published in the twentieth century, and follows the anti-hero Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier from 1942 to 1944. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with a couple of light marks to the cloth. Very light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper, with a small chip to the head of the spine, and a small closed tear to the tail of the front joint. Wraps are a little age-toned, with a few light handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.