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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph Heller and the actors of the film Alan Arkin, Bob Newhart, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. The 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22, directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry, stands as one of the most ambitiously cast Hollywood productions, assembling an extraordinary constellation of comic and dramatic talent to bring Joseph Heller's sprawling satirical novel to the screen. At the center of the ensemble was Alan Arkin as Captain John Yossarian, the bombardier antihero whose desperate attempts to escape the machinery of military madness drive the narrative — a performance of controlled, slow-burning exasperation that drew on Arkin's considerable stage and screen pedigree and earned widespread critical admiration. Bob Newhart, whose deadpan comedic persona had already made him one of the most distinctive voices in American entertainment, brought his trademark understated bewilderment to the role of Major Major Major Major, the hapless officer promoted to squadron commander against his will — a character tailor-made for Newhart's ability to find absurdist comedy in bureaucratic helplessness. Richard Benjamin, fresh from his breakthrough in Goodbye, Columbus (196...

Price: $20,000.00 Item Number: 151737

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First Edition of Catch-22; Signed by Joseph Heller, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss

HELLER, Joseph [Richard Benjamin; Paula Prentiss].

Catch-22.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Joseph Heller and the actors of the film Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. The 1970 film adaptation of Catch-22, directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry, stands as one of the most ambitiously cast Hollywood productions, assembling an extraordinary constellation of comic and dramatic talent to bring Joseph Heller's sprawling satirical novel to the screen. At the center of the ensemble was Alan Arkin as Captain John Yossarian, the bombardier antihero whose desperate attempts to escape the machinery of military madness drive the narrative — a performance of controlled, slow-burning exasperation that drew on Arkin's considerable stage and screen pedigree and earned widespread critical admiration. Bob Newhart, whose deadpan comedic persona had already made him one of the most distinctive voices in American entertainment, brought his trademark understated bewilderment to the role of Major Major Major Major, the hapless officer promoted to squadron commander against his will — a character tailor-made for Newhart's ability to find absurdist comedy in bureaucratic helplessness. Richard Benjamin, fresh from his breakthrough in Goodbye, Columbus (1969), lent the film sharp i...

Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 151821

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First Edition of Catch-22; signed by Joseph Heller and Dust Jacket Designer Paul Bacon

HELLER, Joseph.

Catch-22.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961.

First edition of Heller’s classic first book. Octavo, original blue cloth. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally signed by dust jacket designer Paul Bacon on the rare jacket flap. Very good in a good price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel, light chipping to the spine extremities and tape repairs to the verso. Jacket design by Paul Bacon.

Price: $4,000.00 Item Number: 151640

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