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1964149 x 220 mm

ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION
ONE OF 19 EX. ON VELLUM PUR FIL.
only large paper edition

600 €

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ORIGINAL FRENCH EDITION from Catch 22 (1961), translated from the English by Pierre Singer.
ONE OF 19 COPIES ON VELLUM PUR FIL LAFUMA-NAVARREThe only large paper copy.
A cult work by Joseph Heller, Captain Yossarian's burlesque epic of the Second World War is ranked 7th in the Modern Library's list of the one hundred best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Mike Nichols adapted it for the screen in 1970.

The novel was such a great success that its title became a common noun, frequently used by journalists in the United States, meaning "...". a situation in which an individual is hampered by contradictory rules or proposals".

 

Paris,Gallimard,1964.In-8, Softcover149 x 220 mm,495 pp..

A few stains on the spine, marginally sunned covers, spotting on the edges. Good condition inside.

Bio

Joseph Heller

(Brooklyn: 1 May 1923 - East Hampton: 12 December 1999)

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