NMLP P-016892 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Catch-22

Joseph Heller · Simon & Schuster (New York) · 1961

US Simon and Schuster 1961 is the true first; the UK edition (Jonathan Cape, 1962) follows. Signed first printings exist and are desirable, but the trade first is the landmark.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-016892 for "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-016892, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).