Correspondence relating to the publication of Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

Book published as: Catch 22 / by Joseph Heller, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
Contents: editorial correspondence between Jonathan Cape Ltd. and A.M. Heath & Company, Ltd., literary agents of London (12 items), relating to sending of proofs to the publisher; terms of agreement; foreign serial rights; film and T.V. rights; 54 items of correspondence with Russel and Volkening, Inc., literary agents of New York, relating to sending of reviews; dramatic rights; dust jacket proofs; letters to Heller c/o his agent; sales; reprints; adoption by Reprint Society; change of character's name in successive editions, due to objection of R.O. Shipman, on whom the character was alledged to have been based; 29 items of correspondence with Simon & Schuster, Inc., publishers of New York, relating to U.S. edition; offsetting fee; reviews; release of motion picture in 1969; sales, as at 12/08/69; 22 items of correspondence with Joseph Heller himself; replies to questionnaires; discussion of reviews and review copies; details of Heller's attendance at the Cheltenham Literary Festival of 1962; includes copy of letter from Heller to Elizabeth Jane Howard; 6 items of correspondence with W. & G. Foyle, Ltd., booksellers of London, relating to proposed Foyle's Book Club edition; 4 items of correspondence with Tony Hart, relating to his design of promotional postcards for the book; 1 letter from Graham Greene regretting that he had missed the launch party but expressing his "great admiration" for the book; 6 letters to and from Corgi, a division of Transworld, publishers of London, relating to their edition; extension of their contract in 1967; premiere of motion picture; also contains letters that detail South African ban on the title; letters of enquiry from the public; permissions to quote, or use the expression, Catch 22; includes a one act play based on a scene from the book, by R.J. Rapkins; file contains 101 items of publicity material; press cuttings relating to the publication (mainly reviews); program from stage adaptation at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; prospectus of book (includes extract); blurb; extracts from reviews; biographical note on the author.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1962 H - Kni.

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