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    Taiwan, 1961
    In English

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Slovenia, 1977

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Finland, 1985

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Hungary, 1986

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Russia, 1998

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Brazil, 1995

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Czechoslovakia, 1967

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Great Britain, 1962
    First edition, first British printing

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Poland, 1995

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Lithuania, 2002

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Lt. Joseph Heller. "I Don't Love You Anymore,"
    Story, 27: 115 [Servicemen's Issue]
    (September-October, 1945): 40-44.
    Signed by Heller on page 40.


    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Joseph Heller
    Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here.
    Advance uncorrected proof

    On loan from: Matthew J. Bruccoli Collection of Joseph Heller, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Joseph Heller
    Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here.
    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition.

    On loan from: The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina Libraries


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    Joseph Heller
    Closing Time, a Novel..
    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
    Forst trade edition

    On loan from: Matthew J. Bruccoli Collection of Joseph Heller, University of South Carolina Libraries


About Birss Memorial Library Exhibition

The Professor John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Lecture and Professor John Howard Birss, Jr. Memorial Library Fund were established by University alums, Robert Blais '70, to honor Professor John Howard Birss, Jr., nationally recognized for his knowledge of first editions.

The Birss Lecture is an annual lecture series benefiting the humanities programs at Roger Williams University's Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences.