First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 237 pages. Widely considered one of the finest novels about the Vietnam War. A very good copy plus in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this terrific book.
First Edition Thus/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the 2nd free paper. This is the 25th Anniversary Edition of the classic work by O'Brien, containing all the original stories. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
A bright, solid book DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Original half cloth and boards gilt ; 273 pages; A sequence of stories about the Vietnam War, this book also has the unity of a novel, with recurring characters and interwoven strands of plot and theme. It aims to summarize America's involvement in Vietnam, and her coming to terms with that experience in the years that followed.
War stories. Jacket photograph by Sal Lopes. BOOK: Slight spine head & heel crush; mild scattered foxing across the edges of the text-block; remainder stripe across bottom page edges. JACKET: Intact, with no price printed on the front flap. Mild edgewear & edge-crumpling; small spot of abrasion on spine head; some rubbing and indentations to the panel surfaces (no rupture). Scan on request.
Crisp, unread copy of first printing. No flaws but for 33 ~ 90 printed neatly in ink on front endpaper. Jacket is without flaw as well. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin & Co. / Seymour Lawrence
Date published: 1990
Semi-autobiographical collection of short stories on the Vietnam War. "Half-Price Books" stamp on ffep, else near fine in faintly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket with mild soiling to jacket verso, in mylar cover.
Dust jacket mis-folded at factory, so the title on spine is not perfectly centered. Otherwise book and dust jacket solid VG, no obvious flaws. Number line from 10 to 1. Dust jacket in Brodart cover.
First Printing. The book has the offset dust jacket with the number 0390 on the front flap as well as the price of $19.95 There is no toning to the pages and no fading to the jacket, there is a small amount of rubbing. Appears never read. The book discusses the distinction between "story-truth"(the truth of fiction) and "happening-truth"(the truth of fact or occurrence.
Size: 8x5x1; First Edition in first state jacket. Houghton Mifflin, 1990; First Printing with full number line; 273pp. Title text on jacket is off-center, front flap retains original price of $19.95, no design credit on rear flap. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of boards, gilt titling on black cloth spine remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. An exemplary copy of this modern classic of war storytelling that is also "a book about the human heart, about the terrible weight of these things all of us carry through their lives." Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition with complete number line, 10 down to 1. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Author's name in gold on front board, title in gold on spine. Edge wear/rubbing to lower edges. Light soil. Fore edge soil. Text pages are clean. Black dust jacket has title and author on front and the words are slightly wrapped around to the spine. Some edge wear, rubbing and scuffing. Looks nice in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
Size: 8x5x1; First Edition in first state jacket. Houghton Mifflin, 1990; First Printing with full number line; 273pp. Title text on jacket is off-center, front flap retains original price of $19.95, no design credit on rear flap. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of boards, gilt titling on black cloth spine remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. An exemplary copy of this modern classic of war storytelling that is also "a book about the human heart, about the terrible weight of these things all of us carry through their lives." Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition with complete number line, 10 down to 1. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Author's name in gold on front board, title in gold on spine. Edge wear/rubbing to lower edges. Light soil. Fore edge soil. Text pages are clean. Black dust jacket has title and author on front and the words are slightly wrapped around to the spine. Some edge wear, rubbing and scuffing. Looks nice in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
Signed limited first edition, hardcover. Full brown leather binding with gilt letters and designs, gilt page edges, three raised bands on spine, silk ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Two page color frontis. SIGNED by the author on front end paper. 273 pages. Original publisher's card to subscribers laid in.
Signed limited first edition, hardcover. Full brown leather binding with gilt letters and designs, gilt page edges, three raised bands on spine, silk ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Two page color frontis. SIGNED by the author on front end paper. 273 pages. Original publisher's card to subscribers laid in.
Decorated leather with a gilt design of a soldier stalking through the woods on the front cover. Illustrated with a color frontispiece. Limited and true First Edition with an introduction by O'Brien not in the trade edition and SIGNED by the author. A superb book.
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