First Edition First Printing Fine/Fine Book and dust jacket are as new. Book is tight and square. Unread. Inscribed by author on the title page, "To David for Cyrus. Peace," DJ is equally pristine, fresh and bright with the original price intact
Octavo, [10], 273pp. Black cloth, black boards, title in gilt on spine, author's signature stamped in gilt on front cover. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, unmarked pages, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front flap, a slight amount of shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page, inscribed "To Rozzy, Peace. Tim O'Brien / 22 Nov. 98." The Things They Carried is a collection of short stories about an American platoon fighting in the Vietnam War, primarily based on the experience O'Brien had while serving as a member of the 23rd Infantry Division.
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. Scratching to gilt on bulked fore-edge of text, otherwise about Fine
Publisher: THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY (THE SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOCIETY)
Date published: 1990
Format: Hardcover
SIGNED BY TIM O BRIEN ON THE FRONT BLANK END PAGE. GRAY FULL LEATHER WITH GOLD GILT EDGING, LETTERING AND DECORATION. THREE RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINE. SILK RIBBON BOOKMARK, OCTAVO. PRISTINE CONDITION. NO FLAWS, NO EXCUSES.
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