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Signed by the author on the second front endpaper. 5.75'' x 8.5'', 233 pages. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. The illustration and lettering on the front panel, spine, rear panel, and flaps, are all bright, clean, and very well-preserved. The original price of $24.00 is present on the front flap. A "SIGNED COPY" sticker is present on the front panel. The book itself is in very good plus condition. Minor shelf wear at the top of the spine, with no bumping or scuffing to the corners. The silver lettering on the front board and spine is bright and clean. The text block is bright, clean, and complete. The binding is tight. A beautiful, signed edition of one of the greatest works of American fiction published in the last 50 years. O'Brien's stories provide one of the most vivid and subtle views ever written into the minds of those who fought in Vietnam and returned home to a country they did not recognize. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(I6-35). A later printing from 2017, with its original dust jacket.

273 pages. Gilt edges, ribbon marker, gilt tooling on binding. Signed by the author on the first sheet following the front free endpaper. Frontispiece by Steve Karchin. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Hardcover; 8vo; pp 273. First edition, signed by the author in blue pen on a blank page in the front. Beige leather binding with gilt cover and spine, three raised bands. All-edges gilt. Fine condition in all respects, binding very tight and square. Promotional slip in front. FINE [JB]

1st trade edition; VG/VG SIGNED;

Dust jacket has "Signed Copy" sticker, Author signed in middle of second front blank page, 233 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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.

First edition, First Issue dj. 273pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the title-page "For Rodney (Frelinghuysen) Peace, Tim O'Brien"