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T1 - A 20th anniversary edition 2nd printing hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Tim O'Brien to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, a few light soiled patches on some top edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, couple of small dog-eared pages on the top, tanning and light shelf wear. THIS IS AN AMERICAN CLASSIC. 8.5"x5.5", 233 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division. O'Brien generally refrains from political debate and discourse regarding the Vietnam War. He was dismayed that people in his home town seemed to have so little understanding of the war and its world. It was in part a response to what he considered ignorance that he wrote The Things They Carried. It was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1990. Many of the characters are semi-autobiographical, sharing similarities with figures from his memoir If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. In The Things They Carried, O'Brien plays with the genre of metafiction; he writes using verisimilitude. His use of real place names and inclusion of himself as the protagonist blurs fiction and non-fiction. As part of this effect, O'Brien dedicates The Things They Carried to the fictional men of the "Alpha Company," giving it "the form of a war memoir," states O'Brien. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

First Edition, 2nd printing. Hard cover 8vo. Very Good book in Very Good unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Stained top edge, color loss at heel, transferring stain to inside of DJ. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on 1/2 title page. Made into the critically acclaimed movie of the same name about soldiers in Vietnam. 273pp.

Black cloth and boards. 8vo. Printed black dust jacket with unclipped flap. Full number line on copyright page. Inscribed by the author. A very good copy with some rubbing to the lower spine. The text is very good and clean. The jacket is very good with light edgewear.

Softcover. Stiff white covers with black and white lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1998. In very good condition. Covers are a bit toned and rubbed, but otherwise unmarked. Light shelf-wear along edges. SIGNED and inscribed by author Tim O'Brien on title page ("To Elden Wright, Peace, Tim O'Brien"). Pages are free of marks or tears throughout. Binding is strong. A very good, clean copy that has been signed by Tim O'Brien.

NF/NF. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 273 pp.

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

Limited Edition, signed by Tim O'Brien, with an introduction by the author written especially for this edition. A ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling, based on O'Brien's experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division during the Vietnam War. The printed message from the publisher is laid in. Octavo. Full brown leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, three raised bands, marbled endpapers, and a ribbon marker. A fine copy.

8vo. First state dust jacket, not price clipped, light sunning to the front cover white lettering, with very light bumping to the bottom board corners and light nicks along bottom edge. Signed by the author on the title-page. Nice copy.

Promotional item. SIGNED by Tim O'Brien. Fine in printed stapled wrappers. (48pp.) An uncommon prepublication piece presenting 2 stories from the collection of the same title. Not the complete book.