First impression. Size: 12mo (small). 236 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post. 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; War; Vietnam; 1970s; ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780006543947. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9981.
Cover is in excellent condition, save for light soiling along length of spine. DJ is clipped and in very good condition. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout, save for ownership plate on inside of front cover. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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.
This first edition copy remains clean with boards quarter bound in dark blue cloth and black paper with pointed corners, including Tim's signature in gold gilt on front cover. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and the gold titling. Text block remains straight with foxing on top and fore edge. 273p. Matching bright red end pages are clean. Interior remains completely unmarked with toned pages. Black glossy Dust Jacket is intact and unclipped with pointed corners and bold titling. Titling on spine is discolored but remains bold and legible.
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.
First printing, near fine in a very good+ dust jacket. The book istight and square, with just a hint of soiling on the page edges. The first issue jacket (which was printed slightly off-center) has a little rubbing and a small closed tear at the bottom of the front flap fold. $19.95 price on jacket flap; no names or other marking in or on the book. One of the best fictional works based on the Vietnam War.
SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED FULL NUMBER LINE BOUND IN BLACK WITH BLACK BOARDS TOP OF TEXTBLOCK UNSTAINED PERFECT GOLD LETTERING AND SIGNATURE ON FRONT COVER LETTERING ON FRONT OF JACKET SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER THIS COPY DOES MENTION THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY PRINTING A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF A PLATOON OF YOUNG FOOT SOLDIERS IN THE VIET NAM WAR A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK JACKET IS CLIPPED WITH A PHOTO OF THE AUTHOR ON THE BACK AN EXCELLENT BRIGHT COPY OF THIS CLASSIC
Fine first Canadian printing of O'Brien;s acclaimed collection of Vietnam stories. The binding is square and tight.The jacket has not been price clipped. There are no tears or creases. One small mark to the top right corner of the jacket. A lovely copy of a remarkable work of fiction.
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