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.
Bound in publisher's original black quarter cloth with black paper boards, stamped on spine and cover with gilt. Presentation signed by the author on the title page. 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches. 273 pages.
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.
SIGNED limited edition. (Precedes all other editions) Close to fine in grey leather binding with gilt stamping & edges, with a satin marker ribbon, without dust jacket as issued. (Barely discernible hint of foxing at gilt edges. ) Features a memorable preface by O'Brien not available in any other edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
SIGNED and dated by Tim O'Brien in blue ink on the full title page. Dated by O'Brien July 30, 1993. First Printing with a full numberline including the 1. Book is fresh and in Fine condition. No remainder marks. Very minor soiling to side page edges. Dust jacket is bright with no fading and no tears. Jacket has its original price of $19.95. Dust jacket is protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day very well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages; Signed by Author
Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Flat signature. 1st edition/1st printing with full number line. Minimal wear to the jacket. Pages are tanning but clean.
Protected jacket and covers in fine shape, price intact, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. First Edition, first printing. An award-winning work on the Vietnam War, one of the best works of American fiction in the last fifty years. Signed by the author: "Peace, Tim O'Brien." Rare and collectible.
signed by author on title page; signature obtained in person by bookseller; collection of short stories about the Vietnam War, woven together exquisitely and powerfully
First trade edition / First printing. Some have stated that the First Issue of this title was released with the jacket slightly mis-rolled so that some of the cover type is on the spine. This copy has the mis-rolled jacket. Signed on the title page by Tim O'Brien. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. 273 pages. Very fine in fine dust jacket. Listed as one of the top 25 books of the last 25 years by the editors of the New York Times Book Review.
A square tight solid clean un-read unused copy with just the slightest hint of soil to the edges of the text block. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, Boston
Date published: 1990
Format: Hardcover
First trade edition, following a signed edition issued by the Franklin Library; 8vo, pp. [14], 273, [1]; fine in a fine, first issue, unclipped dust jacket. This copy inscribed on the title page, "To John & Lorna, Best wishes, Tim O'Brien."
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second state: used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction, or a change in binding color.