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Boston: Houghton Mifflin. first printing. Fine/fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence 1990 Fine w/fine dj price intact Hardcover, first edition, first printing, black cover with gilt embossed author signature on front, gilt lettering on spine, red pastedown A very clean, unmarked and apparently unread copy of this classic collection of Viet Nam war short stories

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. National Book Award winner O'Brien's fifth book is considered by many to be the best work written on the Vietnam War as well as a superb technical achievement spanning and combining three literary forms -- the short story, the novel and the memoir; top edge of text very slightly soiled, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; first issue dustjacket (title on spine off center, no DJ design credit on flap) shows only very slight edgewear and rubbing. A Collectable Copy.

Toronto:: McClelland and Stewart,, 1990.. First Printing of the First Canadian Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. While this collection of stories involving a single platoon in Vietnam is referred to as a work of fiction it is difficult to determine where the line between fact and imagination begins and ends. "The Things They Carried" is considered one of the two best portrayals of the war experience in Vietnam along with Michael Herr's "Dispatches." "Things" is simply a tour-de-force of exquisite writing about the time, the place, and the men who experienced that particular conflict. If you were going to read only one book dealing with the Vietnam War experience,"The Things They Carried" should be that book.

Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition with complete number line, 10 down to 1. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Author's name in gold on front board, title in gold on spine. Edge wear/rubbing to lower edges. Light soil. Fore edge soil. Text pages are clean. Black dust jacket has title and author on front and the words are slightly wrapped around to the spine. Some edge wear, rubbing and scuffing. Looks nice in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1990.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. While this collection of stories involving a single platoon in Vietnam is referred to as a work of fiction it is difficult to determine where the line between fact and imagination begins and ends. "The Things They Carried" is considered one of the two best portrayals of the war experience in Vietnam along with Michael Herr's "Dispatches." "Things" is simply a tour-de-force of exquisite writing about the time, the place, and the men who experienced that particular conflict.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1990. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 039551598X . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 8.5 X 5.9 X 1.1 inches .

Signed first edition, hardcover. Signed by author on full title page. Binding square and solid, text and edges unblemished, DJ bright and unfaded. Flier from signing event laid in. Unclipped DJ protected with Brodart cover. Full number line, 8vo.

A Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A Giftable Book. Black cloth-backed paper boards, lettering in gilt, with the dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 273 pages. Book appears unread; the dust jacket has the price of $19.95. O'Brien's collection of linked short stories about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. Considered one of the preeminent pieces of Vietnam War literature.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition/First Printing. 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..