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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. Looks unread, a beauty. Sharp tight copy.

First Printing. The book has the offset dust jacket with the number 0390 on the front flap as well as the price of $19.95 There is no toning to the pages and no fading to the jacket, there is a small amount of rubbing. Appears never read. The book discusses the distinction between "story-truth"(the truth of fiction) and "happening-truth"(the truth of fact or occurrence.

Size: 8x5x1; First Edition in first state jacket. Houghton Mifflin, 1990; First Printing with full number line; 273pp. Title text on jacket is off-center, front flap retains original price of $19.95, no design credit on rear flap. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of boards, gilt titling on black cloth spine remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. An exemplary copy of this modern classic of war storytelling that is also "a book about the human heart, about the terrible weight of these things all of us carry through their lives." Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1990. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. O'Brien's fifth book is considered by many to be the best work by any writer on the Vietnam War as well as a major technical achievement combining three literary forms -- the short story, the novel and the memoir; First Printing of the First Trade Edition in First State Dustjacket (title on spine off center, no design credit on DJ flap); previous owner's last name in pencil on front pastedown, occasional underlining or marginal notes, upper corners of boards lightly bumped, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, with a slight spine lean; dustjacket shows only light surface and edgewear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Octavo. Red endpapers. 273pps. First edition, first printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed with a couple of crinkles. As is common with the dustjacket, the light-sensitive red ink of the spine-panel is slightly faded. The original price (19.95) is intact. "Depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and of course, the character Tim O'Brien who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three. They battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have. We hear the voices of the men and build images upon their dialogue. The way they tell stories about others, we hear them telling stories about themselves." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

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. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Gilt lettering on black covers in a black dust jacket. 8vo, 273pp.

Dust jacket mis-folded at factory, so the title on spine is not perfectly centered. Otherwise book and dust jacket solid VG, no obvious flaws. Number line from 10 to 1. Dust jacket in Brodart cover.

Size: 8x5x1; First Edition in first state jacket. Houghton Mifflin, 1990; First Printing with full number line; 273pp. Title text on jacket is off-center, front flap retains original price of $19.95, no design credit on rear flap. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges of boards, gilt titling on black cloth spine remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. An exemplary copy of this modern classic of war storytelling that is also "a book about the human heart, about the terrible weight of these things all of us carry through their lives." Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.