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

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.

Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition/irst Printing.$19.95 Gorgeous Fresh Copy Without Wear. O'Brien Great Classic on The Vietnam War.

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

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.

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. First Printing of the First Canadian Edition.

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.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First trade edition of O'Brien's classic, INSCRIBED on the title page "Peace, Tim O'Brien". Full number line. Unclipped jacket with slight sunning to spine, now in mylar. Dark boards, red endpapers, pages clean and unmarked. [xiv], 273pp. 8.5 x 6

The book condition is Fine. The dust jacket is Fine. Author is winner of the National Book Award for fiction 0.0

Boston. As New. 1990. Uncorrected Proof; First Printing. Softcover. 039551598X . Uncorrected proof in AS New Condition. Rare. Softcover. ; 8vo; 273 pages .