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Very good/some marks/underlines inside/name on cover/1st edition

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

(1st Mariner paperback) Trade paperback, glossy black and blue background with image of troops humping through trees at top front and spine top edges, tiny color photo of author at bottom back left, 233 pages. Creased at top front tip, very light wear at spine bottom right edge. Very Good.

Bound in black cloth over black boards, stamped in gold. Lacks the dust jacket. A most acceptable copy of the first edition of this highly regarded book by the author of "Going After Cacciato". Remainder stripe to top edge. One of the best books on the Vietnam War ever published. A Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle finalist 273 pp.

12mo. 233 pp. Softcover binding, pictorial cover, very good condition. (101699).

Houghton Mifflin Company / Seymour Lawrence, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1990. Second (2nd) Printing (number line down to 2) of the First (1st) Edition. As New in a Very Fine Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, bright white, quite tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is black quarter cloth to black boards, colors uniform throughout, with bright gilt author's signature to the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked red endpapers, and all corner square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is fully intact with the original price ($19.95) intact on the front flap, and would be flawless but for the red words on the spine being a little lighter than those on the front board. See the photos. [v], 273 pages. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". Based on his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War, this linked series of short story episodes comprises both a novel and a memoir, using real names and places and including himself as a character. The book won France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, as well as being a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award. ISBN 10: 039551598X / ISBN 13: 9780395515983

The first Italian edition of O'Brien's greatest book.

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

Light bumping on board top corners and top edge of front board. Very light surface rubbing and a few small, light stains on boards. Else binding clean. A few small stains on page fore-edges. DJ spine lettering is somewhat sun-lightened; as seen on most copies. Else DJ clean. ; LFH19D; 273 pages

First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Page edges soiled. Owner's name on front pastedown. Slight tear to rear cover hinge of spine. (vietnam war, autobiographical fiction )