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New. Very little shelfwear. First Printing. Black boards with slver lettering on the spine and on the front. 233 pages. Although this copy has the 1990 copyright date, it appears to be a newer edition. Code 0310 on the jacket flap. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page. Signed copy sticker on the jacket. This jacket has the red background with the lettering in gray and white. It may have been issued for the PBS special on The Vietnam War in 2010. The jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

273 pages. Gilt edges, ribbon marker, gilt tooling on binding. Signed by the author on the first sheet following the front free endpaper. Frontispiece by Steve Karchin. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New. Very little shelfwear. First Printing. Black boards with slver lettering on the spine and on the front. 233 pages. Although this copy has the 1990 copyright date, it appears to be a newer edition. Code 0310 on the jacket flap. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page. Signed copy sticker on the jacket. This jacket has the red background with the lettering in gray and white. It may have been issued for the PBS special on The Vietnam War in 2010. The jacket is in new mylar.

First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [xiv],[3],4-273,[1]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in the second state dustjacket, with the spine lettering perfectly centered; unclipped (priced $19.95), with the only flaw being a thin diagonal razor cut toward the lower spine panel; Near Fine. The National Book Award-winning author's fourth novel and fifth book, a collection of interconnected stories centered around a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War.

First, Limited edition. Signed by the author without inscription. Fully leather bound book, in fine condition. "The Things They Carried is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division."

A beautiful copy of the first printing inscribed by O'Brien.

First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper, not price-clipped, unfaded. SIGNED by the Author on a plain bookplate. 273pp. Q20645

Octavo, [10], 273pp, [1]. Black cloth, black boards, title in gilt on spine, author's signature stamped in gilt on front cover. The first printing, with a full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, unmarked pages, a fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front flap, faint shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page. 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.

Signed bookplate by O'Brien loosely laid in; slightest wear to book and jacket; o/w F/F