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
Octavo, 233 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine pictorial black and blue with white and blue lettering. Covers have mild wear including faint sunning and light edge wear. Text block has light wear including minimal foxing to the edges and sparsely to the interior. Tiny chip to the head fore edge to the title page. First thus edition. Inscribed by the author. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. 1403267. FP New Rockville Stock.
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
First edition first printing hardcover Fine in gray leather with gilt trim has small neat former owner stamp on end paper SIGNED BY OBRIEN ON THE FRONT END PAPER includes the first edition card by the publisher
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.
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: A WORK OF FICTION - SIGNED
O'Brien, Tim
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: A WORK OF FICTION - SIGNED
O'Brien, Tim
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, Boston
Date published: 1990
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.
(1990). 8vo. 1st edition. 1st issue dust jacket. SIGNED by O'Brien. Faint spotting to edges of otherwise good, clean textblock. Slight bumping with wear to forecorners and spine ends of rubbed boards. Slight offsetting to d.j. verso. Slight discoloration along spine of rubbed d.j. with minor bumping and scraping to edges, forecorners, and spine ends. 2 tiny scrapes to d.j. front panel laminate below top edge. D.j. covered in removeable plastic covering by previous owner. VG/VG.
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."
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: ADVANCE CHAPTERS. (NOT THE COMPLETE BOOK)
O'Brien, Tim.
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: ADVANCE CHAPTERS. (NOT THE COMPLETE BOOK)
O'Brien, Tim.
Publisher: HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY., BOSTON
Date published: 1990
Format: Softcover
Promotional item. SIGNED by Tim O'Brien. Fine in printed stapled wrappers. (48pp.) An uncommon prepublication piece presenting 2 stories from the collection of the same title. Not the complete book.
First Edition First Printing Fine/Fine Book and dust jacket are as new. Book is tight and square. Unread. Inscribed by author on the title page, "To David for Cyrus. Peace," DJ is equally pristine, fresh and bright with the original price intact
Signed by author in ink on front fly-leaf. Publisher's promotional material from the Signed First Edition Society laid in. Bound in publisher's original tan leather with spine and covers stamped in illustrated gilt. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. 273 pages.
Octavo, 273 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white and sun-faded red lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$19.95" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and mild denting to rear head joint. Textblock fore and tail edges have faint scuffing. Signed flat on title page by Tim O'Brien. CM Consignment. Shelved Room C. 1403804. Special Collections.
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