BookGilt - Search results - Author: tim-obrien; Title: the-things-they-carried

  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 237 pages. Widely considered one of the finest novels about the Vietnam War. A very good copy plus in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a very good plus dust jacket with some light wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this terrific book.
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 2017
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9781328483133
First Edition Thus/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the 2nd free paper. This is the 25th Anniversary Edition of the classic work by O'Brien, containing all the original stories. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence. Boston
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
Both the book & the dust jacket are clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. The number line goes to 1. $19.95 on the flap.
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,, Boston:
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
First printing. Near fine in a near fine (fading to lettering along the spine) dust jacket.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
A bright, solid book DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Original half cloth and boards gilt ; 273 pages; A sequence of stories about the Vietnam War, this book also has the unity of a novel, with recurring characters and interwoven strands of plot and theme. It aims to summarize America's involvement in Vietnam, and her coming to terms with that experience in the years that followed.
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Hirschfeld Galleries (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Collins, London
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
War stories. Jacket photograph by Sal Lopes. BOOK: Slight spine head & heel crush; mild scattered foxing across the edges of the text-block; remainder stripe across bottom page edges. JACKET: Intact, with no price printed on the front flap. Mild edgewear & edge-crumpling; small spot of abrasion on spine head; some rubbing and indentations to the panel surfaces (no rupture). Scan on request.
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Klanhorn (Australia)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin & Co. / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date published: 1990
Semi-autobiographical collection of short stories on the Vietnam War. "Half-Price Books" stamp on ffep, else near fine in faintly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket with mild soiling to jacket verso, in mylar cover.
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THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
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.
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Dave Wilhelm Books (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
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.
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Garys Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine. One of the enduring works on the Vietnam War. A collection of linked short stories about a platoon of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. Based on O'Brien's experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division.
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
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.
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition/irst Printing. $19.95 Gorgeous Fresh Copy Without Wear. O'Brien Great Classic on The Vietnam War.
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (USA)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
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.
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Koster's Collectible Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine. One of the enduring works on the Vietnam War. A collection of linked short stories about a platoon of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. Based on O'Brien's experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division.
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Sawtooth Booksellers (USA)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
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.
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition/irst Printing. $19.95 Gorgeous Fresh Copy Without Wear. O'Brien Great Classic on The Vietnam War.
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Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (USA)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hard cover
  • ISBN: 9780395515983
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.
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Koster's Collectible Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: The Franklin Library
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Signed limited first edition, hardcover. Full brown leather binding with gilt letters and designs, gilt page edges, three raised bands on spine, silk ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Two page color frontis. SIGNED by the author on front end paper. 273 pages. Original publisher's card to subscribers laid in.
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Ziebarth Books (USA)
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  • Publisher: Houghtn Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
DJ in archival cover. First edition with a full number line starting with 1.
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  • Publisher: The Franklin Library
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Signed limited first edition, hardcover. Full brown leather binding with gilt letters and designs, gilt page edges, three raised bands on spine, silk ribbon marker. Marbled endpapers. Two page color frontis. SIGNED by the author on front end paper. 273 pages. Original publisher's card to subscribers laid in.
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