BookGilt - Search results - Author: tim-obrien; Title: the-things-they-carried; Signed: 1

  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
  • Date published: 2017
  • Format: Hardcover
Signed by the author on the second front endpaper. 5.75'' x 8.5'', 233 pages. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. The illustration and lettering on the front panel, spine, rear panel, and flaps, are all bright, clean, and very well-preserved. The original price of $24.00 is present on the front flap. A "SIGNED COPY" sticker is present on the front panel. The book itself is in very good plus condition. Minor shelf wear at the top of the spine, with no bumping or scuffing to the corners. The silver lettering on the front board and spine is bright and clean. The text block is bright, clean, and complete. The binding is tight. A beautiful, signed edition of one of the greatest works of American fiction published in the last 50 years. O'Brien's stories provide one of the most vivid and subtle views ever written into the minds of those who fought in Vietnam and returned home to a country they did not recognize. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(I6-35). A later printing from 2017, with its original dust jacket.
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Ernestoic Books (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: The Franklin Library (Oxford University Press)
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Flat signed by the author. Leatherbound. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.
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$91.84
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BoundlessBookstore (United Kingdom)
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  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
BK: as new/ signed
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$95.00
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Thylacine Books (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Franklin Library
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Signed. First Edition. SIGNED; signed by author Tim O'Brien on first blank page. Fine gilt-stamped taupe leather; all edges gilt; satin ribbon marker. A beautiful copy issued by the Franklin Library Signed First Edition Society.
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Book Alley (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
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
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Village Booksmith (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA
  • Date published: 1994
  • Format: Hardcover
Bound in full grey leather , gilt lettering and decoration, all edges gilt, sewn in marking ribbon. Signed by Tim O'Brien. ; Signed by Author
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Acme Book Company (U.S.A.)
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  • 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.
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, New York
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
8vo. First state dust jacket, not price clipped, light sunning to the front cover white lettering, with very light bumping to the bottom board corners and light nicks along bottom edge. Signed by the author on the title-page. Nice copy.
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Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (Canada)
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  • Publisher: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Penn.
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
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Ann Open Book (U.S.A.)
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  • 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.
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WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Boston; Houghton Mifflin; 1990;
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
1st trade edition; VG/VG SIGNED;
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Walt Barrie Rare Books (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin & Co.
  • Date published: 1990
Signed and inscribed on half-title page to friend and colleague David Milofsky. Fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
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$225.00
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THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Dust jacket has "Signed Copy" sticker, Author signed in middle of second front blank page, 233 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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$225.00
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Blue Ridge Books (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Octavo, [10], 273pp. Black cloth, black boards, title in gilt on spine, author's signature stamped in gilt on front cover. Full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, unmarked pages, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front flap, a slight amount of shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by the author on the title page, inscribed "To Rozzy, Peace. Tim O'Brien / 22 Nov. 98." 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.
thefirsteditionrarebooks-275.00-53d6deb4f0ed97854ab336b6978fc7ae
$275.00
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The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Miffline, Seymour Lawrence, New York
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
8vo. Perfect bound printed card wraps. Uncorrected proof in fine condition. Inscribed to bookstore by the author on title page.
handbook-280.00-53d6deb4f0ed97854ab336b6978fc7ae
$280.00
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Handbook (Canada)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Signed bookplate by O'Brien loosely laid in; slightest wear to book and jacket; o/w F/F
evergreenbooks-285.00-53d6deb4f0ed97854ab336b6978fc7ae
$285.00
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Evergreen Books LLC (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
Decorated leather with a gilt design of a soldier stalking through the woods on the front cover. Illustrated with a color frontispiece. Limited and true First Edition with an introduction by O'Brien not in the trade edition and SIGNED by the author. A superb book. Scratching to gilt on bulked fore-edge of text, otherwise about Fine
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$312.50
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Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in a fine unclipped first issue dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Jacket
mdsbooks-350.00-4f0d03da404283b9fe9d7a833c0600b3
$350.00
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MDS BOOKS (Canada)
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  • Publisher: THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY (THE SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOCIETY)
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
SIGNED BY TIM O BRIEN ON THE FRONT BLANK END PAGE. GRAY FULL LEATHER WITH GOLD GILT EDGING, LETTERING AND DECORATION. THREE RAISED BANDS ON THE SPINE. SILK RIBBON BOOKMARK, OCTAVO. PRISTINE CONDITION. NO FLAWS, NO EXCUSES.
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$350.00
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BRIER ROSE BOOKS (U.S.A.)
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  • Publisher: The Franklin Library, The Franklin Center
  • Date published: 1990
  • Format: Hardcover
8vo pp.273. SIGNED by author Tim O'Brien on FEP. Full gilt-embossed, decorated toffee brown leather, 3 raised bands, Marbled endpapers, satin ribbon, AEG. From the Signed First Edition Society.
edmontonbookstore-350.00-4f0d03da404283b9fe9d7a833c0600b3
$350.00
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Edmonton Book Store (Canada)
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