Combat Zone by Tim Obrien, Signed (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Printing (STATED). Tape marks top & bottom of front and back boards. Glue remnants on rfep. Rfep has chips on the surface ( it looks like something had been removed ). There are NO other Ex-Lib signs. There is a slight lean to the book. Has been SIGNED in my presence on the title-page "Peace, Tim O'Brien". DJ has minor edge wear but NO tears and is price-intact (($5.95 ). PICTURES available upon request. Signed & Inscribed on the Titl.

Hardcover. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 199 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Gray spine with red and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "£ 2.50", has small stains and mild age toning. Boards have mild bending along the spine head and tail edges. textblock has a light stain on the front end-page, light foxing along the head edges, and light stains and wear along the edges. Inscribed "To Dick, All Best," and signed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1392614. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First UK Edition. First UK edition, hardcover, briefly lined and signed by O'Brien on the title page, the book has a mild lean to the binding, and moderate sunning to the spine and cover edges. Overall, a solid, tight, Very Good+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has minor wear to the spine ends and corners, and sun fading to the spine with slighter toning to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar, and additional images are available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Calder & Boyars Publishers, London, UK. 1973. 199 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. First UK Edition/FIrst Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a masterwork of its genre. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

New York: Delacorte (1973). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 199 pp. Original quarter olive cloth over basil paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, in original unclipped ($5.95) dust-jacket. Jacket shows mild edge wear, particular to spine ends and corners. Two small vertical closed tears to front panel at spine. Handling and shelf wear very minor. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling wear present, with corners mostly quite sharp. Minimal toning to page edges with slight waviness. Light curling to spine ends, with interior clean and unmarked. Signed by the author in blue pen on the front flyleaf. Dust Jacket: Very Good Hardcover: Near Fine "If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home (sometimes printed as If I Die In A Combat Zone or incorrectly as If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Send Me Home) is an autobiographical account of Tim O'Brien's tour of duty in the Vietnam War. It was published in 1973 in the United States by Delacorte and in Great Britain by Calder and Boyars Ltd. It has subsequently been reprinted by multiple publishers under both titles, most commonly in the latter. William Timothy O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who served as a soldier in the Vietnam War. He is best known for his book The Things They Carried (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by O'Brien's wartime experiences. In 2010, The New York Times described the latter as " a classic of contemporary war fiction."In addition, O'Brien is acclaimed for his war novel, Going After Cacciato (1978), which received the National Book Award.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. His scarce first book. O'Brien's memoir of his experiences as a drafted infantry soldier in Vietnam, his midnight journey from Middle America to the middle of war. Fine in dustjacket that is price-clipped, else fine. Inscribed by O'Brien (To Sally, Best Wishes, Tim). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First printing of the author's first book, very good in a very good dust jacket. The green boards are slightly faded at top and bottom edge. Thin line of darkening on front and rear pastedowns where the flaps of the jacket were taped, and smaller areas of offsetting on the endpapers. The jacket has a little edgewear, and a small area of loss at the bottom of the front panel. The tape was neatly removed from the endpapers and flaps, leaving a little yellowing along the edge of both flaps, about 3" to 4". Signed by the author on the title page: "Peace, Tim O'Brien". A high spot in Vietnam War literature. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Page edges dirty and couple corners lightly bumped. Surface scuffing to rear endpaper. Small "Bookmobile" stamp to bottom of copyright page. Couple half-inch tears to jacket and the usual creasing to jacket flaps. Inscribed and signed by O'Brien on the title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. STATED FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY TIM O'BRIEN: "To Jim, Best wishes - Memories of Old Worthington Sr. High!! Regards Tim". REBOUND IN BLACK LEATHER WITH BRIGHT CLEAR CLEAN GOLD GILT LETTERING ON THE SPINE. SOME FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES. CLEAR ACETATE DUST JACKET. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine hardcover copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered, First British Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the Title Page. A very nice copy. No tears, no chips to jacket. No bumped corners. Gold gilt to spine is very bright. = WE SHIP ALL BOOKS WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. = WE HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING USED BOOKS FOR OVER 32 YEARS.

Hardcover. First British edition. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. [viii], 199 pp. Bound in publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. Cloth slightly sunned along top edge and spine, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, red in spine panel sunned, unclipped. A nice copy of the author's first published work, a memoir of the Vietnam War. Published in the UK the same year as the American first.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in quarter pale olive cloth, gray paper boards, in a Fine glossy dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Faint spotting to upper edge of cloth. 199pp. SIGNED by the Author (no inscription) directly on the title page under his name in black marker. O'Brien's first book, a memoir of his Vietnam War service experience. He would go on to write Going After Cacciato [1978, National Book Award], and The Things They Carried [1990]. Q21849. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG/VG. First printing, first printing. Signed by author on title page. 199 pp. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of O'Brien's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example. Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a masterwork of its genre. It received warm reviews from critics. Observed by the Washington Star as possibly "the single greatest piece of work to come out of Vietnam", with equally positive reviews from The Guardian, Gloria Emerson of the New York Times and was described as a personal account of "aching clarity. A beautiful, painful book," by the New York Times Book Review. Similar reviews were given from The Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Time Magazine who cited O'Brien as "Perhaps the best writer about Vietnam".

First edition of O'Brien's first book. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Peace Tim O'Brien." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Susan Futterman. An exceptional example. Before writing his award-winning Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien gave us this intensely personal account of his year as a foot soldier in Vietnam. The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautifully written and searingly heartfelt, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a masterwork of its genre. It received warm reviews from critics. Observed by the Washington Star as possibly "the single greatest piece of work to come out of Vietnam", with equally positive reviews from The Guardian, Gloria Emerson of the New York Times and was described as a personal account of "aching clarity. A beautiful, painful book," by the New York Times Book Review. Similar reviews were given from The Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and Time Magazine who cited O'Brien as "Perhaps the best writer about Vietnam".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing of the author's first published work. Signed and inscribed to a former owner by Tim O'Brien on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original green paper boards over beige spine cloth stamped in black. Good with staining to covers, small ink stain to textblock edge. Pages tanned and with a few tiny markings to text. In a Good unclipped dust jacket with staining to the blindside, tanning, creasing to the flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing of the author's first published work. Signed and inscribed by Tim O'Brien on the title page. Bound in publisher's original green paper boards over beige spine cloth stamped in black. An unusually fresh copy, with slight browning to edges of covers and endsheets, faint foxing to textblock edge else Fine, in an unclipped dust jacket with a tiny stain to the front panel and slight surface wear to the rear. A fantastic copy of a book normally found in much lesser condition and scarce as such.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NF/NF. First US edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page. PO name on fep. 199 pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by the author on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is rich in color with light wear to the edges. This original First Printing dustjacket has the printed price present on the front flap. The book is bound in the ORIGINAL cloth. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collectors condition!!! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing; light edgewear, small closed tears, soiling and a small chip on spine of otherwise bright dust jacket with $5.95 price intact; one crease to front flap and several creases and wrinkling to rear flap of dust jacket; foxing to top page edges of book; pages are tight as though possibly this copy was unread; o/w VG/VG; signed bookplate by Tim O'Brien loosely laid in. Signed by Author(s).

8.5 x 5.75, cloth backed boards, 199 pp, covers rubbed, edges faded, extremities bumped, some foredge spotting, front hinge loose, ink inscription (from "Tim" . . . the author?) else a decent copy in an edge- torn, worn dw with diagonal fold on back flap. FIRST PRINTING. Priced for edition/condition only; we do not consider the possible authenticity of the autograph as a factor.

First Edition. IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE, Calder & Boyars, 1973, first English edition, as new in like dust-wrapper with the price present on the front dust-wrapper flap. The authors first book! Signed by the author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "To Bill Hedeen / Best wishes [and] I hope you like the book / Regards / Tim O'Brien." The author's first book, a memoir of his experiences as an infantry soldier in Vietnam. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket evenly age toned, with a diagonal crease affecting the front flap, and light soil on the spine panel. Signed.