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. Seller Inventory # 7301

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Title: THE THINGS THEY CARRIED: A WORK OF FICTION -...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, Boston

Publication Date: 1990

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Trade Edition.

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