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O’BRIEN, Tim (b. 1946). The Things They Carried. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
8vo. Original black cloth–backed boards, front board and spine stamped in gilt (minor occasional rubbing, soiling to binding); original dust jacket (spine lightly sunned, some minor rubbing).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY O’BRIEN ON THE TITLE–PAGE. One of the primary novels in the genre of Vietnam fiction, this book is semi–autobiographical, closely based on O’Brien’s experiences during the war. It has won multiple prizes and is now required reading in many middle schools and high schools.