If I Die in a Combat Zone
by O'Brien, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Calder & Boyars, 1973. First British edition. Hardcover. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945037
- Title
- If I Die in a Combat Zone
- Author
- O'Brien, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British edition
- Publisher
- Calder & Boyars
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- signed, Vietnam War, memoir, biography, soldier
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Gilt
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
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