THE THINGS THEY CARRIED

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine in the Sal Lopes illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.95 to the front flap).

A collection of twenty two interconnected short stories about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. Winner of the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in 1990 and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (1991) and The National Book Critics Circle Award (1990).