O'BRIEN, Tim. If I Die in a Combat Zone. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
$1,200
Sold for $1,651
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
O'BRIEN, Tim (b.1946). If I Die in a Combat Zone. New York: Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1973.
8vo. Original tan cloth-backed green boards; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (some minor chipping with a few short tears, one repair with old cellotape verso, slight toning). Provenance: "David" (presentation inscription).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). In the FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, with the "$5.95" price on the front flap and the "0373" code on the rear flap.
INSCRIBED BY O'BRIEN on the title-page: "To David, Tim O'Brien." O'Brien's first novel, If I Die in a Combat Zone is "a classic of contemporary war fiction" based on his experience as a soldier in the Vietnam War (Kakutani, The New York Times, 6 September 2012).
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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