GOING AFTER CACCIATO. Signed by O'Brien, Tim - 1978

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, (2006). Signed by the Author, with Certificate of Authenticity, also signed by the Author, laid-in. Octavo, brown leather (hardcover), gilt letters and decorations to spine and covers, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker, 336 pp. Fine.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. First UK Edition. Bookplate signed by Tim O'Brien loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 338 pp. Illustrated dust jacket, second issue price-clipped with new stickered price at bottom; green boards stamped in gilt. Touch of rubbing to edges of jacket and boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. O'Brien's second published novel and winner of the 1978 National Book Award.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1978. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed to previous owner by the author on the title page. Volume with a slight smoky smell, light foxing to the top edge. Jacket with very light edge wear.

NY: Delacorte, 1978. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold with a matching dust jacket with art by M.S. Chiang. The first edition -- signed on the title page (signature and date) by Mr. O'Brien. Winner of the National Book Award. Book shows a mark to bottom right of front panel -- but overall, a crisp, clean copy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine.

1st edition of O'Briens 3rd novel, winner of the National Book Award, and one of the cornerstones of any serious collection of Vietnam literature. Very nearly fine in blue cloth boards with a light hint of fading to the edges; the near fine dw has two very tiny chips and closed tear atop the spine and a shallow chip at the base of the spine. SIGNED by O'Brien on the title page. The original $8.95 price is intact atop the front flap.

New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, (1978), 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Tim O'Brien's National Book Award-winning novel, a key title in the literature of the Viet Nam War, Inscribed by him on the front free endpaper. "To Lloyd Le Dont, With thanks and best wishes, Tim." 8vo. 338 pp. A fine copy in teal cloth, (a hint of fade to the front and back boards), gilt titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. "It won't do the Vietnam dead much good to know that here is a novel that makes us think of Hemingway, but survivors should certainly take note of the highly original work by Tim O' Brien.To call "Going After Cacciato" a novel about war is like calling "Moby Dick" a novel about whales." Richard Freedman, The New York Times.