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).