The Barracks Thief

FIRST EDITION is stated on copyright page with no references to subsequent printings. Boards are red with red lettering on a black cloth spine. Back of dust jacket has four reviews for In The Garden of the North American Martyrs. The reviews are from Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review, and the San Francisco Review of Books.

The Barracks Thief won the PEN/Faulkner Award.

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Picture of the 1984 first edition dust jacket for The Barracks Thief.

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Picture of dust jacket where original $12.50 price is found for The Barracks Thief.

Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of The Barracks Thief.

Picture of the first edition Ecco Press boards for The Barracks Thief.

Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of The Barracks Thief.

Picture of the first edition title page for The Barracks Thief.

Other first edition points for books by Tobias Wolff include: Old School, In the Garden of the North American Martyrs.

  

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