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1417. Davis, George. COMING HOME. NY: RH (1971). Scarce novel of a black fighter pilot in Vietnam, not related to the film of the same name. Fine in dust jacket. One of the relatively small number of Air Force novels of the war, and also one of the few novels of the war written by a black writer.
1418. Deighton, Len. ELEVEN DECLARATIONS OF WAR. NY: HBJ (1971). Short stories about war, including Vietnam. First American edition. Near fine in dust jacket.
1419. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Warner 1971). Fine copy.
1420. Del Vecchio, John M. THE 13TH VALLEY. NY: Bantam (1982). First edition of this novel, one of the most highly praised of the war, and reprinted many times. Fine in dust jacket, and scarce thus.
1421. -. Same title, review copy with promotional material laid in. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1422. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in tall wrappers.
1423. -. Same title, promotional pamphlet consisting of an extract from Chapter 26 of the novel. Fine.
1424. Del Vecchio, John M. FOR THE SAKE OF ALL LIVING THINGS. NY: Bantam (1990). His second novel, a massive, exhaustively researched and historically accurate novel of Cambodia, before and after the Khmer Rouge takeover of that country. Fine in dust jacket.
1425. DeMille, Nelson. WORD OF HONOR. NY: Warner (1985). Novel of a belated court-martial for war crimes in Vietnam, by a writer who was a lieutenant in Vietnam and is a journeyman thriller writer. Small remainder mark, otherwise fine in dust jacket.
1426. -. Same title, advance review copy. Fine in very good dust jacket (torn at crown), with promotional material laid in.
1427. -. Same title, advance reading copy in glossy printed wrappers. Very good.
1428. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy, fine in wrappers. Scarce.
1429. Derrig, Peter. THE PRIDE OF THE GREEN BERETS. NY: Paperback Library (1966). Paperback original. An early combat novel about a Special Forces squad. Very good copy.
1430. Dickason, Christie. INDOCHINE. NY: Villard Books (1987). A "sweeping saga" of Vietnam "From the...French occupation to the...American invasion." Fine in dust jacket.
1431. -. Same title, advance reading copy in printed wrappers. Fine.
1432. Didion, Joan. DEMOCRACY. NY: S&S (1984). A novel of a politician's wife and her relationship with an intelligence agent working in Vietnam. Part of the novel is set in Saigon just before it fell. Remainder mark bottom edge of pages, otherwise fine in dust jacket.
1433. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1434. Diehl, William. HOOLIGANS. NY: Villard (1984). A thriller. Several chapters are flashbacks to Vietnam. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1435. -. Same title, advance reading copy in printed wrappers. Fine.
1436. Diehl, William. THAI HORSE. NY: Villard, 1987. Thriller about a covert operative in Vietnam who returns there 15 years later on a special mission. Fine in dust jacket.
1437. -. Same title, advance reading copy in printed wrappers. Fine.
1438. Doane, Michael. THE SURPRISE OF BURNING. NY: Knopf, 1988. Uncorrected proof copy of this novel, part of which takes place in Vietnam. Fine in wrappers.
1439. Dobyns, Stephen. A BOAT OFF THE COAST. NY: Viking (1987). A thriller about drug traffic in a small town in Maine; the main character is a Vietnam vet having trouble readjusting to civilian life.
1440. Dodge, Ed. DAU. NY: Macmillan (1984). A novel of the war by a writer who spent two and a half years in Vietnam. Fine in dust jacket.
1441. -. Same title, advance review copy with slip laid in. Fine in dust jacket.
1442. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1443. Doliner, Roy. THE THIN LINE. NY: Crown (1980). A novel of the CIA, set in Southeast Asia in 1963. Small red dots on outer page edges otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with several tears.
1444. -. Advance reading copy in printed wrappers. Fine.
1445. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1446. Doolittle, Jerome. THE BOMBING OFFICER. NY: Dutton (1982). A novel about an officer in charge of approving bombing targets in Laos. Fine in dust jacket.
1447. Dunn, Mary Lois. THE MAN IN THE BOX: A STORY FROM VIETNAM. NY: McGraw-Hill (1968). An early novel for young adults, about an American soldier captured by the Viet Cong and saved by a Montagnard boy. A very scarce early novel of the war. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1448. Dunn, Marylois with Ardath Mayhar. THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT HORSE. NY: H&R (1983). Young adult novel of a family in East Texas that adopts a Vietnamese boy. Small binding defect to rear endpaper, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket.
1449. Duras, Marguerite. A SEA OF TROUBLES. Lon: Methuen (1953). First English edition of her first book, published in this country as The Sea Wall, set in French Indochina, where the author grew up. Previous owner's name and date in pencil, otherwise near fine in dust jacket.
1450. Duras, Marguerite. THE SEA WALL. NY: FS&G (1967). Reissue of her first novel, with a new introduction by Germain Bree. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
1451. Durden, Charles. NO BUGLES, NO DRUMS. NY: Viking (1976). A black comedy which is one of the underrated novels of the war. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1452. Dye, Dale A. RUN BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS. NY: Avon (1985). Paperback original, about the battle for Hue. Near fine in wrappers.
1453. Dye, Dale A. PLATOON. NY: Charter (1986). Paperback original, a novelization based on the Academy Award-winning film by Oliver Stone. Near fine in wrappers.
1454. -. Same title, first hardcover edition -- a book club edition. Near fine in dust jacket. By all appearances, not the most popular book issued by the club; a scarce title in hardcover.
1455. Eastlake, William. THE BAMBOO BED. NY: S&S (1969). A novel of the war, by a writer most well-known for his novels of the Southwest. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1456. -. Same title, first edition inscribed by the author. Near fine in dust jacket.
1457. Ebert, Alan with Janice Rotchstein. THE LONG WAY HOME. NY: Crown (1984). Uncorrected proof copy. A novel about the divisive effects of the war on a family. Fine in wrappers.
1458. -. Same title, first edition. Owner name; near fine in dust jacket.
1459. Edgar, Ken. AS IF. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall (1973). A novel of a scientist doing top-secret military work, who is sent to Vietnam when a bomb he designed fails to work as intended. This is a review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in dust jacket.
1460. Edgerton, Clyde. THE FLOATPLANE NOTEBOOKS. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1988. Advance reading copy in wrappers. One of the main characters spends a portion of his time in Vietnam.
1461. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1462. Ehrlich, Jack. CLOSE COMBAT. NY: Pocket (1969). Paperback original. Adventure novel set in Cambodia, about a "suicide mission" to destroy a Chinese radar installation. Very good.
1463. Elegant, Robert S. A KIND OF TREASON. NY: HRW (1966). A suspense novel about a journalist in Vietnam, and the CIA. First novel by this author who had written several books of nonfiction about Southeast Asia, a journalist and an expert on the region. Fine in dust jacket.
1464. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Avon 1967). Fine copy.
1465. Ellison, James Whitfield. THE SUMMER AFTER THE WAR. NY: Dodd, Mead (1972). A novel about a writer just back from Vietnam. Fine in spine-darkened dj, and inscribed by the author.
1466. -. Same title, first edition, uninscribed. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1467. Ely, Scott. STARLIGHT. NY: Weidenfeld & Nicholson (1987). The author's first book, a novel about a night-vision rifle scope which enables its user to see the future. Fine in dust jacket.
1468. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Warner 1988). Very fine.
1469. England, Barry. FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. NY: RH (1968). Not specifically about Vietnam, but the theme of capture, escape and pursuit through "hostile native populace and an implacable terrain" mark it as at least an allegory, if not a directly realistic novel about the war. Near fine in dj.
1470. Everett, Percival. WALK ME TO THE DISTANCE. NY: T&F, 1985. Second novel by this black author, about a vet just returned from Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1471. (Faherty, Pat). "239116". THE FASTEST TRUCK IN VIETNAM. SF: Pull/Press (1983). "Backed by their substandard stateside training and fortified by substance abuse, the men of Charlie Battery personify the Vietnam War that most of us knew -- fun, fear, confusion, boredon, elation, loneliness and a time to grow up." Only issued in wrappers. Near fine.
1472. Fawcett, Brian. CAMBODIA: A BOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO FIND TELEVISION TOO SLOW. NY: Grove Press (1986). Uncorrected proof copy. A book which juxtaposes a number of short stories with an ongoing essay about Cambodia. Fine in wrappers.
1473. -. Same title, advance review copy of the first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1474. Ferrandino, Joseph. FIREFIGHT. NY: Soho (1987). Advance review copy of this well-received first novel of the war. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1475. -. Same title, first edition, inscribed by the author: "For ___ - In whose comments I found encouragement when I needed it most" and dated three weeks before publication. Fine in dj.
1476. -. Same title, first edition, unsigned. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1477. Fleming, Stephen. THE EXILE OF SERGEANT NEN. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1986. Uncorrected proof copy of this novel of a Vietnamese soldier who first fought for the French then the South Vietnamese and later ends up a waiter in Washington DC. Fine in wrappers.
1478. -. Same title, advance review copy with slip and promotional material laid in. Fine in jacket.
1479. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1480. Fleming, Thomas. THE OFFICERS' WIVES. Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. A generational saga beginning with Korea and ending with Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1481. -. Same title, Book-of-the-Month Club edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1482. Flowers, A.R. DE MOJO BLUES. NY: Dutton (1985). The author's first novel, about a black Vietnam vet. One of the small number of novels about the war written by black writers. Fine in dj.
1483. Ford, Daniel. INCIDENT AT MUC WA. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. An early, important novel of the war, later filmed as Go Tell the Spartans with Burt Lancaster. Written by a journeyman reporter in Southeast Asia. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1484. -. Same title, first English edition (Lon: Heinemann 1967). Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1485. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Pyramid 1968). A fine copy.
1486. -. Same book, retitled Go Tell the Spartans (NY: Jove 1979). Paperback; nick at crown o/w fine.
1487. Francisco, Patricia Weaver. COLD FEET. NY: S&S (1988). Advance review copy of this novel about a draft evader who returns home after six years in Canada, to find a country changed in ways he did not expect and does not like. Fine in dust jacket.
1488. Freeling, Nicholas. TSING-BOOM. NY: H&R (1969). A thriller, with the French fighting in Indochina as a background. Near fine in dust jacket.
1489. Freeman, Sean. FAIR WEATHER FOUL. NY: Morrow (1988). Novel about a Vietnam vet who hires a Vietnamese deckhand for his fishing boat. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1490. Freemantle, Brian. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT. Lon: Century (1984). A novel about a journalist who discovers, by chance, 11 years after the war, that POWs are still being held in Vietnam. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1491. Freemantle, Brian. THE VIETNAM LEGACY. NY: Tor (1984). Paperback original. A novel of the war and its aftermath, both in the U.S. and Vietnam, for the veterans of a special mission in 1975, one of whom is now a Presidential candidate. Near fine in wrappers.
1492. Fuller, Jack. FRAGMENTS. NY: Morrow (1984). A novel by a writer who was a combat correspondent for Stars and Stripes in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1493. Gangemi, Kenneth. THE INTERCEPTOR PILOT. Bos: Marion Boyars (1980). A novel about an American fighter pilot who joins the North Vietnamese. Experimental writing, using cinematic techniques and descriptions. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1494. Garfield, Brian. THE LAST BRIDGE. NY: McKay (1966). An early novel about the war, by a journeyman writer who later became well-known for several bestselling thrillers. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
1495. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Avon 1967). Very good copy.
1496. Garlington, Phillip. ACES AND EIGHTS. NY: Evans (1975). Novel of two San Francisco police officers, one black and one white and both Vietnam vets, involved in smuggling Vietnamese narcotics. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1497. Gaydon, Hamilton. TO CIRCLE THE CROSS. The Secrets of Phong Saly. Brentwood, TN: Alpha (1986). A novel about a POW-MIA in Vietnam years after the war has ended. Fine in wrappers and signed by the author.
1498. Gazzaniga, Donald A. A FEW GOOD MEN. NY: Signet (1988). Paperback original, a novel of the Marines in Vietnam. Fine copy.
1499. Gerson, Jack. THE BACK OF THE TIGER. NY: Beaufort (1984). A novel of a journalist tracking down the truth of JFK's assassination, which takes him to Vietnam during the war, among other places. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1500. Gibson, Margaret. CONSIDERING HER CONDITION. NY: Vanguard (1978). Short stories by this award-winning Canadian writer, one of them consisting of letters between a soldier in Vietnam and his girlfriend in Canada. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1501. Giovannitti, Len. THE MAN WHO WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR. NY: RH (1973). Story of a man erroneously awarded the Medal of Honor, who has to admit to having killed American troops in Vietnam -- deliberately, as an act of conscience. Near fine in dust jacket.
1502. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Popular 1976). Fine copy.
1503. Glasser, Ronald J., M.D. ANOTHER WAR/ANOTHER PEACE. NY: Summit (1985). First novel by the author of the nonfiction classic 365 Days. This is a fine copy in fine dust jacket.
1504. -. Same title, review copy. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1505. -. Same title, first edition, inscribed by the author: "For ___, In the hopes that you and your fellow Marines (The Band of Brothers) will never have to go through anything like this." Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
1506. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1507. Glick, Allen. WINTERS COMING, WINTERS GONE. NY: Pinnacle (1984). The first hardcover by this publisher, which declared bankruptcy just before this book was published, causing distribution of it to be haphazard. A well-received first novel, later reprinted in paperback under a different title. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1508. -. Same title, advance review copy. Fine in fine dust jacket, with promotional material laid in.
1509. Gonzales, Laurence. JAMBEAUX. NY: HBJ (1979). A novel about a pair of rock musicians who are Vietnam vets. Advance review copy with promotional sheets laid in. Fine in dust jacket.
1510. Gorsky, K.W., Jr. THIRTEEN MONTHS. NY: Vantage (1989). Vanity press novel based on the author's experiences in the Marines in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1511. Graham, Gail. CROSS-FIRE. (NY): Pantheon (1972). A "young adult" novel of the war, focusing on a yougn soldier and four orphans. Fine in very good dust jacket.
1512. -. Same title, library binding in decorated board, ex-library copy. VG.
1513. Gray, Rod. THE BIG SNATCH. (NY): Tower (1969). Paperback original, soft-core pornography in the "Lady from L.U.S.T." series. Agent Eve Drum in Laos and Thailand. Near fine copy.
1514. Gray, Spalding. SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA. NY: Theatre Communications Group (1985). Performance artist Gray, who had a small role in the film version of The Killing Fields, uses his experience on the set and in Southeast Asia as the raw material for an extended, funny, reflective, inventive monologue. Fine in wrappers.
1515. Greene, Graham. THE QUIET AMERICAN. Lon: Heinemann (1956) (sic). One of the first novels exploring the American involvement in Vietnam and the theme, so often repeated later, of lost innocence and good intentions gone awry. This is an uncorrected proof of the true first edition, with an incorrect date on the title page. Spine cocked, otherwise near fine in wrappers. A very scarce state of one of the most important novels on the American presence in Vietnam.
1516. -. Same title, first edition (Lon: Heinemann 1955). Bumped at base of spine and rear cover, otherwise very good in dust jacket also wrinkled in those areas.
1517. -. First American edition (NY: Viking, 1956). Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1518. -. First American edition. Very good in edgeworn dust jacket.
1519. -. Lon: The Reprint Society (1957). Early reprint. Fine in near fine dj.
1520. -. First (American) paperback edition (NY: Bantam 1957). Very good in wrappers.
1521. Grey, Anthony. SAIGON. Bos: LB (1984). Advance reading copy of this epic novel, spanning four generations in Saigon. Near fine in wrappers.
1522. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in very good dust jacket.
1523. Griffin, W.E.B. THE BERETS - Brotherhood Of War, Book V. NY: Jove (1985). Fifth book in this popular series, and first to deal with Vietnam. Paperback original. Very good in wraps.
1524. Griffin, W.E.B. THE GENERALS - Brotherhood Of War, Book VI. NY: Jove (1986). Paperback original, last book in the series. Near fine copy.
1525. Grimsley, Linda. GUERRILLA IN THE KITCHEN. NY: Liveright (1974). Novel of a housewife's feminist awakening when she reads a Green Beret manual on guerrilla warfare. Very good in dj.
1526. Groen, Jay and David. HUEY. NY: Ballantine (1984). Authors' first book, a novel of helicopter warfare, based on their experiences. Paperback original. Near fine copy.
1527. Groom, Winston. BETTER TIMES THAN THESE. NY: Summit (1978). The author's first book, one of the self-consciously "big" novels of the war -- an ambitious book which tries to get at the important truths of that time from a number of different angles. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1528. -. Same title, advance reading copy in wrappers. Near fine.
1529. Groom, Winston. FORREST GUMP. Garden City: Doubleday, 1986. Advance review copy of this comic novel, about an idiot Everyman, who is also a Vietnam vet and a Medal of Honor winner. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1530. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1531. Grossbach, Robert. EASY AND HARD WAYS OUT. NY: Harper's (1975). A novel of a half-competent technician working on the development of the latest fighter place for the Air Force, during the war. Fine in dust jacket.