Vietnam War Literature, 15
1533. Halberstam, David. ONE VERY HOT DAY. Bos: HM, 1968. A novel of the war by this Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, whose nonfiction ranks among the best and most influential written on the war. This is a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket.
1534. -. Another copy, fine in very good dust jacket and inscribed by the author in December, 1967, a month prior to publication.
1535. -. Same title, book club edition. Very good in torn dust jacket.
1536. Haldeman, Joe W. WAR YEAR. NY: HRW (1972). First book by this writer who has since won a number of major awards for his science fiction. A short, semi-autobiographical novel. This is an advance review copy with slip laid in and pub date written on dj spine. Near fine in jacket.
1537. -. Another copy, fine in dust jacket and signed by the author. An early, uncommon book by an important author.
1538. -. Same title, first paperback edition (NY: Pocket 1972), and first thus -- revised from the original. Near fine in wrappers.
1539. Haldeman, Joe W. THE FOREVER WAR. NY: St. Martin's (1974). His first full-length novel, a science fiction tale of an ongoing war which loses its original clear meaning and purpose as it drags on through the years. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the two major science fiction awards, a book which is explicitly patterned on Haldeman's Vietnam experience, including the feeling of dislocation on returning home and finding "Earth" drastically changed over the years. A very scarce title, this copy has an owner name on the front endpaper, otherwise near fine in dust jacket.
1540. -. Same title, first English edition (Lon: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1974). Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
1541. Hardesty, Steven. GHOST SOLDIERS. NY: Walker (1986). A novel about a group of soldiers, some dead and some alive, fighting together in Vietnam. Fine in dust jacket.
1542. Hardy, Rene. THE SWORD OF GOD. Garden City: Doubleday, 1954. Early novel of the French Indochina war, and power struggles among the Viet Minh. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1543. -. Another copy, very good in edgeworn dust jacket.
1544. Hardy, Ronald. THE PLACE OF JACKALS. Garden City: Doubleday, 1955. Set in Laos, and focused on the conflict between the "United Forces" and the Viet Minh. Near fine in very good dj.
1545. Hartland, Michael. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN. NY: Macmillan (1983). Spy thriller which in part pertains to the French Indochina war, and ends up in Vietnam in 1979, with the Chinese invasion. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1546. -. Same title, advance reading copy in wrappers. Fine.
1547. Harvester, Simon. BATTLE ROAD. NY: Walker (1967). First American edition. Uncommon novel featuring a British spy who may have defected; set in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1548. Hasford, Gustav. THE SHORT-TIMERS. NY: H&R (1979). Uncorrected proof copy of this novel which was filmed as Full Metal Jacket by Stanley Kubrick. Called by some the most powerful novel to come out of the war. Fine in wrappers.
1549. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in dust jacket.
1550. Hasford, Gustav. THE PHANTOM BLOOPER. NY: Bantam (1990). Advance review copy, with promotional material laid in. Fine in dust jacket.
1551. Hastings, Michael. THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. NY: Macmillan (1986). Thriller revolving around the identity of the Vietnam Unknown Soldier, and a scandal surrounding his death. Fine in dj.
1552. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1553. Hathaway, Bo. A WORLD OF HURT. NY: Taplinger (1981). Advance review copy of this first novel about two Green Berets fighting in Vietnam for very different reasons. Fine in near fine dj.
1554. -. Same title, not a review copy. Fine in dust jacket.
1555. -. Second printing, fine in dust jacket.
1556. Hawkins, Evelyn. VIETNAM NURSE. NY: Zebra (1984). Paperback original, a novel about a military nurse who volunteers for Vietnam, and the horror of war which she encounters there. Near fine.
1557. Hawkins, Jack. CHOPPER 1 - BLOOD TRAILS. NY: Ivy (1987). Uncorrected proof copy of this paperback original, first in an adventure series of the war. Fine in wrappers.
1558. Hazzard, Mary. IDLE AND DISORDERLY PERSONS. Seattle: Madrona, 1981. A novel of the antiwar movement, and its effect on the lives of the two main characters. Near fine in dj.
1559. -. Same title, fine in near fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author.
1560. Healy, Jeremiah. THE STAKED GOAT. NY: H&R (1986). Uncorrected proof copy of the second novel in the "John Francis Cuddy" detective series, a murder mystery which has its roots in Vietnam a dozen years earlier. Fine in wrappers.
1561. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in dust jacket.
1562. Heath, Layne. CW2. NY: Morrow (1990). Advance reading copy of this well-received novel of the war by a former helcopter pilot. Just published to much fanfare and acclaim. Fine in wrappers.
1563. -. Another copy, near fine in wrappers.
1564. Heckler, Jonellen. SAFEKEEPING. NY: Putnam's (1983). A novel about a POW and his wife in the U.S. Near fine in dust jacket.
1565. -. Same title, advance reading copy. Near fine in wrappers.
1566. Heffernan, William. THE CORSICAN. NY: S&S (1983). A novel of organized crime and drug smuggling, some of it set in Southeast Asia. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
1567. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Near fine in wrappers.
1568. Heinemann, Larry. CLOSE QUARTERS. NY: FS&G (1977). The author's first novel, which some consider the best novel of the war. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1569. -. Same title, first edition, inscribed by the author in 1983. Fine in dust jacket.
1570. -. Same title, first English edition (Lon: Faber 1987). Only issued in softcover. Fine.
1571. -. First paperback edition (NY: Popular 1977). Very fine in wrappers.
1572. -. Same title, first paperback; very good copy.
1573. -. Same title, paperback reprint in the Penguin Contemporary American Fiction series (NY: Penguin 1986). Very fine.
1574. Heinemann, Larry. PACO'S STORY. NY: FS&G (1986). His second novel, about a badly wounded Vietnam vet. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1575. -. Same title, first edition, signed by the author.
1576. -. First English edition (Lon: Faber 1987). Fine in fine dust jacket.
1577. -. Same title, Quality Paperback Book Club edition; no comparable trade edition in this format.
1578. Heinemann, Larry. Audio Tape Reading from PACO'S STORY. Columbia: AAPL (1987). Lengthy reading (approx. 60 minutes) of the first chapter ("Just One Clean Fact") of his second novel. An experienced actor, Heinemann reads in the voices of the dead soldiers from Paco's company, killed in an ambush that left only Paco alive, and he horribly mutilated. New, as issued:
1579. -. Audio Tape Interview with Heinemann, issued in conjunction with the above. Heinemann talks about the effect of winning the National Book Award, and other subjects related to his writing and his first two books. New:
1580. -. Reading and Interview as a Set. Two tapes. New, as issued:
1581. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO. Toronto: Gold Eagle (1986). Paperback original. First book in this series, focusing on Special Forces Captain Mack Gerber, also hero of the authors' "Scorpion Squad" series. "Helm" is a pseudonym for two Vietnam veterans, writing together.
1582. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - P.O.W. Tor: Gold Eagle (1986). Paperback original, second in the series. Near fine copy.
1583. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - UNCONFIRMED KILL. Tor: Gold Eagle (1986). Third in the series. Near fine in wrappers.
1584. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - THE FALL OF CAMP A-555. Tor: GE (1987). Fourth in the series. Near fine copy.
1585. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - SOLDIER'S MEDAL. Tor: GE (1987). Paperback original. Fifth book in the series. A fine copy.
1586. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - THE KIT CARSON SCOUT. Tor: GE (1987). Paperback original. Sixth in the series. Near fine copy.
1587. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - THE HOBO WOODS. Tor: GE (1987). Paperback original, seventh in the series. Fine in wrappers.
1588. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - GUIDELINES. Tor: GE (1987). Paperback original, eighth in the series. Near fine copy.
1589. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - THE VILLE. Tor: GE (1987). Paperback original, ninth in the series. Owner name, otherwise near fine in wrappers.
1590. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - INCIDENT AT PLEI SOI. Tor: GE (1988). Tenth in the series. Near fine in wrappers.
1591. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - TET. Tor: GE (1988). #11 in the series. Fine.
1592. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - RED DUST. Tor: GE (1988). #13 in the series.
1593. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - HAMLET. Tor: GE (1988). #14 in this series.
1594. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - CAMBODIAN SANCTUARY. Tor: GE (1989). Seventeenth in the series. Fine copy.
1595. "Helm, Eric." VIETNAM: GROUND ZERO - TAN SON NHUT. Tor: GE (1989). #20. Fine.
1596. "Helm, Eric." THE SCORPION SQUAD #4 - RIVER RAID. NY: Pinnacle (1985). Paperback original. The fourth in another series by this prolific team. Fine copy.
1597. Hempstone, Smith. A TRACT OF TIME. Bos: HM, 1966. An early, influential novel, one of the first to attempt to get at the "truth" of Vietnam by telling a fictional tale. Near fine in dj.
1598. -. Same title, advance reading copy in printed wrappers. Near fine.
1599. -. Same title, first paperback printing (Greenwich: Fawcett 1966). Fine copy.
1600. Hendrie, Don, Jr. BLOUNT'S ANVIL. Amherst, MA: Lynx House, 1980. Second novel by this author, about several radical antiwar activists who go underground after inadvertently blowing up a townhouse in New York. Only marginally related to Vietnam, but a good novel of the late '60s and living underground. This is the uncommon hardcover edition. Near fine in dust jacket.
1601. Hendricks, G.C. THE SECOND WAR. NY: Viking (1990). Coming-of-age novel about a Southern boy who goes to Vietnam as a pilot and is shot down there. Glowing dust jacket blurbs by Tim O'Brien, Robert Mason and Craig Nova. Fine in dust jacket.
1602. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1603. Hervey, Harry. CONGAI. NY: Cosmopolitan, 1927. A novel of colonial Indochina, embodied in a woman born of French father and Annamite mother. Very good in pictorial dust jacket and inscribed by the author in 1927.
1604. Heywood, Joe T. TAXI DANCER. NY: Berkley (1985). Paperback original about a pilot flying bombing missions over the North, who is shot down and becomes a POW. Very good in wraps.
1605. -. First English edition, also a paperback original (Lon: Corgi 1987). Ink mark on first leaf (price blacked out, probably), otherwise near fine in wrappers.
1606. Hiler, Craig. MONKEY MOUNTAIN. NY: Leisure (1983). Reprint edition of this paperback original, first published in 1979. Very good in wrappers.
1607. Hill, Larry. VIETNAM: UP FRONT. Florida: Exposition (1987). Vanity press novel by a writer who was a correspondent in Vietnam in 1968. Thinly disguised autobiography, it would seem. Dust jacket photograph of the author by Sean Flynn. Fine in dust jacket.
1608. Holland, William E. LET A SOLDIER DIE. NY: Delacorte (1984). The author's first book, a well-received novel of helicopter warfare. Remainder spray otherwise fine in dust jacket.
1609. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1610. Honig, Louis. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY: READ AND DESTROY. LA: Charles (1972). A novel of American and Chinese intelligence agents attempting to "thwart the secret mission of the one man who can bring an early end to the war in Vietnam." Near fine in dust jacket.
1611. Hoover, Paul. SAIGON, ILLINOIS. NY: Vintage Contemporaries (1988). A novel of a CO during the war, doing his alternative service in a hospital in Chicago. Only published in softcover. This is an advance review copy with promotional material laid in. Fine.
1612. -. Same title, first edition, fine in wrappers.
1613. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy, fine in wrappers.
1614. Hougron, Jean. BLAZE OF THE SUN. NY: Dell (1957). First paperback edition of this title, a love story by a French writer, set during the Indochina war. Very good.
1615. Hougron, Jean. BARBARIAN'S COUNTRY. NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1961). Novel of colonial Indochina in the 1950s. Very good in spine-faded dust jacket.
1616. Huddle, David. "The Interrogation of the Prisoner Bung by Mister Hawkins and Sergeant Tree" in THE SECRET LIFE OF OUR TIMES. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. Story set in Vietnam, in this collection of fiction from Esquire. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1617. Huggett, William Turner. BODY COUNT. NY: Putnam's (1973). A novel of Marines in Vietnam, written by a former Marine. Owner name otherwise near fine in dust jacket.
1618. -. Another copy, inscribed by the author in 1973. Near fine in dust jacket.
1619. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in tall wrappers.
1620. Hughes, Frank. EVERYDAY HEROES. NY: Leisure (1981). Paperback original, a novel of Navy pilots in Vietnam. Near fine copy.
1621. Hunter, Evan. SONS. Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. Previous owner's label; near fine in dust jacket. A novel of the effect of war on three generations of males in an American family.
1622. Hunter, R. Lanny and Victor L. Hunter. LIVING DOGS AND DEAD LIONS. NY: Viking (1986). A novel of a vet 12 years after the war, with numerous flashbacks to his time in Vietnam. Fine in dustjacket.
1623. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1624. Huynh Quang Nhuong. Audio Tape Reading of THE LAND I LOST. Columbia: AAPL (1986). Short stories by this Vietnamese writer, read by Bob Thompson. Stories by Huynh, an award-winning author of children's books, about the effect of the war on his birthplace and his life. New:
1625. -. Reading of Unpublished Short Stories by Huynh. Read by Sam Stowers. New:
1626. -. Two Readings as a Set. New, as issued:
1627. -. Interview with Huynh Quang Nhuong who was drafted into the South Vietnamese Army in 1963, although his sympathies were with the North. Huynh felt he didn't have "the stuff of heroism" required to live the life of a revolutionary soldier in South Vietnam. Wounded five times and eventually permanently paralyzed, he has lived in the U.S. since 1969. Lengthy interview (75 minutes).
1628. -. Two Readings and Interview as a Set. Three tapes. As issued:
1629. Hyman, Tom. RICHES AND HONOR. NY: Viking (1985). A novel about a family with two sons, one a POW and the other a drifter and rebel. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1630. Hynd, Noel. REVENGE. NY: Dial, 1976. Author's first book, about a former POW who returns to Vietnam to find his torturer. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1631. Jackson, Blyden. OPERATION BURNING CANDLE. NY: Third Press (1973). Novel about a group of black Vietnam vets using commando tactics to terrorize Manhattan. Fine in dust jacket.
1632. Jacob, John. THE LIGHT FANDANGO. Chicago: Another Chicago (1988). A collection of stories including one about Vietnam. Uncorrected proof copy, fine in wrappers.
1633. Jacob, John. LONG RIDE BACK. NY: Thunder's Mouth (1988). The author's first novel, about the war. This is an advance review copy, fine in dust jacket with one nick.
1634. -. Same title, advance review copy of the issue in wrappers. Fine copy.
1635. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1636. Jessup, Richard. FOXWAY. Bos: LB (1971). "The story of a youthful Vietnam hero who returns to America and finds the war zone still around him." Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1637. Jungyho, Ahn. WHITE BADGE. NY: Soho (1989). Korean novel of a Korean Vietnam veteran. Fine in fine dust jacket. In print at:
1638. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
1639. Just, Ward. THE CONGRESSMAN WHO LOVED FLAUBERT. Bos: Atlantic Little Brown (1973). His first collection of stories, set in Washington DC, some of which have the war as a prominent backdrop. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1640. Just, Ward S. STRINGER. Bos: Atlantic Little Brown (1974). A novel about an intelligence agent on a guerrilla mission in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1641. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Sticker mark front cover, otherwise fine. Uncommon.
1642. Just, Ward S. HONOR, POWER, RICHES, FAME, AND THE LOVE OF WOMEN. NY: Dutton (1979). A collection of stories, some of them set in Southeast Asia. Fine in dust jacket.
1643. Just, Ward S. IN THE CITY OF FEAR. NY: Viking (1982). A novel of Washington, with the Vietnam war as a backdrop. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
1644. Just, Ward S. THE AMERICAN BLUES. NY: Viking (1984). A novel about a journalist who is obsessed with the Vietnam war, which he once covered. Fine in dust jacket.
1645. Just, Ward S. JACK GANCE. Bos: HM, 1989. Advance reading copy. Another Washington novel, spanning the years of the '60s and on, with Vietnam as backdrop. Fine in wrappers.
1646. Just, Ward. TWENTY-ONE. Selected Stories. Bos: HM, 1990. Uncorrected proof of this collection, which contains several stories relating to the war. Fine in wrappers.
1647. Kaiko, Takeshi. INTO A BLACK SUN. Tokyo: Kodansha International (1983). Paperback reprint of this Japanese novel of Vietnam, 1964-65, which was first published in English in 1980. Near fine.
1648. Kalb, Barnard and Marvin. THE LAST AMBASSADOR. Bos: LB (1981). A novel of Vietnam just before the fall of Saigon. The authors were correspondents who reported on Vietnam. Fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
1649. Kaplan, Andrew. DRAGONFIRE. (NY): Warner (1987). Advance reading copy of this novel of an American intelligence agent in Southeast Asia, as Vietnam prepares to invade Thailand to root out the Khmer Rouge there. Small stain lower corner otherwise fine in wrappers.
1650. Keeley, Edmund. A WILDERNESS CALLED PEACE. NY: S&S (1985). A novel of Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge takeover. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1651. -. Same title, fine in dust jacket and signed by the author.
1652. Kennebeck, Paul. LAST NIGHT'S FARM. LA: Nash (1973). Two characters in this novel about drug smuggling are Vietnam vets; several short scenes are in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dj.
1653. Kennedy, Adam. IN A FAR COUNTRY. NY: Delacorte (1983). A novel of the '60s, with Vietnam and the draft as backdrop. One character is a Vietnam vet, one a draft resister who goes to Canada. Near fine in dust jacket.
1654. Kiefer, Middleton. PAX. NY: RH (1958). A novel of the drug industry, part of which has to do with an epidemic in Southeast Asia. Near fine in dust jacket.
1655. -. Same title, advance review copy. Fine in fine dust jacket.
1656. Kim, Don'o. MY NAME IS TIAN. (Sydney): Angus and Robertson (1968). Korean novel of Vietnam, spanning the years from before Dien Bien Phu to the arrival and advances of American troops there. This copy near fine in dust jacket and inscribed by the author, with an ALS tipped in at the rear which comments on, among other things, the critical reception the book was getting at the time. A very scarce novel, not in Newman although it concerns Americans fighting in Vietnam, if somewhat less prominently than the Koreans fighting there.
1657. Kingry, Philip. THE MONK AND THE MARINES. NY: Bantam (1974). Paperback original, a novel of a medic in Vietnam. Very good copy in wrappers.
1658. Kirkwood, James. SOME KIND OF HERO. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell (1975). A novel of a POW in Vietnam. Near fine in dust jacket.
1659. -. Another copy, fine in dust jacket and signed by the author.
1660. Klose, Kevin and Phillip A. McCombs. THE TYPHOON SHIPMENTS. NY: Norton (1974). A novel of heroin smuggling from Southeast Asia during the war. Fine in dust jacket.
1661. -. Same title, later printing. Fine in dust jacket which is torn at crown.
1662. Kolpacoff, Victor. THE PRISONERS OF QUAI DONG. NY: New American Library (1967). A novel about an officer stripped of his rank in Vietnam for refusing to carry out his part in the war, who is given a chance to "redeem" himself by aiding in the torture of a prisoner. Near fine in dj.
1663. -. Same title, advance reading copy in wrappers, inscribed by the author.
1664. -. First paperback edition (NY: NAL 1968). Fine copy.
1665. -. Another copy, owner name in pencil, otherwise very good.
1666. Krueger, Carl. WINGS OF THE TIGER. NY: Frederick Fell (1966). Second printing. An early novel of the Air Force in Vietnam. Owner inscription, otherwise near fine in dust jacket.
1667. -. Same title, fourth printing, inscribed by the author. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
1668. Kurtzman, Joel. SWEET BOBBY. NY: McGraw-Hill (1974). A novel about a criminally insane Vietnam vet. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket.