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353. STONE, Robert. Images of War. Boston: Boston Publishing Company (1986). A volume in "The Vietnam Experience" series, with text by Stone and photographs by various photographers. Fine, without dust jacket, as most copies were issued.

354. -. Another copy. Some edge rubbing; tape shadows on endpapers where plastic cover has been affixed; otherwise near fine.

355. SUMMERS, Harry G., Jr. On Strategy: The Vietnam War in Context. Carlisle Barracks: Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 1982. Revised edition of an important study of the war by a career officer, applying Clausewitz's principles to the actual conduct of the war. A controversial study even before publication, this has since come to be recognized as one of the pieces of writing to formally articulate the "lessons of Vietnam" in a way that attempts to understand the mistakes and build for the future from the basis of that understanding. Summers focused on the questions at the intersection of military strategy and national policy, and the effect of his (and later, others') analyses of such questions have been amply demonstrated in the U.S. conduct of the Gulf War, for example. An important study. This is a very good copy in wrappers; no indication of there having been a hardcover.

356. -. Another copy, signed by the author. Fine.

357. TATE, Donald. Bravo Burning. NY: Scribner's (1986). A novel of the war by an award-winning correspondent. Fine in fine dust jacket.

358. TAYLOR, Thomas. A-18. NY: Crown (1967). Author's first novel, about a Special Forces strike into North Vietnam. Owner name under front flap; very good in very good dust jacket. An uncommon, early novel of the war.

359. TERRY, Megan. Viet Rock. NY: Simon & Schuster (1967). Scarce hardcover edition of this collection of four plays. Ink stamp and tape residue front endpapers; near fine in near fine dust jacket, internally tape-strengthened at spine crown.

360. -. Another copy. Remainder stripe; very good in very good dust jacket.

361. THICH NHAT HANH. The Cry of Vietnam. Santa Barbara: Unicorn, 1968. Drawings by Vo-Dinh. The author, a Buddhist, was a significant figure in the movement to end the war in the 1960s; later he became an important figure in the "New Age" movement. Owner name front flyleaf; else fine in wrappers.

362. TROWBRIDGE, James. Easy Victories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Pseudonymous novel by a former intelligence officer in Vietnam, about one intelligence officer's experience in the war. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a touch of wear at the spine crown.

363. -. Another copy. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with a rear gutter nick and two short edge tears at the spine crown.

364. TRUSCOTT, Lucian K. Dress Gray. Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. Author's first novel, about a gay recruit at West Point in the Sixties. Spine cloth faded; else fine in fine dust jacket.

365. TRUSCOTT, Lucian K. Army Blue. NY: Crown (1989). Story about a lieutenant in Vietnam who is framed and court-martialed, and his father and grandfatherboth military menwho try to come to his aid. Fine in fine dust jacket.

366. VAN DEVANTER, LYNDA and FUREY, Joan A., eds. Visions of War, Dreams of Peace. (NY): Warner (1990). Edited typescript, in varying typefaces, of this book of poetry by women veterans of the Vietnam war. 8 1/2" x 11" unbound sheets, with many photocopied and holograph comments and corrections. Fine.

367. VAUGHAN, Curry. Battleground. Plainfield: Logos (1978). Personal account of a career military officer who served as a Chaplain in Vietnam. Apparently only issued in wrappers.

368. (Viet-minh Documents). Declaration of the Foreign Office. (n.p.): (Provisional Government of the Republic of Vietnam) (Sept. 1945). Early postwar document decrying the resumption of French rule over its former colonies in the aftermath of the Japanese surrender ending World War II. Small corner chip; near fine in stapled wrappers.

369. (Viet-minh Documents). Documents. (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). [c. 1945]. Small pamphlet printing important documents in the early period following the end of World War II, during the time between the end of Japanese rule over Vietnam and the resumption of French sovereignty. Includes Emperor Bao Dai's abdication, dated August 24, 1945, as well as the text of the famous "Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Vietnam," which borrows heavily from the language of the United States's Declaration of Independence in 1776. Near fine in stapled wrappers.

370. (Vietnamese Fiction). BAO NINH. The Sorrow of War. NY: Pantheon (1993). First American edition of this highly praised novel by a former North Vietnamese soldier, one of the few to have been published in this country revealing the perspective of the Vietnamese combatants. Fine in fine dust jacket.

371. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.

372. (Vietnamese Fiction). DUONG THU HUONG. Paradise of the Blind. NY: Morrow (1993). Advance reading copy of this recent novel by a woman who is the most popular novelist in Vietnam today. Her first book published in the U.S., and the first Vietnamese novel ever published here, according to the publisher. Fine in wrappers.

373. (Vietnamese Fiction). DUONG THU HUNOG. Novel without a Name. NY: Morrow (1995). First American edition of her second book published in the U.S. After huge success in Vietnam, the author's books were withdrawn from circulation there because of her decidedly antiwar sentiment. Fine in fine dust jacket.

373a. (Vietnamese Fiction). TRAN VAN DINH. Blue Dragon White Tiger. Philadelphia: Triam, 1983. The author's second novel, of one Vietnamese official's experience in a decade of war. Inscribed by the author. Fine in near fine dust jacket with several short edge tears.

374. (Vietnamese Poetry). We Promise One Another. (Washington): (Indochina Mobile Education Project) (1971). A 1" square price removal abrasion on front cover; else fine in wrappers.

375. VITTO, Frank. To Know You Care... NY: Vantage Press (1974). Pseudonymously written personal account, published by a "vanity" press. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Uncommon.

376. WATERHOUSE, Charles. Vietnam War Sketches from the Air Land and Sea. Rutland/Tokyo: Tuttle (1970). Drawings from the war zone. Inscribed by the author. A 1" tear to the lower front spine fold; otherwise near fine in wrappers.

377. WEBB, James. Fields of Fire. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall (1977). A highly praised combat novel in the tradition of the great novels of World War IIThe Naked and the Dead and From Here to Eternity. Webb's first novel follows a single group of Marines through their coming-of-age in the war and uses their characters and backgrounds and experiences to reflect on the major issues of the time. Webb was a decorated Marine in Vietnam and later became Secretary of the Navy. This book was published by a publisher more well-known for its textbooks than for bestselling novels and it has a binding and dust jacket that show wear readily. This copy has foxing to top edge; near fine in near fine dust jacket. An important, well-written novel of the war.

378. WEBB, James. A Sense of Honor. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall (1981). His second novel, set at Annapolis at the height of the war. Fine in fine dust jacket.

379. WEBB, James. A Country Such as This. NY: Doubleday (1983). A "panoramic novel of America, 1951-1976," part of which has to do with Vietnam. Fine in fine dust jacket with very mild spine-fading.

380. WEBB, Kate. On the Other Side of the War. (n.p.): United Press International, 1971. A chronicle of the 23 days this UPI correspondent spent captured by the Viet Cong. This is a small pamphlet the author wrote about her experience. Fine in wrappers.

381. WEIGL, Bruce. Song of Napalm. NY: Atlantic Monthly (1988). A well-received volume of war poems, with an introduction by Robert Stone. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with slight wear at spine crown.

382. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.

383. -. Another copy of the proof. Fine, in proof dust jacket.

384. (WERDER, Albert J.). Four poems in Kayak 26. (Santa Cruz); (Kayak Books) (1971). With contributions by Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Carol Bergé, Stephen Dobyns, and others. Multi-colored pages. Dust-soiling to front cover; else fine in stapled wrappers.

385. WILLIAMS, Roger Neville. The New Exiles. American War Resisters in Canada. NY: Liveright (1971). Foreword by William Sloane Coffin. A study of draft evaders/dodgers/resisters by an author who himself evaded the draft, "hiding out" in Vietnam as a war correspondent. Fine in fine dust jacket.

386. WILSON, George C. Mud Soldiers. Life Inside the New American Army. NY: Scribner's (1989). Nonfiction report on the post-Vietnam Army. Fine in fine dust jacket.

387. WILSON, Jim. The Sons of Bardstown. 25 Years of Vietnam in an American Town. NY: Crown (1994). Uncorrected proof copy. Nonfiction account of the effect of the Vietnam war on one town. Fine in wrappers.

388. WILSON, William. The LBJ Brigade. LA: Apocalypse, 1966. An early novel of combat in Vietnam, and one which anticipates the many antiwar novels that emerged more than a decade later, after the war was lost. This novel, which "chronicles the swift, brutal education of a young American soldier in Vietnam," is one of the earliest novels to have an overwhelmingly antiwar message. Later such books were common, but at the time this was published, the message was politically unpopular and the publication of this book was relegated to a small publisherone which may have existed only to do this one book. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the price inked out and with small chips at the spine crown. A scarce and important title.

389. WINN, David. Gangland. NY: Knopf, 1982. A novel about a former sergeant in Vietnam and the deranged computer that he operated there. Michael Herr blurb. Fine in fine dust jacket.

390. WOLFE, Michael. The Two-Star Pigeon. NY: Harper & Row (1975). His second book, about a fictionalized coup in Vietnam, reminiscent of the actual situation there. Light foxing to top edge; else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

391. WOLFE, Michael. The Chinese Fire Drill. NY: Harper & Row (1975). A third suspense novel set in Vietnam, featuring Michael Keefe. By far the scarcest of the author's novels. Remainder mark bottom page edges; spine cloth mottled; very good in near fine dust jacket.

392. WOLFF, Tobias. Ugly Rumours. London: Allen & Unwin (1975). The author's first novel, set in Vietnam, about a Special Forces lieutenant and a sergeant serving as advisor to a Vietnamese Infantry Division. One of the scarcest books of the war: not published in this country, and the author has pointedly refused to list it among his "previous publications" on his later books or allowed it to be reprinted. His recent memoir, In Pharaoh's Army, alludes somewhat disparagingly to the novel he was writing while he was serving in Vietnam, presumably Ugly Rumours. The first printing was reported to be only 1000 copies, most of which will have gone to libraries. Wolff is one of the most highly regarded short story writers in America and a novel by him on the war, regardless of the author's opinion of its quality, is still a notable contribution to the literature. An exceedingly scarce book which is so far unavailable in any other form than as a collectible first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.

393. WOLFF, Tobias. In Pharaoh's Army. NY: Knopf, 1994. The second volume of the author's memoirs, picking up where This Boy's Life left off and following the author to Vietnam, and chronicling his experiences there. Fine in fine dust jacket.

394. -. Same title, advance reading copy in glossy wrappers and publisher's card-stock slipcase, signed by the author. Issued as a promotional piece, given away prior to publication of the hardcover book. Fine.

395. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.

396. WOODS, William Crawford. The Killing Zone. NY: Harper's (1970). The author's first book, a novel of computerized warfare, set at a New Jersey training camp during the Vietnam war. Fine in fine dust jacket.

397. WRIGHT, Stephen. Meditations in Green. NY: Scribner's (1983). The author's first book, a highly praised novel that won the Maxwell Perkins Award"the chronicle of the corruption and decay of Spec 4 James Griffin under the pressures of an unreal war." Fine in fine dust jacket.

398. -. Another copy. Owner name on both front endpapers and remainder dot to page edges; else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

399. -. Another copy. Remainder dot top page edges; some scuff marks to lower edges of boards and jacket; still near fine.

400. -. Another copy. Minor staining to bottom edges of pages and boards; otherwise near fine in a near fine jacket with two short edge tears at the spine crown.

401. -. Another copy. To outward appearances, a fine copy, but the jacket flaps were once grievously glued to the endpapers and glue residue and abrasions remain; still very good.

402. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers.

403. -. Another advance reading copy. Near fine.

404. YOUNG, Perry Deane. Two of the Missing. A Reminiscence of Some Friends in the War. NY: Coward McCann Geohegan (1975). Uncorrected proof copy of this account of the disappearance of two journalists, Sean Flynnson of movie star Errol Flynnand Dana Stone, written by a friend who was also a journalist.

405. ZAFFIRI, Samuel. Hamburger Hill. May 11-20, 1969. (Novato): Presidio (1988). Reconstruction of this battle, based on numerous participants' accounts. Fine in fine dust jacket with one tiny edge tear at the upper front spine fold.

406. ZAROULIS, Nancy and SULLVAN, Gerald. Who Spoke Up? American Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 1963-1975. Garden City: Doubleday, 1984. A record of the antiwar movement, particularly its most outspoken individuals. Fine in fine dust jacket with one short edge tear on the upper back panel.

Vietnam-era ZIPPO Lighters

407. (Zippo Lighters). The ubiquitous Zippo lighter, notorious in this country during the war as a symbol of the casual destruction of rural Vietnamese houses and villages, had a more interesting and variegated personality to the soldiers actually serving in Vietnam. Many, after buying their lighter at the PX for a few dollars, would take it to an engraver and have it personalized, often with humorous inscriptions and drawings. They became a form of self-expressionone little-known in this countryand millions were given away or left behind when their owners left Vietnam. Now they have started to re-appear in the markets in Vietnam, artifacts and souvenirs of a long-gone era, which capture with freshness and immediacy the sentiments of the time and the people, at least the Americans, who fought there. We have a limited number of these availablewhich comprise, in effect, a folk art of the period. Described below and priced individually:

a. 69-70 Khe Sanh. Soldier with rifle, guitar and naked woman on one side. On the other: "Fighter by day/Lover by night/Drunkard by choice/Army by mistake." Near fine.

b. 69-70 Khe Sanh. "Ours is not/ to do or die/ours is to smoke/and stay high." Naked women on reverse. Near fine.

c. 70-71 Dak To. "What a fuckin' goofy war," in thought balloon of duckling. On reverse: "Being in the army/ is like using a rubber/ it gives you a feeling/ of security while you're/ getting fucked." Near fine.

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