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867. WARNER, Denis. Out of the Gun. London: Hutchinson (1956). A discussion of why the battle of Dien Bien Phu should be seen by the West as a Vietminh victory, not a French loss. Some foxing to page edges; near fine, lacking the dust jacket.

868. WARNER, Roger. Shooting at the Moon. South Royalton: Steerforth Press (1996). A reissue of his highly praised book, Back Fire: The CIA's Secret War in Laos and Its Link to the War in Vietnam. This is the first paperback edition. Winner of the Overseas Press Club's award for the best book on foreign affairs. Fine.

869. 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 II--The 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. Foxing to the edges; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a solicitation from the Authors Institute of America, which apparently used Fields of Fire to garner support for previously unpublished authors. An important, well-written novel of the war.

870. -. Another copy. Foxing to the page edges; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

871. -. Another copy. Foxed and sunned; about very good in a very good dust jacket with a few spots and one chip.

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

873. -. Another copy of the proof. Near fine.

874. WEBB, James. A Country Such as This. NY: Doubleday (1983). The uncorrected proof copy of the author's third novel, a "panoramic novel of America, 1951-1976," part of which has to do with Vietnam. A couple tiny spots; still fine in wrappers.

875. WEBER, Hyman. World Crisis in Vietnam: A Critique of U.S. Policy. NY: (apparently self-published), 1965. Stamped "Library of Congress Surplus/ Duplicate;" sunning along spine; else near fine in stapled wrappers.

876. WEST, Richard. Victory in Vietnam. (London): Private Eye/Andre Deutsch (1974). Review copy. Reporting from Vietnam by a British reporter who went there numerous times. With photographs by Philip Jones Griffiths, author of Vietnam, Inc. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon

877. WHITELY, Rocky. Crazy Charlie's Crew. Hicksville: Exposition (1977). Vanity press book, a comic novel of a B-52 crew in Vietnam, written by a former B-52 pilot in the Fifties, who trained B-52 crews going to Vietnam. Not in Newman. Inscribed by the author. Small numbers stamped on first blank; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.

878. WHITESIDE, Thomas. The Withering Rain. America's Herbicidal Folly. NY: Dutton (1971). Expanded reissue of his book Defoliation, published as a paperback original the year before. A landmark book on the use of defoliants, particularly Agent Orange. Publication of this book led directly to the Congressional Hearings which resulted in the banning of most uses of dioxin-contaminated herbicides, both in Vietnam and in the U.S. Very near fine in like dust jacket.

879. WILLIAMS, Marion L. My Tour in Vietnam. A Burlesque Shocker. NY: Vantage Press (1970). Vanity press account by a black woman who served as a correspondent in Vietnam--an uncommon perspective, to say the least. Fine in a mildly spine-faded; else fine dust jacket. Scarce.

880. WILSON, William. The LBJ Brigade. (London): Macgibbon & Kee (1966). The first British edition of this 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 publisher (Apocalypse in Los Angeles) which may have existed only to do this one book. Tiny abrasion front pastedown; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

881. - . Same title, first paperback printing (NY: Pyramid 1966). Cover corner creased; near fine in wrappers.

882. WOLFE, Bernard. Logan's Gone. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing (1974). Novel of a Vietnam vet involved in drug-running after he returns to the U.S. Owner address label front flyleaf; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of wear at the spine crown.

883. WOLFE, Michael. Man on a String. NY: Harper & Row (1973). The author's first book, a suspense novel centered on a journalist in Vietnam. Slight foxing to page edges; else fine in a fine dust jacket.

884. 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 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. Trace foxing to top edge; fine in a fine dust jacket.

885. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author: For ___ ____: (Please destroy this book)/ Tobias Wolff." Near fine in wrappers. Rare.

886. WRIGHT, Eddie. Thoughts About the Vietnam War. NY: Carlton (1986). A vanity press publication of a black vet's writing "based on my personal experiences, books I have read and conversations with other veterans." The author was an Air Force sergeant in Vietnam and received a Bronze Star there. This work was part of his thesis for a college degree, completed years after his time in the service. His faculty advisor in the Adult Degree Program in which he took part was Dave Dellinger, the noted radical and antiwar activist and member of the "Chicago 7." Fine in a lightly rubbed, near fine dust jacket. Scarce.

887. WRIGHT, Stephen. Meditations in Green. NY: Scribner's (1983). Review copy of the author's first book, a highly praised novel--"the chronicle of the corruption and decay of Spec 4 James Griffin under the pressures of an unreal war." Winner of the Maxwell Perkins Award. Near fine in a spine-faded, else fine dust jacket.

888. -. Another copy, not a review copy. Owner name and remainder dot. Near fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

889. -. Another copy. Remainder dot. Black strip to lower boards and jacket from previous dust jacket protector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

890. -. Another copy. Lower board and page edges stained; about near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

891. -. Another copy. From outward appearances a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, but the jacket flaps were once glued to the pastedowns and the scars remain. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

892. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Near fine in wrappers.

893. YOUNG, Perry Deane. Two of the Missing. A Reminiscence of Some Friends in the War. NY: Coward McCann Geoghegan (1975). Account of the disappearance of two journalists, Sean Flynn--son of swashbuckling movie star, Errol Flynn--and Dana Stone, written by a friend who was also a journalist. Signed by the author. Stains to upper pages edges, board edges and inner jacket. Tape on the verso of the jacket spine. Very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket.

894. -. Another copy, unsigned. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

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