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| The Legality of U.S. Participation in the Defense of Viet-Nam. (Washington, D.C): (Department of State), (1966). An offprint from the Department of State Bulletin, a memorandum submitted to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, largely concentrating on the issue of whether Congressional approval, and a formal declaration of war, were necessary for U.S. troops to be committed to combat in Vietnam. 16 pages. Stamped "Library of Congress Surplus/Duplicate." Near fine in stapled wrappers. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 010070 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
 | CASSIDY, JOHN, A Station in the Delta. NY: Scribner's, [1979]. First Edition. The uncorrected proof copy of his first book, a novel of the CIA in Vietnam. Cassidy served in Vietnam as an Operations Officer in the Clandestine Service for the CIA. This is a padbound proof, mildly sunned, with page signatures browning at varying rates; near fine in wrappers, in a near fine proof dust jacket creased on the front flap. The proof jacket is of a significantly different design than the one that was later used on the published book. Laid in is a letter from Charles Scribner III to Gloria Jones, expressing excitement about the novel and requesting her comments. An uncommon early variant of an important Vietnam novel. USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 298.5 | £UK 271.5 | JP¥ 38697] Book number: 027303 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
| FALL, BERNARD B, Street Without Joy. Harrisburg: Stackpole, (1964). The first printing of the fourth edition (1964), which was heavily revised and updated to include early U.S. actions in Vietnam. Fall's classic study of French policy and tactics in Southeast Asia and the American penchant for following in the footsteps of the French, duplicating their erroneous assumptions and mistakes. Perhaps the single most insightful volume on the Indochina war(s). Published by a press more noted for its sporting handbooks than for its general trade books, which often issued titles with first printings as small as 1000 copies. To read the book is to be struck by a slowly-building horror -- the realization that much of Fall's description of the failure of various tactics, strategies and policies in Vietnam was written before the United States employed those same tactics and strategies there. Inscribed by Fall one month after publication to a Major Weber, "with best wishes" and dated 11/5/64. There is also an ownership signature of Walt Gray, a Major in the U.S. Air Force, dated April, 1965. Fall's books were sought after on military bases and often passed around among officers, as this would appear to have been. The fourth edition of this title was the last, and it included the most references to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Near fine in a rubbed, very good dust jacket with slight sunning to the spine. Laid into this copy is a Time magazine obituary of Fall from March, 1967. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 497.5 | £UK 452.5 | JP¥ 64496] Book number: 027765 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
 | FALL, BERNARD B, Street Without Joy. Harrisburg: Stackpole, (1961). First Edition. The author's classic study of French policy and tactics in Southeast Asia and the American penchant for following in the footsteps of the French, duplicating their erroneous assumptions and mistakes. Perhaps the single most insightful volume on the Indochina war(s). Published by a press more noted for its sporting handbooks than for its general trade books, which often issued titles with first printings as small as 1000 copies. The first edition of this title is scarce, although it was revised and reissued a number of times in the early and mid-Sixties as the American involvement in Vietnam grew. To read the book is to be struck by a slowly-building horror -- the realization that much of Fall's description of the failure of various tactics, strategies and policies in Vietnam was written before the United States employed those same tactics and strategies there. The book was published barely two months after the inauguration of President Kennedy, who commented that if Vietnam "were ever converted to a white man's war, we should lose it as the French had lost a decade earlier" -- prophetic words from an early moment in the American adventure in Southeast Asia. Signed by the author. Modest handling, with a nick to the lower board edge; near fine in a very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the top edge. "Recommended by the Contemporary Affairs Society" sticker to front cover. Fall traveled to Vietnam as a reporter, historian and analyst repeatedly in the 1960s, and was eventually killed when he stepped on a landmine while on patrol with a group of U.S. Marines in 1967. Books signed by him are relatively uncommon, and signed first editions of his most famous, and probably most important, work are extremely scarce. USD 2500.00 [Appr.: EURO 1657.75 | £UK 1508.5 | JP¥ 214986] Book number: 027763 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
 | FALL, BERNARD B, Street Without Joy. Harrisburg: Stackpole, (1963). The third edition of Fall's classic study of French policy and tactics in Southeast Asia and the American penchant for following in the footsteps of the French, duplicating their erroneous assumptions and mistakes. Perhaps the single most insightful volume on the Indochina war(s). Published by a press more noted for its sporting handbooks than for its general trade books, which often issued titles with first printings as small as 1000 copies. To read the book is to be struck by a slowly-building horror -- the realization that much of Fall's description of the failure of various tactics, strategies and policies in Vietnam was written before the United States employed those same tactics and strategies there. The book was published barely two months after the inauguration of President Kennedy, who commented that if Vietnam "were ever converted to a white man's war, we should lose it as the French had lost a decade earlier" -- prophetic words from an early moment in the American adventure in Southeast Asia. Inscribed by the author to a Major Talbott in 1965, "with sincerest regards." Page edges foxed, handling to boards, light wear to spine ends, phone number (?) on title page; about very good, lacking the dust jacket. USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 298.5 | £UK 271.5 | JP¥ 38697] Book number: 027764 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
| FALL, BERNARD B, Viet-Nam Witness. NY: Frederick A. Praeger, (1966). First Edition. One of the several important books on Southeast Asia which Fall wrote or co-edited during the '60s, as American involvement in Vietnam was escalating. Perhaps more than anyone, Fall was in a unique position to recognize the mistakes as they were being made, and he documented them in a string of books which stand without parallel in that war and rank collectively among the great works ever written on any war. Inscribed by Fall to David Schoenbrun, "the true [Viet-Nam Witness] from way back, with the sincere admiration of Bernard B. Fall/ D.C. May 1966." Schoenbrun was a broadcast journalist with CBS from 1947 to 1963 -- one of the reporter's known as "Murrow's boys," who worked under Edward R. Murrow. Murrow made Schoenbrun his chief Paris correspondent, and from there he visited, and covered, Vietnam. Fine in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket with chipping at the corners and spine ends and one internally mended edge tear. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 497.5 | £UK 452.5 | JP¥ 64496] Book number: 027766 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
| FALL, BERNARD B, Viet-Nam Witness. NY: Frederick A. Praeger, (1966). First Edition. One of the several important books on Southeast Asia which Fall wrote or co-edited during the '60s, as American involvement in Vietnam was escalating. Perhaps more than anyone, Fall was in a unique position to recognize the mistakes as they were being made, and he documented them in a string of books which stand without parallel in that war and rank collectively among the great works ever written on any war. Inscribed by Fall to W.W. Kulski in May, 1966: "A mon cher maitre et a ma 'Tante' W.W. Kulski, ces quelques pages avec mon affectueuse admiration [To my dear master and to my 'Aunt,' W.W. Kulski, these some pages with my affectionate admiration]." Fall has also added a footnote to the dedication page: "The Vietnam desk officers at State, 1957-1963." At the time of inscription, Wladyslaw Kulski was a professor of Political Science at Duke University; earlier in his career he had served as a Polish diplomat. Kulski's penciled underlinings in text; foxing to top edge; near fine in a mildly spine-faded dust jacket with modest edge wear, about near fine. USD 650.00 [Appr.: EURO 431 | £UK 392.25 | JP¥ 55896] Book number: 027767 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
 | FITZGERALD, FRANCES, Fire in the Lake. The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam. Boston: Little Brown, (1972). First Edition. The uncorrected proof copy of her massive and controversial book, the first book from a general trade publisher to give voice to the Vietnamese side of the story of the war. A bestseller, a Book-of-the-Month club selection, winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; one of the most notable books of the Vietnam war and one of the first to examine policy, strategy, and tactics from a human perspective rather than a primarily geopolitical one, and as such one of the books that helped define how Vietnam would be viewed by future generations, and what the "lessons of Vietnam" would be, even for the military. "$12.50 July" and "July list" written on front cover. Near fine in wrappers. An important book, and an uncommon proof. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 | £UK 120.75 | JP¥ 17199] Book number: 014668 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
| HEINEMANN, LARRY, Black Virgin Mountain. NY: Doubleday, (2005). First Edition. A memoir of the war. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication to another writer who provided a blurb for the dust jacket: "___ -- Many heartfelt thanks for all those good words; means a lot to me. This, of course, is a true book -- with some stretchers, which were unavoidable (har). Best love, Larry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. One of the best possible association copies. USD 450.00 [Appr.: EURO 298.5 | £UK 271.5 | JP¥ 38697] Book number: 027137 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
| HEINEMANN, LARRY, Cooler by the Lake. NY: FSG, (1992). First Edition. Inscribed by the author to another writer in the year of publication: "___ -- I know you're not supposed to say this about your own work -- but this may be the funniest book I ever read. I finally got revenge on [deleted for publication]. Always the best, Larry." Fine in a fine dust jacket. USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 166 | £UK 151 | JP¥ 21499] Book number: 027136 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
 | HEINEMANN, LARRY, Paco's Story. NY: FSG, (1986). First Edition. The author's second novel, about a badly maimed Vietnam vet who is the only survivor of a vicious firefight, and his life after returning from the war. Surprise winner of the National Book Award. Inscribed by Heinemann to another National Book Award-winning writer of Vietnam fiction: "___ -- I don't believe folks in general know what a piece of work like this takes out of you, but we do. Be well & do good work. I wish you every good thing in my heart. Larry." Staining to the lower margin of a couple middle pages; else fine in a fine dust jacket. One of the best possible association copies of this title. USD 1250.00 [Appr.: EURO 829 | £UK 754.25 | JP¥ 107493] Book number: 027135 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
 | HERR, MICHAEL, Dispatches. NY: Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Herr, reporting for Rolling Stone and Esquire from Vietnam, was -- along with such now-legendary figures as Tim Page, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone -- one of the young writers who brought the 1960s counterculture and the New Journalism to war reporting, describing Vietnam as the "first rock-and-roll war" and influencing the way future generations would see the conflict -- mostly by writing his reports largely from the perspective of the foot soldiers in the war rather than that of the strategists and commanders. Herr's dispatches were eagerly awaited at the time, and are now viewed as classics of war reporting. They helped shatter the official picture of an orderly progression to the war and define the "credibility gap" that made Vietnam war reporting so different from that of earlier conflicts. A touch of fading to the cloth at the spine base; else fine in a very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with the Knopf logo rubbed to silver (from gold) on the spine. USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 182.5 | £UK 166 | JP¥ 23648] Book number: 026909 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
 | HERR, MICHAEL, Dispatches. NY: Knopf, 1977. First Edition. The uncorrected proof copy. Herr, reporting for Rolling Stone and Esquire from Vietnam, was -- along with such now-legendary figures as Tim Page, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone -- among the first of the young writers to bring the sensibilities of the 1960s and the conventions of the New Journalism to the "first rock-and-roll war." Herr sent back a riveting series of dispatches, legendary at the time and now viewed as classics of war reporting. His pieces, written largely in the words of the grunts (GIs) he visited, shattered the official picture of an orderly progression to the war and helped define the "credibility gap" that made Vietnam war reporting so different from that of earlier conflicts. This book was reprinted in its entirety in the Library of America volume on Vietnam war reporting. Near fine in tall wrappers, with slight spine lean and notes in two hands written on the front cover and a staple there, also an "H" written on the bottom page edges. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 497.5 | £UK 452.5 | JP¥ 64496] Book number: 027302 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
 | HERR, MICHAEL, Dispatches. NY: Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Herr, reporting for Rolling Stone and Esquire from Vietnam, was -- along with such now-legendary figures as Tim Page, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone -- one of the young writers who brought the 1960s counterculture and the New Journalism to war reporting, describing Vietnam as the "first rock-and-roll war" and influencing the way future generations would see the conflict -- mostly by writing his reports largely from the perspective of the foot soldiers in the war rather than that of the strategists and commanders. Herr's dispatches were eagerly awaited at the time, and are now viewed as classics of war reporting. They helped shatter the official picture of an orderly progression to the war and define the "credibility gap" that made Vietnam war reporting so different from that of earlier conflicts. This copy is inscribed by the author "with regards and best wishes." Fine in a fine dust jacket. One of the small handful of classics of Vietnam War literature -- considered by many the best nonfiction work to come out of the war -- and a book that is almost never found signed or inscribed; this is only the second signed copy we've seen since the book was new. From the collection of Bruce Kahn. USD 3500.00 [Appr.: EURO 2320.75 | £UK 2111.75 | JP¥ 300980] Book number: 911188 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
| LEDERER, WILLIAM J, Our Own Worst Enemy. NY: Norton, (1968). First Edition. Expose of America's "self-inflicted defeats," particularly in Vietnam, by the co-author of The Ugly American. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ and his ____* -- who saw me through a rough two weeks at Bread Loaf -- and therefore are 'our own best friends'. Affectionately, Bill Lederer/ Bread Loaf, Vt/ 27 August, 1968. *[footnote not legible]." Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 027770 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
 | WESTMORELAND, GENERAL WILLIAM C, Report on the War in Vietnam (as of 30 June 1968). (Washington, D.C.): (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1968. First Edition. Written jointly with Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, the Commander in Chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific; Westmoreland was serving as the Commander of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, at the time. This copy is inscribed by Westmoreland to Steve Ailes, "with high regards and best wishes" in April 1969. A significant association copy: Ailes served as Under Secretary of the Army during the Kennedy administration and Lyndon Johnson promoted him to Secretary of the Army in 1963. This report is perhaps the most critical one issued during the war: it chronicles the history of the war from 1964 through mid-1968, including the 1968 Tet offensive, which led to Lyndon Johnson's declining to run again for President and Richard Nixon's getting elected with a "secret plan" to end the war. The Tet offensive is characterized in the report as a "temporary setback." Minor foxing to prelims and endpages; near fine, without dust jacket, as issued. USD 1250.00 [Appr.: EURO 829 | £UK 754.25 | JP¥ 107493] Book number: 026906 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | |
| WOLFE, MICHAEL, The Chinese Fire Drill. NY: Harper & Row, (1975). First Edition. The uncorrected proof copy of his third suspense novel set in Vietnam, and the least common of the author's novels. Fine in wrappers. USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 | £UK 60.5 | JP¥ 8599] Book number: 014684 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. | ||
 | WOLFE, MICHAEL, Man on a String. NY: Harper & Row, (1973). First Edition. The uncorrected proof copy of his first book, a suspense novel centered on a journalist in Vietnam. Quarto; tapebound. Small tear at crown; else fine. An unusual format, used by Harper during the early 1970s and suggestive of very few copies having been done. USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 | £UK 120.75 | JP¥ 17199] Book number: 014682 Click here to order or inquire at Ken Lopez - Bookseller. |
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