Vietnam from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Navy-blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 318pp. A tight, unmarked copy, very Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.95 on front flap), fine but for some trivial toning at extremities. An exceptional copy. Yette's incendiary, controversial, and influential… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp; illus. A fresh, Near Fine copy with some faint foxing visible on the text block edges. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap); tiny spot of lifting to lamination at base of front panel, else Fine. Jerome Agel is credited as… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Liberation, 1970. First Edition. First printing; issued as "Liberation" v.15, no. 3. Signed by Bentley on front cover. Mild smudge to autograph, else fine. First printing of this experimental political theater piece, described as "a stage show for a rock group of 4 musicians and about 10 singing actors." Written by the renowned critic and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Livermore, Maine: Signal Tree Publications, 1998. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's deep red paper covered boards titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 266pp. [3pp] Index to rear. A clean, sharp copy with a nasty bump to the head of the spine, with corresponding damage to the dustjacket, which has a closed tear at the spine corner of the rear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, N.d. [1973-74]. Poster. Offset lithograph; 22" x 17", printed in two colors on newsprint. Horizontal and vertical fold-lines; mild toning to paperstock; Very Good (B+). A.F.S.C. imprint lower left; printer's bug lower right. Dated from context. An anti-Thieu poster from the final two years of the Vietnam War, produced after the main… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. First printing. Cloth issue. Octavo; black cloth boards; dustjacket; 154pp; illus. Old faint splash-stain to upper edge of text block, encroaching onto margin of rear endpaper and jacket flap; Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), lightly worn and soiled with aforementioned stain at upper margin of rear flap and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. Publisher's black cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in gilt and copper to spine and front board, clean and strong, in a bright, solid pictorial dustjacket. A near fine copy. 862pp. Internally clean. Publisher's review copy with review slip laid in.

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 22cm. x 15cm. Publisher's green cloth spine over black paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled in red and black to spine, light rubbing and edgewear, some inoffensive discoloration to the cloth, in a strong, priceclipped example of the dustjacket, light shelfwear and creasing, with some sunning to the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Berkeley CA: Samisdat Press, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's pale green wraps, titled and decorated in black to spine and front board, with a reproduction of the author's USMC telegram notifying his parents of him taking a shrapnel wound to the stomach to the rear wrap. A touch of fading here and there, with soome very light shelfwear,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Parallax Publishing Co, 1966. First Edition. 8vo. 21cm x 14cm. Publisher's original photographic card covers. Light creasing and edgewear, slight fading to the tail of the spine panel. A very good, tidy copy. 128pp. Internally clean. A collection of letters sent home from US military personnel serving in Vietnam, originally published in "This Week Magazine." The main… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Stein and Day, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 24cm x 16cm. Publisher's blue cloth spine over paper covered boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board, clean and strong in a bright dustjacket. A fine copy. 274pp. Internally clean. A studied and well researched semi-biography of Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, possibly the… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: New Politics, 1967. First Thus. Magazine Issue. 8vo. 23cm x 15cm. PUblisher's orange card wraps, title and contents printed in black and red to spine and front wrap, with ads printed to the rear wrap. A little scuffed and edgeworn, with some light soiling to the orange card, otherwise strong and bright. Amongst other articles dealing with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Princeton: For The Author, 1976. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's photographic card covers, titled in black to spine, very light wear, and some slight soiling to the white rear panel, a clean, bright copy. 164pp. Internally clean, inscribed by the author to the half title: "With all good wishes, Lucy Caldwell, Princeton, New Jersey." The privately printed autobiographical account of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Liveright, 1972. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Pictorial cloth-covered boards; 158pp. Some trivial dusting at board edges, still a very Near Fine copy in the publisher's boards; issued without a dustwrapper. Pelfrey's first book, a highly realistic Vietnam novel based on his own infantry experience in the Central Highlands. Pelfrey published one other Vietnam novel, Hamburger Hill… Saber más sobre este artículo

[Berkeley: Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, 1970]. Original illustrated poster, silkscreened in black and burnt orange on repurposed computer listing paper with perforated tractor strips, measuring 38cm x 56cm (15" x 22"). Thin strip of toning, a few tiny splits; Near Fine. Among the most striking designs created by Berkeley student members of the Political Poster Workshop in 1970, depicting… Saber más sobre este artículo

Washington DC: New Mobilization Committee, 1969. First Edition. Original illustrated poster, offset printed in red and black on white stock, measuring 38cm x 59cm (ca 15" x 23"). Mild handling, a few vertical creases smoothed out, with a handful of small closed tears to the margins; unbacked; Very Good+. Poster issued in advance of the New Mobe's November,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1983. First Edition. 4to. 28.5cm x 22cm. Publisher's original black cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in silver to spine, strong and handsome in a clean, bright dustjacket. A near fine copy. Internally clean. A collection of large format sketches and photographs by Crace and McJunkin depicting among other things the often jarring contrast between daily life and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Summit Books, 1978. First Edition. First Printing, advance issue. Octavo (23.5cm); printed card wrappers; [ii],[14],15-411,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Modest wear to wrapper extremities, with a faint vertical crease to spine and left edge of front wrapper, and a faint scuff to rear cover; contents clean; Very Good+. Debut work by the author… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: Ramparts Press, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's black cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled in red to spine, clean and solid, in a bright example of the priceclipped photgraphic dustjacket, with some marginal edgewear and scuffing, fraying to the spine ends, and a couple of small nicks to the spine panel. 282pp. Internally clean. Inscribed by… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boulder, CO: Panther Publications, 1966. First Edition. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's red cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in black to spine and front board, smart and strong in a clean pictorial dustjacket with some trifling wear to the spine ends. A very good, bright copy indeed. 134pp. Internally clean, with some occasional light spotting. An early assessment of the strategic… Saber más sobre este artículo