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2006012010New York Lincoln Shanghai: iUniverse Inc. 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colonel Phil "Hands" Handley is credited with the highest speed air- to-air gun kill in the history of aerial combat and flew 275 combat missions during his two tours of service in southeast Asia. He has signed and inscribed this memoir on the half-title page "To ___ with best wishes and thanks". 208 pp. Bright crisp clean and tight copy. Dust jacket is also clean and bright - top edge has very minor creasing. Now in protective cover <br/> <br/> iUniverse, Inc. hardcover
1985285NCA Convention 1985. Paperback. Good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear a small tear on top front edge a light large crease in upper right front corner and a small crease in upper left rear corner. Pages have a light crease in upper right corner. First two pages have a small crease in lower right corner. Signed and inscribed by one of the co-authors Mary McDaries Short to former owner on front endpaper. First printing. NCA Convention paperback
2002618Mortimer Ryan 2002. Paperback. Very good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear and a slight crease in upper and lower right front corners. Signed and inscribed by the author Mort Ryan to former book owner on title page. Mortimer Ryan paperback
19761345Herndon Historical Society 1976. Paperback. Very good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear and a small stain in upper left front. Herndon Historical Society paperback
011457Hong Kong: The Quartermaster Company 80pp/color illustrations. Reprint of South Vietnamese Government book showing uniforms medals insignia and flags of the South Vietnamese Army Air Force Navy Marines. Excellent color illustrations. Text in Vietnamese. Clean. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Quartermaster Company Paperback
000431Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office. Book has 347 pages with several fold-out maps. Tiny bit of shelfwear to edge of cover. Section I - Report on Air and Naval Campaigns Against North Vietnam and Pacific Command-Wide Support of the War June 1964-July 1968 by Admiral U.S.G. Sharp USN. Section II - Report on Operations in South Vietnam January 1964-June 1968 by General W. C. Westmoreland USA. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. United States Government Printing Office hardcover
199737794Naval Institute Press 1997. Cloth. As New/As New. 1st ptg. Larger book fine blue cloth very bright silver lettering on spine 179 pages plus brief biographical note. DJ beneath mylar blue spine front left and back light gray photo of Green Berets at front right praise on back from Gen. William Westmoreland Stephen Hunter and others. DJ and book both As New. <br/> <br/> Naval Institute Press hardcover
1968010056New York: MacMillan 1968. 296 pages with several illustrations. The story of the Tonkin War of 1884-1885 and French Imperialist expansion into Vietnam leading to Chinese intervention. Covering the birth pangs of Vietnam. The "Black Flags" were a band of freebooter and soldier's of fortune under the chieftainship of Liu Yung-fu who fought against the French. The martyrs & Mandarins opium French offensives Jen Dupuis Francis Garnier Marquis Tseng the Chinese suzerainty challengedHenri Riviere-Tragedy repeated Hue capitulates rage of Liu Yung-fu. France; days of glory Formosa & Tonking catastrophe the aftermath. Clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MacMillan Hardcover
1985008284New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1985. 252pp. Story of Lance Sijan was an Air Force pilot who was shot down over Laos in 1967; he escaped from a holding camp was tortured after his recapture and died. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1976011196New York NY U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Companies The 1976. 633 pages/photos including list of personnel returned from captivity February-March 1973 and index. Small section of black and white photographs of personnel and aerial views of the prisons. Drawings of the prison compounds and map. Interviews with more than 200 former prisoners of war -- a testament of man's support for one another and dedication to his country. How prisoners of war were paraded through the streets of Hanoi past screaming threatening mobs their futile attempts at escape repeated punishments their efforts to communicate with each other to maintain discipline and to retain their honor and human dignity. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McGraw-Hill Companies, The Hardcover
1976010641New York NY U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Companies The 1976. 633 pages/photos including list of personnel returned from captivity February-March 1973 and index. Small section of black and white photographs of personnel and aerial views of the prisons. Drawings of the prison compounds and map. Interviews with more than 200 former prisoners of war -- a testament of man's support for one another and dedication to his country. How prisoners of war were paraded through the streets of Hanoi past screaming threatening mobs their futile attempts at escape repeated punishments their efforts to communicate with each other to maintain discipline and to retain their honor and human dignity. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McGraw-Hill Companies, The Hardcover
1995012595Boulder CO U.S.A.: Paladin Press 1995. ix 464pp 64 photos maps large format. The secret war between Communists anti-Communists Neutralists Royalists Hill Tribes North Vietnamese Cambodians Thais and the USA! From the French defeat in Indo-China the America via the CIA and it's Special Forces conducted a covert war in Laos. This book tells the gripping story of the operations and battles fought from the 1950s to the 1970s - many of them are described here for the first time. Clean. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paladin Press Hardcover
1987010863New York NY U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Overall a clean tight copy. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crown Publishing Group Hardcover
1993010583Old Tappan New Jersey U.S.A.: Free Pr 1993. 390 pages b/w photos maps. 1st prtng. Detailing the deterioration of race relations the growth of the drug culture and even the experience of South Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Free Pr Hardcover
a52693Lunenburg 1967 1st Stinehour Press. Lt. Marion Lee Kempner was born in Galveston Texas in 1942 and died in Vietnam November 11 1966. 8vo. about 40pp. mounted photo illustrations of Sandy as frontispiece grey cloth. Near Fine extremely light spotting on fore-edges no DJ. Scarce. . hardcover
1981M2681VWashington D. C.: U.S.News Books 1981. 396 pp. Original brown simulated leather covers w/ title in gilt. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Corners slightly bumped. Employee book sale stamp on title page. Profusely illust. w/ b/w photos detailed charts and 32 pages of color reproductions of unit insignia and badges. First Edition Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. U.S.News Books Hardcover
1999009078Stanford CA: Stanford Univ Pr 1999. 315pp/illus/maps. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stanford Univ Pr hardcover
1983007699Stanford CA: Hoover Institution Press 1983. 312pp/illus. Analyzes the contemporary political and administrative structure of Vietnam and its leaders culture education economy and foreign policy. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hoover Institution Press Hardcover
1987006735New York NY U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Slight shelf wear to bottom of boards and DJ shows evidence of minor rubbing. Overall a clean tight copy. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crown Publishing Group Hardcover
2009015341Sydney Australia: New Holland Publishers Australia Ltd. 2009. 304 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. An authoritative overview of the various howitzers armoured fighting vehicles trucks land rovers ambulances heavy bulldozers and cranes that saw service in Vietnam. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New Holland Publishers (Australia) Ltd. Hardcover
011131Harrisburg Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Stackpole Books 1961. 322 pages/illus/maps. A classic account of the Indochina war in Vietnam from the Japanese occupation in World War II to the French Colonial control and the eventual American involvement. Illustrated with photographs drawings maps and the endpapers have an area map of Indochina with a glossary an appendix and bibliography. Text clean. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stackpole Books Hardcover
1993009157New York U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc 1993. 368pp/maps/illus. Biography of General Giap. Like new. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1987006418New York NY U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group 1987. 420pp/illus/maps. The men who flew in America's secret war in Laos. Slight shelf wear to bottom of boards and DJ shows evidence of minor rubbing. Overall a clean tight copy. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crown Publishing Group hardcover
011682Brigade Information Office. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth spine with padded teal blue cloth boards and with clear vinal cover. Oblong format 12"WX9-1/4"H. Bright and tight with a few minor smudges on boards. Clear cover has a little loss at spine ends and two small tears. Also has a closed 1-1/2" slit at back hinge. Clean and bright interior. Not pageinated. Very nice bit of history. <br/> <br/> Brigade Information Office hardcover
1969207140Chicago: Carl McIntire 1969. Neatly folded twice horizontally else fine. Double-sided handbill 5-3/8 x 8 in. 13.2 x 21.6 cm. Handbill announcement of a pro-war rally in downtown Chicago sandwiched between the violence at the Democratic National Convention in 1968 and the "Days of Rage" later in 1969. The rally was led by the fundamentalist radio preacher Carl McIntire. The verso is a fiery editorial titled "Surrender" by him. Carl McIntire unknown
