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ria9780309089432_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam is the IOM's report that evaluates models of herbicide reconstruction to develop and test models of herbicide exposure for use in studies of Vietna paperback
1974357Washington D. C.: National Academy of Sciences 1974. Original green wraps lightly soiled w/ edge wear. Spine sunned. Illust. w/ b/w figures and photos. Includes 8 fold-out maps in rear pocket. Contents nice. Soft Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. National Academy of Sciences Paperback
19745000339Washington: National Academy of Sciences 1974. Bound in stiff green wraps stamped in black and dark green. A handsome tight copy of this massive book 275 pages with eight maps in the rear pocket as called for. Scarce in this protected condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. National Academy of Sciences Paperback
ria9780309075299_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Provides a review and examines studies of populations in addition to Vietnam veterans environmentally and occupationally exposed to herbicides and dioxin and discusses problems in study methodology. This book describes research areas paperback
ria9780309288866_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reviews peer-reviewed scientific reports concerning associations between health outcomes and exposure to TCDD and other chemicals in the herbicides used in Vietnam that were published in October 2010 - September 2012 and integrates this hardcover
1962716376PN. New. 1962. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1989011792Chicago IL: Contemporary Books 1989. 438 illus. endpaper maps appendices chronology glossary index The former Director of the CIA who was involved in the Vietnam War for many of its 16 years argues that the war could have been won except for blunders by the White House and the Pentagon. Inscribed by William Colby on the ffep. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contemporary Books Hardcover
19722083002116411112Tohoshuppan 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tohoshuppan paperback
37042601Saigon ca. 1950-60's. Group of 22 hand-made papers hand hand-printed in Cholon various colors gold & silver foils various kinds & sizes all in excellent condition fine Joss examples of "after life" offerings by surviving relatives. . . . A COLLECTION OF 22 AUTHENTIC CHINESE-VIETNAMESE . . . JOSS PAPERS INCLUDING GOLD BARS COINS & CLOTHING . . . WITH HUNDREDS OF SHEETS OF PAPER EXAMPLES . WHAT IS JOSS: Venerating the ancestors is based on the belief that the spirits of the dead continue to dwell in the natural world and have the power to influence the fortune and fate of the living. The goal of ancestor worship is to ensure the ancestor's continued well-being and positive disposition towards the living and sometimes to ask for special favors or assistance. . Rituals of ancestor worship most commonly consist of offerings to the deceased to provide for their welfare in the afterlife which is envisioned to be similar to the earthly life. The burning of spirit money enables the ancestor to purchase luxuries and necessities needed for a comfortable afterlife. . WHAT IS JOSS PAPER: Jin Zhi or Xiang Zhi is Pinyin for Chinese Joss Paper meaning "Gold Paper" or "Fragrant Paper." They have also been called "Yinsizhi" Netherworld paper "Zhiqian" paper money "Ming bi" "Shade/Dark money" and several other similar names has been used over the centuries. . These papers have been burnt as offerings common in Chinese ancestral worship to venerate deceased family members and relatives on holidays and special occasions. They were also used as offerings in the worship of gods using similar Joss papers. . These papers were in two categories: 1. Paper representations of Chinese coins or currency some called: "Hell Notes" being large tied stacks of money. . b. Three-dimensional paper-crafts & papier-mâché made into items of daily use sent to the deceased ancestors or Gods for use in the "after life." These objects were made into objects of daily use such as food clothing daily use objects burned "to ensure that the spirit of the deceased has lots of good things in the afterlife." These are often called "Jingyi" "threads and clothes" which is a type of Joss paper with printed images of items needed by the dead in "daily life" such as clothes shoes cups and scissors &c. . THREE TYPES OF SPIRIT MONEY: Different types of spirit money are given to distinct categories of spirits. The three main types of spirit money are copper cash silver and gold. Cash monies are given to newly deceased spirits and spirits of the unknown. . Gold Jin spirit money is given to both the deceased and higher gods such as the Jade Emperor. . Silver spirit money Yin is given exclusively to ancestral spirits as well as spirits of local deities. These distinctions between the three categories of spirit money must be followed precisely to avoid confusing or insulting the spirits. . HAND-MADE PAPERS: Joss paper is traditionally made from coarse bamboo-fiber paper which has a handmade quality in variable coarseness with many natural imperfections. It is often mistakenly called "rice paper." . Traditional joss is cut into individual squares or rectangles. Depending on the region Joss paper may be decorated with seals stamps pieces of contrasting paper engraved designs or other motifs including gold & silver colors representation gold & silver. Red stamped decorations are also used red being festive or color of good luck and fortune. . The above liberally extricated from the Wikipedia article. . THE COLLECTION: The collection consists of the following examples the count of each individual packet is an approximate count. The lucky colors in Chinese culture are red and yellow gold. . Photographs of each item is posted to our website. . Each example is made of rough Chinese hand-made paper smooth on the verso rough on the recto. All examples are in excellent unused condition. . There are rare some examples of tin foil papers appearing either 'silver' or 'gold' in color. These are some of the most expensive obscure and important offerings. . a. "SHOU" or the Chinese Hanzi character for "Live a Long Life." Red printed over buff paper with a central square of silver tinfoil paper over which is yellow lacquered to make it appear as gold over printed by a red ink "SHOU." The size is 13 x 13 cm. about 100 sheet packet. With good luck texts. See images posted to our website: spine.jpg & illus04.jpg lower half left side. . b. A large yellow sheet gently two-folded not sharp folds 31 x 24.3 cm. showing 4 columns of Chinese 'cash' bronze or copper coins with central text. There are about 75 sheets see our illus01.jpg. . c. Yellow printed with red text and illustrations over buff paper. Contains 7 packs tied with a yellow paper plus 3 packs tied with a pink paper. Shows lucky days with two donkey carts. About 7-8 sheets per pack 10 packs in all. Size is 9.5 x 12.9 cm. See illus02.jpg. . d. Yellow printed with red Chinese cash coins printed over buff paper. It illustrates 9 lines of 7 coins for a total of 63 coins per sheet. There are 10 packets in all 3 in pink wrapper 7 in yellow wrapper about 8 sheets per pack. Size is 9.5 x 13.1 cm. See illus03.jpg . e. Yellow printed with red over printed text and illustrations. With 10 packets 7 in yellow wrapper 3 in pink wrapper. Auspicious text with illustrated circular chart of lucky symbols Size is 9.7 x 13 cm. about 8 pages per pack. See illus04.jpg upper half. . f. Black printed Chinese cash coins over white paper. 9 x 7 columns of coins = 63 in all. With 10 packets of about 10 sheets per packet yellow wrapper. Size is12 x 12.8 cm. see illus04.jpg lower right. . g. Two packs of Vietnamese Dong paper currency 50000 Dong gray printed on buff paper showing a Chinese Emperor: "Tien Dia Phu" "Heavenly Bank" about 50 sheets. With red printed currency: 5000 Dong "Dia Phu" "Heavenly Bank" with Chinese emperor illustration signed by Yin Low about 100 sheets in plain paper wrapper. Size is about 14.4 x 6.5 cm. See illus05.jpg left size. . h. A pair of red printed paper with black images over buff paper. Each is an image of a man & a woman with Hanzi Nu woman & Nan man. Inside each is a second sheet of the same image printed on white paper with black ink. Inside of each again is darker buff sheet with black printed illustrations of a tiger and several images of men and women a house and various household domesticated animals: chicken goat dog water buffalo pig cat donkey along with a dragon flat hammock junk ship vessel scissors combs tea sets medicine bottle fan pen & related household items. Essentially a list of commonly used and needed items to be sent to the ancestors for use in the 'after life.' With 11 woman & 9 men packets. Size is opens to 9 x 19 cm the outer cover & first identical page is a bit smaller with the 3rd sheet being 15 x 16 cm. folded. See illus05.jpg top right & just below that for page 3. Also illus08.jpg. . i. Two Kinds of Gold Bars: 1. KIM-THANH SAIGON HONG KONG HANOI PHOM PENN OR PUR with translation into Hanzi of the above. Orange gold tinfoil bar 4.1 x 9 cm. Ten each 9 in plastic protector stapled. . 2. KIM-THANH SAIGON HONG KONG HANOI PHOM PENN OR PUR with translation into Hanzi of the above. Gold yellow color tinfoil bar 3.2 x 8.3 cm. Seventeen 16 in plastic protector stapled. Please see bottom of illus05.jpg for 2 images. . j. Four Kinds of Gold & Silver Foil Papers: 1. Silver foil paper overlaid on buff paper 9.8 x 11.3 cm. about 50 sheets. . 2. Gold foil paper. Please see illus05.jpg . k. Red ink over buff/green rough paper clothing for adults the larger and children/women the smaller. Each contains 10 packets of about 10 sheets three dimensional cut out head and sides of clothing 'v' cutouts. See illus07.jpg . l. Red tissue paper good luck & long life charm three dimensional with cut outs 21 x 25.5 cm. each sheet illustrates 100 identical images 10 columns across by 10 vertical. center folded opens to be double the image posted illus08.jpg. . m. Two paper fans over babmoo: . 1. This is a lovely fan with colored decorations the dragon at left phoenix at right with the Chinese Hanzi character "FU" meaning good fortune. Opens to about 40.5 closes to 24.5 cm. long. . . 2. The same kind of fan pure white the color of mourning a death. Opens to about 44.5 closes to 25 cm. long. . Both are nicely hand-made using hand-made Vietnamese papers with a metal fastner at the heel. See illus09.jpg & illus10.jpg posted to our website. . Please visit our webiste we may have copies of the below references. . REFERENCE: . GOODRICH Anne S.: PEKING PAPER GODS: A Look at Home Worship. Nettetal 1991 Steyler Verlag. WANG Shucun.: PAPER JOSS: Deity Worship Through Folk Prints. ALEXEIEV Basil M.: THE CHINESE GODS OF WEALTH. DAY Clarence B.: CHINESE PEASANT CULTS: Being A Study of Chinese Paper Gods. Shanghai 194019691975. He gives a particularly good list of various gods by Chinese romanized name and function organized by subjects. RUDOVA Maria.: CHINESE POPULAR PRINTS see p.2 #2 Zao Wang our #1; pp.3-47-9 figures 3-610-16 et al. for identical or similar examples. DORE Henry.: RESEARCHES INTO CHINESE SUPERSTITIONS. DU BOSE Hampden C.: THE DRAGON IMAGE AND DEMON OR THE THREE RELIGIONS OF CHINA: Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism. Giving an Account Of the Mythology Idolatry And Demonolatry of the Chinese. HUNTER Dard.: PAPERMAKING IN INDO-CHINA. VALE J.: CHINESE SUPERSTITIONS. WERNER E.T.C.: DICTIONARY OF CHINESE MYTHOLOGY. HEJZLAR Josef.: EARLY CHINESE GRAPHICS. pedia-org/wiki/Joss_Chinese_Statue . . unknown
20012124Hanoi Vietnam: Bộ Văn Hóa Và Thông 2001. 8.5" x 11.5" pp. 186 ; illustrations throughout chiefly color. Paperback bound in brown paper wrappings; minor scuffing at top and bottom edges of spine. Very light soiling to wrappers. Minor water staining on bottom edge of last ~40 pages. All else very good and sound. Bộ Văn Hóa Và Thông unknown
196701441TANKS CAN WIN IN VIETNAM N.p. ca. 1967 first edition fine in wraps. A scarce bit of Vietnam War literature being a 28 page essay which was offered for sale in California for 50¢. Privately Printed paperback
1968197531968. Photographic archive 1968-1969 documenting African American enlisted personnel in the United States Army Transportation Corps during the Vietnam War era with emphasis on training environments unit structure and daily life on base prior to overseas deployment. The material captures soldiers in both formal and informal settings providing visual evidence of military preparation racial composition within units and interpersonal dynamics among predominantly Black troops during a period of significant racial tension within the U.S. armed forces. The archive supports research into African American military service segregation and integration practices and the lived experience of soldiers during the late 1960s.<br /> <br /> Archive of 41 original vintage photographs primarily color with several black-and-white images ranging in size from approximately 3.5 x 3.5 inches to 3.5 x 5 inches. The photographs depict soldiers in a range of uniform styles including standard fatigues seasonal dress variations and Transportation Corps-specific elements such as white belts shoulder cords red scarves and helmets with distinctive markings. Several images show troops in formation with rifles raised while others capture training environments featuring sandbag trenches artillery placements and fortified structures resembling pillboxes. Interior scenes document barracks life including soldiers playing cards maintaining uniforms and interacting in relaxed settings. A black-and-white image shows an African American soldier posed near signage for a "Leadership School and Honor Guard" at a U.S. Transportation Center while another identifies a seated "battery clerk" labeled informally as "Johnny my Running Mate." Additional photographs include racially integrated groupings with Black and white soldiers appearing together in casual and structured contexts.<br /> <br /> Produced during the height of the Vietnam War this archive provides insight into the transitional phase between training and deployment emphasizing both institutional structure and personal experience within military life. The presence of both formal drills and informal social scenes allows for examination of hierarchy camaraderie and daily routine among enlisted men. Light handling wear and minor surface marks; overall very good condition. A substantial visual record of African American military experience within the U.S. Army during a pivotal period of twentieth-century conflict. unknown
0982618026.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1966728908PN. New. 1966. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1964724846PN. New. 1964. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1963722937PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1963721952PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1965725912PN. New. 1965. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1963721265PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1966728497PN. New. 1966. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1963722935PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1966730951PN. New. 1966. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1965726082PN. New. 1965. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1963721264PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1963720442PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
