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196942627Vietnam: Published by 20th EB Information Office 1969. 1st printing. Presumed one of one i.e. a unique item. Green cloth binding with front board having custom multi-layer onlays depicting the units of the 20th Brigade; rear board with diamond-shaped cut-out for a b/w photograph of a unit bulldozer. Eps original artwork of divers construction scenes; rear paste-down an original bust pencil drawing of Col. Wilson. A VG to Nr Fine item. ~ 85 leaves multi-colored paper. Illustrated with over 60 original b/w photographs most captioned ~ 45 action scenes of divers brigade projects the remainder of staff and Vietnamese citizens. 7 leaves with newspaper clipping affixed also documenting divers brigade projects. Original artwork by PFC Al Schumer. 11-3/8" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>The 20th Engineer Brigade is a combat engineer brigade currently assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps of the United States Army stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Though its predecessor units have lineage that dates back before the American Civil War the formation was not formally designated as the 20th Engineer Brigade until its activation on 16 August 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Deploying overseas in November 1952 it supported construction projects in southwestern France until its return to the US on 10 September 1954. Reactivated on 1 May 1967 at Fort Bragg the brigade deployed to Vietnam where it supported American forces for several years and a dozen campaigns. The brigade was deactivated on 20 September 1971 as American forces withdrew from the country. This souvenir book comprehensively documents the brigade's activities & asssigned personnel during the period of June 1968 to June 1969. A unique item the first such we've been able to offer chronicling this period of US history. Published by 20th EB Information Office hardcover books
1982237163Chicago: VVAW 1982. 17.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides vertical fold. Calls for a gathering of anti-war veterans in Washington DC named after the last major offensive by the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. Major issues addressed included veteran benefits aftereffects of Agent Orange and US involvement in Central America. VVAW unknown books
197025803Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1970. First Edition. 12mo. Printed paper wrappers; 183pp. Very Good or better in the original wrappers. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
1970WRCAM55101Biên Hòa Nha Trang Long Binh and other locations in Vietnam plus Luzon Philippines and Osan South Korea 1970. 469 black-and-white or color photographs measuring between 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and 8 x 10 inches either mounted or laid-in to acetate sleeves almost all annotated in ink on the bottom margin or on the verso. Contemporary three-ring thick quarto-size binder black cloth over boards. Joints partially split some abrading and dust- soiling to covers. Slight fading to some of the color photos. Overall very good. An exceptional vernacular photograph album by a talented but unknown amateur photographer recording a wide variety of experiences on American Air Force bases in South Vietnam and Asia during peak years of the Vietnam War. <br> <br> The photographer was likely a member of the motor pool or a mechanic as the shots seem to center around truck airplane and helicopter maintenance. Most of the photographs capture scenes on or around the various bases with shots both inside and outside of barracks airplanes including several shots of a U2 spy plane bombed-out equipment and numerous photos of the people and structures in the "Vietnamese Area." A few images capture distant shots of the aftermath of a "rocket attack" on December 12 1969; shortly thereafter the photographer and his friends celebrate Christmas. Some of the more interesting photographs during the photographer's time in Vietnam include "VC Prisoners" "Group of Zips" "Papa-San Working His Rice Paddie" "Vietnamese Guard Tower" "Church on the West Side of Biên Hòa" "Refueling at Phan Rang Run" "Bring the Wounded Out" and several pictures labeled "Buddha Hill" likely the Long Son Pagoda in Nha Trang. Notably and for no obvious reason in two separate images the photographer snaps a picture in a magazine of the famous photograph of ThÃÂch Quang Duc the monk who burned himself alive at a busy intersection in Saigon in 1963. Several times the photographer takes a picture of another picture an interesting practice in the context of so many original photographs. <br> <br> A handful of images of the photographer himself can be seen in the album. In a couple of shots he is posed with his pet lizard. Later he and his fellow soldiers adopt a pet monkey who features in several photographs. There are also a healthy amount of aerial images featuring the South Vietnamese landscape notably rice fields villages rivers "bomb craters" and cities among other locations. Also the photographer identifies dozens of fellow soldiers by name throughout the album in both single portraits and in group photos. <br> <br> The album contains numerous shots both black-and-white and in color taken from the crowd and later on the runway during a December 28 1969 U.S.O. show at Long Binh with several images each of Bob Hope Neil Armstrong Connie Stevens Suzanne Charny Teresa Graves Les Brown the Golddiggers and others. One photograph of Neil Armstrong is captioned "Biggest Hit of the Show." This is understandable given the fact that Armstrong landed on the moon just five months before this U.S.O. show. There is also an 8 x 10 photograph of Connie Stevens inscribed to "Ron" either the photographer's first name or an autographed picture he received from a friend. After the U.S.O. show the photographer snaps several closer shots of Bob Hope Connie Stevens and others climbing into cars to leave. <br> <br> In April or May 1970 the photographer was shipped out to Osan Air Base in South Korea. Along the way he spends a couple of days at Clark Air Base in Luzon in the Philippines where he snaps a few shots of the base. By early May he has arrived at the Osan Air Base near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek South Korea just south of Seoul. He seems to be happy with his appointment at Osan; he captions one photograph "Home Sweet Home" and a few shots of the countryside as "Paradise." Here he also photographs Korean farmers their families villages a marketplace a church a school and other landmarks. The final two images dated in August 1970 show the photographer on an airboat on an unidentified Korean river. <br> <br> Personal photographic records by soldiers in Vietnam are growing ever more scarce in the market. This collection is one of the best we've encountered and most certainly informs the overall record of the war during perhaps its lowest point of public support. hardcover books
1971202537Philadelphia: SMC 1971. Tiny 3/4 inch pin with dove very good. SMC unknown books
1971258492Philadelphia: SMC; mfg. by Horn Co 1971. Tiny 3/4 inch pin with dove and slightly larger one with initials only very good. SMC; mfg. by Horn Co unknown books
197018470N.p. N.p. c. 1970. Prints in uniformly near fine to very good condition with some curling to the edges. Collection of twenty-five 3 3/8 X 4 1/4 inch Polaroid snapshots mostly in color taken during an American soldier's deployment in An Khê Vietnam. Features images of soldiers grilling drinking and sitting in their bunkers with a few double exposures and a couple of photographs of female civilians. Prints have been adhered to cards with in several instances notes penned on the versos. Fascinating vernacular document of soldier life in one of the most strategically significant military zones of the Vietnam conflict. N.p. N.p. unknown books
195435722Saigon: Édition du Service cartographique des F.T.E.O. 1954. First edition large square 4to pp. 117; photographic illustrations throughout; some wear a few short splits in the wrapper extremities else very good in original brown wrappers printed in black on the upper cover. At head of title: Forces terrestres du Nord Vietnam. 2. Bureau. Issued during the final battle for France in Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu. Cornell Arizona and Michigan only in OCLC. <br/><br/> Édition du Service cartographique des F.T.E.O. unknown books
196630107Sud Vietnam: Editions Liberation Sud Vietnam 1966. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy some soiling on wrappers leaves browned. 48 pp. 8vo. In French. Eight propaganda stories of the fighters. OCLC shows only three copies: Cornell Inst. SE Asian Studies Singapore and Univ. London. Editions Liberation Sud Vietnam unknown books
197126728Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1971. First Edition. 12mo 19cm.; original white staplebound wrappers; 47pp. Wrapper extremities a bit foxed else Very Good and sound. Contents includes selections from documents published by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam government. Foreign Languages Publishing House unknown books
197242249N.p.: S.i. 1972. Original photographic broadside offset printed in black on white stock measuring 21.5cm x 35.5cm. Mild handling and scattered dust-soil with a few faint creases and short tears to extremities; Very Good. Anti-war broadside drawing attention to the attrocities perpetrated on Vietnamese children by American servicemen during the war. Upper half reproduces a photograph of two children bloodied and bearing facial burns; the lower half features a quote by U.S. Presidential nominee George S. McGovern: "In the name of Humanity and all that is decent let us end the bombardment of Indochina: Let us bring our prisoners and troops home: Before we lose the sould of our nation." Not found in OCLC. S.i. unknown books
197438453Chicago: Chicago Peace Council N.d. 1974. Broadside bulletin board flyer 11" x 8-1/2" mimeographed printed recto-only on bond. Printing slightly irregular; light wear; Very Good. Announces a lecture by ex-Chicago Seven peace activist Dave Dellinger offering a first-hand update on the status of 200000 Vietnamese civilian political prisoners still being held one year after the Peace Treaty of January 27 1973. Chicago Peace Council unknown books
196951008Berkeley: Berkeley Graphic Arts 1969. Original broadside with text offset printed in black on lime green stock measuring 33cm x 25.25cm ca.13"x 10". Modest wear and handling with some creasing and soil to lower corners and a small triangular chip toward lower left edge; Very Good. Small broadside produced for the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam a massive series of demonstrations held in cities across the country on October 15 1969. Given the place of publication this could likely have been used at the Moratorium Rally at UC Berkeley held at noon at Lower Sproul Plaza an event which included speeches by Fanny Lou Hamer Ron Dellums Joe Cole and Dan Siegel cf. UC Berkeley "The Pacifica Radio/UC Berkeley Social Activism Recording Project: Anti-Vietnam War Protests. Berkeley Graphic Arts unknown books
196816423Boston: New England Free Press ca 1968. Offprint. Quarto 28cm. Stapled pictorial paper wrappers; pp.54-64. Inked number at head of front wrapper else lightly worn; Very Good. Exposes LBJ's ties to the military-industrial complex particularly the Texas defense giant Brown & Root. Cover graphic and one text illustration by Robert Grossman. The article first appeared in Ramparts magazine December 1967 and this appears to be a direct offprint from Ramparts but not so attributed. A relatively uncommon NEFP title. New England Free Press unknown books
1978237174Oakland: VVAW 1978. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed both sides horizontal crease. Announcement for a conference including an agenda. VVAW unknown books
1977237149San Francisco: VVAW 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good Calls for a demonstration on inauguration day as Carter is sworn in demanding universal unconditional amnesty. VVAW unknown books
196841373Saigon: Military Assistance Command 25 June 1968. 4to 55 leaves in all printed on rectos only from typescript; tables and graphs throughout; post-bound in original printed wrappers; "LVD" in manuscript at top right-hand corner of upper cover; very good. The purpose here was to identify and define the various provincial programs sponsored in Vietnam and summarize their status to date and to function as a coordinator between USAID and field personnel. Not found in OCLC. <br/><br/> Military Assistance Command, 25 June unknown books
16334531London: Robert Raworth for Richard Clutterbuck 1633. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tastefully bound in ruled red morocco interior gilt dentelles; title-page dusty and trimmed at upper & outer margins; repaired corner of prelims. Otherwise very good. Rare first edition of the first book on Vietnam in English an eyewitness account of the commerce government and cultural life of Cochin-China central Vietnam written by the Jesuit missionary Cristoforo Borri and first published in Italian in 1631.Borri begins by marking the kingdom's boundaries identifying it as a narrow strip of land between Laos and the South China Sea bordered to the north by Tongking and to the south by Champa. A discussion of the kingdom's fertile land and rich natural resources follows emphasizing the abundance of fruits nuts rice fish textiles domestic stock and "all other things requisite for the entertainement of a man's life." Silk is produced in such quantities that "the baser sort of people wear it dayly." Gold and silver mines abound and "the Wood and Timber of this countrey is the best of all the world." Having piqued his readers' curiosity the author goes on to describe Cochin-China's vibrant commercial climate declaring it free of the red tape and bureaucratic hostility that so often greeted European traders in East Asia.Borri's 1631 Relazione a Jesuit missions letter directed at his Catholic superiors and lay readers was already unusual among works in its genre for devoting a substantial part exclusively to non-religious content. Ashley the translator executed further changes of his own in order to render the present work more attractive to Protestant business interests-most notably by omitting the part where Borri testified to the struggle and success of his Jesuit missions particularly the conversion of Pulucambi province. The translation also cheerfully elides two disastrous episodes in recent European trade with Cochin-China: the 1601 massacre of 23 members of an envoy from the VOC and a similar massacre in 1613 of the crew of an English trading vessel. This attempt to coax England's notoriously skittish merchants into commerce with Cochin-China is also borne out by Ashley's choice of dedicatee: Maurice Abbot the newly-elected governor of the British East India Company. According to Pollard and Redgrave the work's last signature is in 3 rather than 4 because the unsigned title-page was printed as the 4th and final leaf.Cristoforo Borri 1583-1632 a Milanese astronomer lived in Cochin-China from 1617-1622 where he learned enough of the language to hear confession. By 1633 two years after its first appearance his Relatione had been translated into French German Dutch and English. This is the first copy to appear on the market since 1988 Christie's sale of John Fleming 11.08.88.STC 1504; Lach.III v. 3 p. 1250-1266; Dror & Taylor Views of 17th C Vietnam pp. 66. Not in Löwendahl who nonetheless records translations in French German and Dutch. Robert Raworth for Richard Clutterbuck hardcover books
197219904Miami Beach: Miami Conventions Coalition 1972. Printed poster 17-3/4" x 22-3/4" ca 58cm x 45cm. Printed one-side only on newsprint. Old folds; 1" closed tear to right margin not affecting image; Very Good. Call for anti-war demonstrators to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami. The Miami Conventions Coalition also published a one-off newspaper "Unconventional News" to which this may have been an insert though we find no other catalogued example. Miami Conventions Coalition unknown books
1967187314n.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1967. 8.5x11 inch sheet 1/4 inch closed tear else very good; a carbon copy of a typed original. Six short paragraphs. Date of July 13 1967 penned at upper right corner about three months after the first appearance of the group. Also included is a letter from the group's secretary-treasurer to supporters announcing upcoming actions. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown books
841n.p.: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House n.d. 1st . Blue & black wrappers with white block lettering. VG average use with a bit of extremity wear and one short diagonal crease to the lower front wrapper corner/prior owner name written on front edge. 228 pp. 12mo. 5-5/8" x 4-1/8" <br/><br/>Published in English by the Soviet Peace Committee circa mid-1965 this book takes advantage of the US involvement in Vietnam to criticize the US. Novosti Press Agency Publishing House unknown books
196948089N.p. Santa Clara: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 1969. Broadside. 11" x 8-1/2" printed mimeo on a sheet of yellow stock. Very Good. Undated but likely 1969 based on universal calendar. Location unspecified but give date themost likely location for a 'Guadalupe Hall' is Santa Clara University. Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam unknown books
197341784N.p.: Vietnam Veterans Against the War 1973. First Edition. Original offset lithographed poster in colors 56cm x 43cm 22" x 17". Fine fresh apparently unused example. Poster sold as a fundraiser for the defense of the Gainesville Eight a group of Florida Vietnam veterans who were accused on dubious evidence of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. All eight defendants including the reputed ringleader Scott Camil were eventually acquitted. A rare poster and this is a lovely fresh example. Not catalogued in OCLC; we note only one institutionally-held copy Library of Congress. Vietnam Veterans Against the War unknown books
1968SKU1036054Engineer Troops Vietnam 1968-01-01. SPIRAL-BOUND. Good. Clean has a good binding modest cover wear the pages are crisp and free of markings/notations. lz Engineer Troops Vietnam unknown books
1965207517New York: the Committee 1965. 1.5 inch diameter pin green and blue design. The demonstration featured speakers including Linus Pauling Fannie Lou Hamer Jerry Rubin and David Dellinger. the Committee unknown books
