New York: W. W. Norton. Trade Paperback. 1979. Very Good. Interior is unmarked. Spine is straight and tight with a reading crease. Chipping at spine tail. Quarter inch peel at spine head. Dust stains to top edge. Shelf and corner wear. Not from a library. 352 pages.
New York: Ballantine Books. Mass Market Paperback. May 1990. Very Good. Interior tanned but unmarked. Spine is straight, tight and uncreased. Corner creases to front cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 617 pages. Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.
New York: Vintage Books. 2004. Trade Paperback. As New. Not a remainder. 6th printing. 318 pp. The first book in the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series. Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a bolted-shut Mercedes Benz. Among the witnesses are the only two cops in the city not on the take, but within moments one is murdered and his partner, Sonchai Jitpleecheep-a devout Buddhist and the son of a Thai bar girl and a long-gone Vietnam War G.I.-is hell-bent on wreaking revenge. On a vigilante mission to capture his partner's murderer, Sonchai is begrudgingly paired with a beautiful FBI agent named Jones and captures her heart in the process. In a city fueled by illicit drugs and infinite corruption, prostitution and priceless art, Sonchai's quest for vengeance takes him into a world much more sinister than he could have ever imagined.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday. March 1981. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). One-quarter bound in brown cloth with black boards and gold lettering. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior is unmarked. Spine is straight; lower end bumped. Dust stains to top closed edge. Shelf and edge wear to jacket, including short tears and creases to top and bottom edges. Not from a library. Not clipped. No remainder mark. 645 pp.
Rare. New York and London: The Century Co., 1926. Hardcover. Probable first American Edition. Red pictorial cloth over boards. No dust jacket. Very good. Cover shows mild shelfwear. Binding is square. Pages and edges are foxed and lightly tanned but unmarked. 332+9 pages, 33 black & white photos. 8vo. Translated from the French by Gertrude Emerson Sen. The author travels through Vietnam and Cambodia describing the land, towns, people, culture, and folklore. An entertaining and informative historical record illustrated with excellent photographs.
New York: Condé Nast Publications. October 1972. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good+. Edited by Ben Bova. Cover art by Jack Gaughan for "Common Denominator" (novelette, Locus Award nominee) by David Lewis. Includes "The Pritcher Mass" by Gordon R. Dickson (serial, part 3 of 3); "The Star Hole" (novelette) by Bob Buckley; "To Be a Champion, Merciful and Brave" (short story) by Richard Olin; "The Vietnam War Centennial Celebration" (short story) by Ralph E. Hamil; "Stretch of Time" (short story) by Ruth Berman; "Robots - Rams from Cams" (science fact) by Thomas Easton; "The Revolutionaries" (editorial). Illustrated by Jack Gaughan, Vincent Di Fate, John Schoenherr, Kelly Freas, and Leo Summers.
First Edition. New York: Condé Nast Publications. June - July 1967. Digest-size Magazines. Very Good+. Mack Reynolds's novel Computer War first appeared in print when it was serialized in two parts in the June and July 1967 issues of Analog Science Fact / Science Fiction magazine with cover art (June) and four interior illustrations by John Schoenherr. Published in 1967, Computer War is an allegory about the Vietnam War. The highly advanced Alphaland (a corporatist state along the lines of Mussolini's Italy) makes war on the technologically backward Betaland. And despite their technological supremacy it all goes terribly wrong.... Also includes "The Man from P.I.G." (novelette) by Harry Harrison and several others.
New York: Galaxy Publishing. June 1968. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Lightly tanned. Check marks next to story titles on contents page; otherwise interior is unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Cover is clean. Light shelfwear and reading creases. Spine ends chipped. One inch tear to top front hinge. No mailing label. 164 pages. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Vaughn Bodé illustrating Cage of Brass (short story) by Samuel R. Delany. ALSO: Rogue Star (serial, part 1 of 3) by Jack Williamson and Frederik Pohl; The Guerrilla Trees (Nebula-nominated novelette) by H. H. Hollis; The Mother Ship (novelette) by James Tiptree, Jr.; House of Ancestors (novelette) by Gene Wolfe; Publish and Perish (short story) by John Sladek [as by John Thomas]; The Bird-Brained Navigator [John Grimes Rimworld] (novelette) by A. Bertram Chandler. FEATURES: Tomorrow s to Order (editorial) by Frederik Pohl. Interior art by Jack Gaughan, Jeff Jones, Joe Wehrle, Brand, Brock, and Vaughn Bodé. VIETNAM WAR: Page 4 is an ad listing the names of science fiction authors w ho supported the war in Vietnam. Page 5 has an ad with the names of authors who opposed the war. Frederik Pohl's editorial discusses the controversy o ver the war and solicits reader suggestions for what to do about Vietnam, to be published in a future issue.
New York: Galaxy Publishing. June 1968. Digest-size Magazine. Very Good. Tanned. Binding is tight. Pencil check marks next to story titles on contents page; otherwise interior is unmarked. Cover is clean. Discoloration along front hinge. No mailing label. 194 pages. Edited by Frederik Pohl. Cover art by Paul E. Wenzel illustrating The Beast That Shouted Love (Hugo Award winning short story) by Harlan Ellison. ALSO: Hugo Award finalist Goblin Reservation (serial, part 2 of 2) by Clifford D. Simak; How We Banned the Bombs (novelette) by Mack Reynolds; Waiting Place (short story) by Harry Harrison; The Garden of Ease (novelette) by Damon Knight; Detour To Space (short story) by Robin Scott Wilson; Daisies Yet Ungrown (novelette) by Ross Rocklynne; Booth 13 (short story) by John Lutz; FEATURES: What Would You Do About Vietnam? (unsigned essay); Jules Verne, Busy Lizzy and Hitler (science essay) by Willy Ley; Galaxy Bookshelf (books reviews) by Algis Budrys. Interior art by Jack Gaughan, Vaughn Bodé, Joe Wehrle, Gray Morrow. VIETNAM WAR: Page 4 is an ad listing the names of science fiction authors who supported the war in Vietnam. Page 5 has an ad with the names of authors who opposed the war. Frederik Pohl's editorial discusses the controversy over the war. Page 11 solicits reader suggestions for what to do about Vietnam, to be published in a future issue.
New York: Berkley. Mass Market Paperback. March 1970. 17th printing. Interior unmarked. Not from a library. 288 pages. A veteran of the U.S. military finds himself enlisted in a sword and sorcery style quest by a beautiful warrior empress from a coalition of different universes.
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. August 1931. Periodical. Near Fine. Tightly bound. Interior is free of marks, tears, folds, or creases. Unobtrusive pen and pencil marks on yellow portion of cover and spine (see photo). Minor creasing to spine. Contents: Amos Burg, "On Mackenzie's Trail to the Polar Sea"; W. Robert Moore, "Along the Old Mandarin Road of Indo-China"; "Under the French Tricolor in Indo-China"; Mabel Cook Cole, "The Island of Nias, at the Edge of the World"; Harriet Chalmers Adams, "Madrid Out-of-Doors."
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. October 1935. Periodical. Near Fine. Tightly bound. Interior is free of marks or tears, one page dog-eared. Cover shows light shelfwear. Light creasing to spine. Contents: Richard Evelyn Byrd, "Exploring the Ice Age in Antarctica" (76 pages, 72 illustrations, 2 maps); Joseph F. Rock, "Sungmas, Living Oracles of the Tibetan Church"; "Demon-Possessed Tibetans and their Incredible Feats" (12 color photos); Maynard Owen Williams, "By Motor Trail across French Indo-China" (48 pages, 32 illustrations); "The Tricolor Rules the Rainbow in French Indo-China" (27 color photos); "The Second Stratosphere Expedition."
New York: Harper & Row. 1968. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Cover shows considerable shelfwear. 133 pages. In this book, developed from his February 1966 Roscoe Pound lectures ("The quest for international order and law") at the University of Nebraska and based on his experience as Under Secretary of State, Rostow examines the problem of peace in its setting of law and history. The book discusses the record of American policy in Europe, the Middle East, and Vietnam, and U.S. programs in the fields of economics, nuclear control, and foreign aid.
New York: Times Books. 1995. Hardcover. Fine. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Cover is clean, crisp, and complete. In protective mylar wrapper. Suitable for gifting. 414 pages. The Secretary of Defense for the Kennedy and Johnson administrations provides a perceptive and candid account of how--and why--America became involved in Vietnam, discussing his own activities and the legacy of decisions made during the 1960s.
Berkeley, California: Parallax Press. 2005. Paperback. New Edition. Fine. Spine is square and tight. Interior is pristine. Cover is clean and crisp. Suitable for gifting. Originally published in 1987 by Parallax Press.
New York: Harper Torchbooks. 1973. Paperback. Good. Spine is square and tight. Interior is unmarked, but tanned. Cover is clean. 328 pages. "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century provides a good short course in the major popular revolutions of our century--in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam--not from the perspective of governments or parties or leaders, but from the perspective of the peasant peoples whose lives and ways of living were destroyed by the depredations of the imperial powers, including American imperial power." Eric Wolf's study of the six great peasant-based revolutions of the century demonstrates a mastery of his field and the methods required to negotiate it that evokes respect and admiration. In six crisp essays, and a brilliant conclusion, he extends our understanding of the nature of peasant reactions to social change appreciably by his skill in isolating and analyzing those factors, which, by a magnification of the anthropologist's techniques, can be shown to be crucial in linking local grievances and protest to larger movements of political transformation.
