New York: Random House, (1969). 1st edition. 338 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Black topstain. Dust jacket. Crumley's first novel. One of Firsts! '26 Contenders' with respect to those works considered the 'Best' of Vietnam War Literature [Mar '92]. More
Lincoln, Nebraska: Privately published by I-Universe, 2004. Limited Edition, Copy 7 of 26. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Spriggs to "Rocky" [4], 155, [1 (map)] pp. Xerox-like typography. Divided into 3 tabbed sections: War Stories [48 pp], Poetry [18 pp] & Recipes [89 pp]. Each leaf in a transparent plastic 3-hole..... More
[Madison, WI]: [1975]. 1st Printing. Broadside, printed in black on purple paper. With a center illustration, satirical in nature, of US soldiers with screws through the center of each, and FUCK THE ARMY in large letters across the top. Jane Fonda’s and Donald Sutherland’s names bracket the center graphic. 17"..... More
New York: WIN Publishing Empire, 1971. 1st Printing. 36 pp [including wrappers]. Illustrated with b/w half-tone photographs. 10-3/4" x 8". Blue paper wrappers, with white lettering & photographic image to front cover, stapled. Now house in an archival mylar sleeve. One of the many Vietnam KIAs... this one happened to..... More
New York: Marvel Comics, 1987. 1st printing. Unpaginated. Adverts throughout. Color drawings. 10-1/8" x 6-5/8". Pictorial color wrappers. The publishing of these comics somewhat a measure of society's effort to deal with the Vietnam period of crisis two decades prior, and perhaps give the soldier's children a glipse of the..... More
New York. Harper & Row, Publishers. 1973. Stated First Edition. 156 pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Brown paper boards, black cloth back strip, gilt lettering. In dust jacket. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. Stated First Edition. 432, including index. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Off white, cloth with brown spine label, printed in gilt. In Dust Jacket. With ALs from Doris Grumbach to Kay (Boyle). Advance Readers Copy. More
NY: Random House, (1989). 1st edition. 217 pp. Numerous B& W photographs. 8vo. Blue cloth spine with blue paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. Two historians chronicle the day that saw the resumption of bombing raids on North Vietnam. More
NY: Summit Books, (1985). 1st ed. 247 pp, 8vo. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1976. 1st Edition. [10], 287, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over green paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
New York: Anchor Books, 1973. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the editor. xxii, 335 pp. 8vo., 7-1/8" x 4-1/8" Paperback; illustrated upper wrapper. Inscribed by Clyde Taylor at the half-title. More
(n. p.): 1965. Taiwanese pirate edition. [10], 341, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding with white spine lettering. Dust jacket (duplicating the original Crown trade edition). More
(n. p.): [1973]. 1st Printing. 6 mimeographed sheets, corner stapled, printed text both sides, unpaginated, though 12 pp. Conference itinerary to the last page. Cover page with large drawing incorporating divers organizational acronyms, e.g., the hat band has CIA, MSU & AID. 11' x 8-5/8". Self-wrappers. Now housed in an..... More
Los Angeles / San Francisco / San Diego: Wolf - Brown Inc., (n. d.). Ca late 1960s / early 1970s. Single sheet broadside, printed in color on stiff stock poster board. Metal grommet at top [for wall hanging]. Horizonatal hinge in center for folding. 211 color images of Armed Forces..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1965-1970. Five different examples, two in duplicates and one in triplicate. Nine leaflets total. Various sizes. 2-1/2" x 4-3/4" to 4-1/4" x 5-5/8". One printed in color to verso (flag of South Vietnam); three 5 Dong "currency" leaflets printed in red-brown to verso. Remaining examples..... More
Van Nuys, California: Perivale Press, 1983. 1st Printing. [6], 20, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Printed salmon colored wrappers, stapled. More
(n. p.): Norwegian Buddha, (2000). 1st printing. Divers pagniations. T.p. with photographic vignette of a howitzer. Square 8vo. 8-1/2" x 8-1/2". Black cloth spine over printed green paper covers. Front cover with outline drawing of Vietnam. Uncommon publication, with no copies found on OCLC. More
Vietnam: Published by 20th EB Information Office, 1969. 1st printing. Presumed one of one, i.e., a unique 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..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1990. 1st edition. 580 pp, Thick 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. Novel about a special ambassador to Vietnam, during the period just prior to the Tet offensive. More
NY: Horizon, (1981). 1st edition. 256 pp, 8vo. Author's first book. More
New York: Horizon, (1981). 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 256 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. One of 'Firsts!' 26 contenders; first book from this Pulitzer prize-winning author; the story of a deserter in love with a Vietnamese woman. More
New York: International Publishers, (1966). 1st edition. 128 pp. 8vo. Wrappers. Early fact finding mission to Vietnam by the author (Director of Am Institute for Marxist Studies), Lynd (Prof of History at Yale), and Hayden (founder of SDS). More
(n. p.): Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, (1965). 1st printing thus. 11, [1] pp. 11" x 8-1/2". White printed paper wrappers. More
Cambridge, Mass: Vietnam Summer Committee, (n. d.). Ca. 1967. Broadside, printed recto only. 17" x 11". Grey paper printed in maroon ink. "Tired of Marching, Weary of Speeches, Turned off by the Peace Corps, SSS, SS, SDS, SWP, AFL-CIO, NSA-CIA, WSP, WCTU, YMCA, NAACP, ASPCA, UCM, NCNP, NCCEWV, SNCC, PTA..... More
(n. p.): RSU & N. Cal. SDS (RSU & Northern California Students for a Democratic Society), (n. d.). Ca. 1969. Single sheet printed recto only. Large b/w photographic image of President Ho Chi Minh, and small soldier illustration. 14" x 8-1/2". Black ink printed to white paper. A Broadside advertising..... More
