Bring the War Home! Chicago - Oct. 11 [1969]

by Students for a Democratic Society - DAYS OF RAGE

Chicago: SDS, [Sept./Oct.][1969]. Stapled - as issued.. Very good; some fading to the ink color with occasional spotting.. 4to, 8 stapled sheets (including cover/title); printed recto only; multigraphed in purple ink at the SDS office at 1608 W. Madison in Chicago. It meas. 280 x 217 mm. A year after the infamous Chicago Democratic convention of August 1968 the SDS planned a week long event in Chicago. A "National Action" - street protests in Chicago against the continuing war in... Read More

Offered by Palinurus Antiquarian Books

If I Die in a Combat Zone (First Edition, inscribed)

by Tim O'Brien

New York: Delacorte, 1973. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "To Bill Hedeen / Best wishes [and] I hope you like the book / Regards / Tim O'Brien." The author's first book, a memoir of his experiences as an infantry soldier in Vietnam. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket evenly age toned, with a diagonal crease affecting the front flap, and light soil on the spine panel.... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

No More Vietnams

by Nixon, Richard

New York: Arbor House, 1985. Presidential Edition. Full leather. Near fine. The limited Presidential Edition of No More Vietnams, signed by President Richard Nixon. Additional inscription to journalist Austin H. Kiplinger.. Octavo, 240pp. Brown leather, gilt lettering on spine, gilt edges. Buckram cloth clamshell box with "Presidential Edition" in gilt on front flap, silk tie down. Minor scuffing to leather cover of book from slipcase insert, which is typical with this edition. Solid text block. The book has... Read More

Offered by The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Civil Rights Movement and Anti Vietnam War Thought Martin Luther King Jr Conscience for Change Massey Lectures 1967 Publication 1968

by Martin Luther King Jr.

1968. King Jr., Martin Luther. Conscience for Change: Massey Lectures, 1968, presents a series of five lectures delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. for broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1967, offering a concentrated statement of his late career positions on civil rights, war, and social transformation. Delivered in the final year of his life, these lectures address the expanding scope of King's public thought beyond domestic civil rights to include direct criticism of the Vietnam War, arguing... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon

by Nixon, Richard

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Author's Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Deluxe limited edition of The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, from the author's personal copies for distribution.. Octavo, 1120pp. Blue morocco, gilt title on spine, gilt initials on cover with decorative inlays. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Includes the author's blue cardboard shipping box. Signed by President Nixon opposite the title page. This deluxe limited edition copy was produced for the author's private distribution. There is no... Read More

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Inscribed Photograph: Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach

by Johnson, Lyndon

Washington DC: The White House, 1965. Signed Photograph. Cardstock. Very good. Inscribed photograph from President Lyndon B. Johnson to Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Inscription reads: "To Nick, My Best. LBJ." Some toning to top edge of white border, wear at edges. Includes note from Johnson secretary Juanita D. Roberts: September 8, 1965, Dear Mr. Attorney General, It was the President's Pleasure to autograph the enclosed photograph for you. He thought you might like to have the other pictures,... Read More

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Los Angeles Underground Counterculture Newspaper "Open City", Including Antiwar Protests, Prison Violence and Early Writings of Charles Bukowski, 1968-1969

by Charles Bukowski; Open City

1968. [Counterculture] Open City underground newspaper archive, an iconic Los Angeles countercultural journalism during the late 1960s expansion of the underground press and New Left activism. Open City was a weekly alternative newspaper covering politics, counterculture, and arts during the Vietnam War era. The paper gained national visibility through the involvement of poet and novelist Charles Bukowski, whose column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" first appeared in Open City and introduced his writing to a wide readership before... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

Antiwar Mobilization in Madison, Wisconsin, from the Truax Demonstrations to the Cambodia Protests, 1965 to 1970

by University of Wisconsin

1965. [Radical Activism] [Student Protest] Wisconsin, Madison student protest press photo archive documenting antiwar mobilization and police suppression in Madison, Wisconsin, 1965 to 1970, a concentrated visual record of how campus dissent, municipal policing, and press transmission operated during the Vietnam War era. The group centers on successive flashpoints in Madison activism, including early demonstrations tied to Truax Air Force Base in 1965, the antiwar confrontations that culminated in the Dow Chemical protest era, and the Cambodia protests of... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

(Association Copy) The Best and the Brightest

by Halberstam, David

New York: Random House, 1972. Book. Very Good. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"Dear Sandra, Don't let the Hill get you down. Stand with him while he's right, and part with him when he's wrong. David". A great political Association Copy, Sandra obviously being a Congressional staffer known to the author given his use of first names only.... Read More

Offered by Dale Steffey Books

HOW TO TELL A TRUE WAR STORY

by O'Brien, Tim

(Newburgh, NY): Thornwillow Press, 2022. quarter brown leather over paste-paper-covered boards, leather tips, leather spine label, five raised bands, paste paper endsheets, cloth clamshell box with leather spine label, bound by the Thornwillow Press. Thornwillow Press. small 8vo. quarter brown leather over paste-paper-covered boards, leather tips, leather spine label, five raised bands, paste paper endsheets, cloth clamshell box with leather spine label, bound by the Thornwillow Press. 43, (10) pages. Privately printed in an edition of 784 copies, of... Read More

Offered by Oak Knoll Books

Vietnam War Civilian Displacement and Refugee Crisis Press Photo Archive Documenting South Vietnamese Life and Wartime Evacuation,1960s-1970s

by South Vietnamese Families Displacement

1960. Vietnam War civilian life press photograph archive, ca. 1960s-1970s, documents the lived experiences of South Vietnamese civilians during one of the central conflicts of the Cold War. The photographs record the humanitarian consequences of the war, including civilian displacement, refugee transport, wartime labor mobilization, religious protest, and the destruction of homes and infrastructure. Several images depict refugees and families gathered for evacuation or transport, illustrating the large-scale population displacement that occurred as fighting expanded across South Vietnam. Other... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

The Nam (Signed Limited Edition)

by BANNER, Fiona

London: Frith Street Books, 1997. Negligible crimping at the spine heel and a touch of shelf wear, very close to fine in laminated boards as issued. A very nice copy, signed, of the rare hardcover edition, usually encountered in suboptimal condition.. First Edition. Thick quarto. The issue in hard cover, limited to 100 copies, of 1000 total. SIGNED by Fiona Banner and dated in the year of publication. An artwork in the guise of a book. The author... Read More

Offered by Harper's Books

[Photo Album]: Memory of South Viet-Nam

by BUNTING, Bill

Vietnam, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto measuring 9" x 11.5". Green cloth with "Memory of South Viet-Nam" stamped on the front board with a map of Vietnam. Contains 78 color snap shot photographs and 9 black and white photographs measuring between 3.5" x 3.5" and 3.5" x 5" without captions. Very good album with some spotting and short tears with near fine photographs. A photo album kept by Bill Bunting while serving in Vietnam in the late... Read More

Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.

Going After Cacciato

by O'BRIEN Tim

1978. First Edition. Signed. O'BRIEN, Tim. Going After Cacciato. (New York): Delacorte, (1978). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $950.First edition of this National Book Award-winner—""O'Brien brilliantly and quietly evokes the foot soldier’s daily life… a beautiful, painful book"" (New York Times), inscribed by him on the title page, ""To Larry, Best Wishes, Tim O'Brien.""Going After Cacciato ""is among the most outstanding fictional narratives of the Vietnam War"" (Stringer, 502). In this novel, ""O'Brien brilliantly and quietly evokes... Read More

Offered by Bauman Rare Books

[Group of Flyers and Periodicals from the Halstead and Boutelle 1968 Presidential Campaign Compiled by African American Activist Couple]

Detroit, Michigan, 1968. Good. Thirteen flyers and/or stapled periodicals most on 8½” x 11” sheets. Generally good to very good. This is a collection of 13 items from the Detroit-area offices of the 1968 presidential campaign of Fred Halstead and Paul Boutelle (H&B). They were compiled by an African American activist couple from Detroit, Jerry and Judy Watts. Little is known of either person. Years ago we acquired some of their papers and from the items... Read More

Offered by Langdon Manor Books, LLC

Les oiseaux de l’Indochine Francaise

by DELACOUR, J. & JABOUILLE, P.

Paris: Exposition coloniale Internationale, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Complete with index, addenda, errata, and 67 color plates by Grnvold. Original half burgundy calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine; browning and foxing to preliminary and blank leaves, otherwise a very nice wide-margined copy. First edition of a standard work on the avifauna of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The authors spent the winter months over many years in ornithological exploration in Southeast Asia. The results of their explorations were first... Read More

Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

African American Family Sills Family Photo Album Documenting Military Service and Multigenerational Life from 1910 - 1990s

by Black Multiracial Family

1910. Sills family photograph album, circa 1910s to 1990s, documents multigenerational African American life in Woodbridge, Connecticut, with sustained evidence of military service, family continuity, and community formation across the twentieth century. The earliest image, a World War I era postcard portrait of William Sills in uniform, establishes a lineage of military participation that continues through subsequent generations represented in later photographs associated with World War II and the Vietnam era. The album situates the family within both local... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

Three original photographs of Martha Gellhorn, 1941-1946

by Martha Gellhorn (subject)

N.p.: N.p., 1946. Three vintage photographs of celebrated American war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, dating between 1941 and 1946. Includes two publicity photographs issued to promote Gellhorn's 1941 story collection "The Heart of Another," and one press photograph of Gellhorn arriving on a Pan-Am flight from London. Date stamps and mimeo snipes on the versos. The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism was established in 1999, and in 2007 the US Postal Service honored Gellhorn in a first-class rate... Read More

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

Two or Three Things I Know About Her... (Four original photographs from the set of the 1967 film)

by Jean-Luc Godard (director, screenwriter); Catherine Vimenet (article); Raoul Coutard (cinematographer); Marina Vlady, Roger Montsoret (starring)

Paris: Concordia Compagnia Cinematografica, 1967. Four vintage borderless reference photographs from the set of the 1967 film. Studio rubber stamp on the verso. One of the photos features Marina Vlady sharing a cigarette with Roger Montsoret. Based on a 1966 article on casual prostitution in France by Catherine Viminet. One of three feature films Godard released in 1967, and like both "Week End" and "La chinoise," one that showcases Godard's increasing focus on deconstructing filmic narrative and... Read More

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The Richard Nixon Library

by Nixon, Richard

Norwalk, Conn: The Easton Press, 1993. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. The complete Richard Nixon Library, uniformly bound by The Easton Press, and signed by President Richard Nixon.. Octavo, [9-volumes]. Bound in the publisher's full blue morocco, title stamped in gilt, raised bands. All volumes with a silk bookmark, all edges gilt. Publisher's laid-in bookplate in all volumes. Light dust remnant along top edge of gilt, internally fine. From a limited edition of 1,500 copies, this being... Read More

Offered by The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

The rubbish tip outside the city and other stories. Translated by Dam Xuan Can

by Thé Phong [i.e. Do Manh Tuong]

Saigon: Dai Nam Van Hien Books, 1971. Second edition in English, 4to, pp. 69, [4]; mimeographed; very good in original printed wrappers. Errata sheet laid in. This copy with a presentation from the author dated April, 1973. Three copies of this edition in OCLC. Short stories by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of... Read More

Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

STRAIGHT Vol. 1 No. 1

by Kosuth, Joseph

New York: Visual Arts Press, 1968. First edition. Very good minus.. Rare single-issue publication by the American conceptual artist, issued as a single-sheet newsletter with a fold-out anti-war poster printed on the verso. Issued under the auspices of New York's School of the Visual Arts, where Kosuth had just ascended from student to faculty member, STRAIGHT included contributions by Bernard Bihari, Mel Bochner, Dan Graham, Christine Kozlov, Robert Mangold, Steve Poleskie, Jonathan Pontell, Michael Rinaldi, Peter Robbins, Jerome... Read More

Offered by Type Punch Matrix

Platoon Leader's Personal Response Notebook

[No place - Saigon?]: 3rd Marine Division, 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Second edition (5000 copies). The first edition was issued in a run of 2500 copies by the 1st Marine Division, also in 1967. Quarto. 63pp. Illustrated, maps, charts, brief glossary. Modest age-toning on the wrapper, near fine. Interesting and relatively informal practical guide to platoon leaders in Vietnam. Very scarce. *OCLC* locates three copies of this edition, and a single copy of the first edition.

Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.

THE SPEED OF DARKNESS

by RUKEYSER, MURIEL

New York: Random House, 1968. FIRST EDITION. 218 x 140 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 1/2"). x, 113, [1] pp., [1] leaf. Publisher's navy blue buckram, front cover gilt with the author's initials, spine lettered in gilt. In original dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper: "The night is covered with signs. / for Paul Kresh, / who fought and bled for Akiba,/ and more besides - with long affection/ Muriel./ May... Read More

Offered by Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books & Manuscripts

First Blood

by Morrell, David

New York: M. Evans and Company Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed on the half-title by Morrell. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($5.95), faded a shade at the spine, toned and soiled at the back panel. Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a blue topstain, clipped at the top-right corner of the half-title, clean otherwise. Morrell's novel that introduced the Vietnam War-veteran Rambo. ... Read More

Offered by Carpetbagger Books