Malaysia and Indo-China: Information for Visitors to British Malaya, Dutch-Indies - (Java, Bali, Sumatra, etc.), Siam, French Indo-China

by COOK, Thomas

Singapore: Thos. Cook & Son, 1929. Softcover. Very Good. Second edition (originally published in 1927). 12mo. 204pp. Illustrated with plates. Maps, including two folding maps. Illustrated wrappers. Some chipping to the edges of the yapped edges, small tears, an edgeworn but attractive, very good or better copy of an uncommon guidebook.

Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc.

4 by Robert Lowell (R.F.K., The Pacification of Columbia, The March for Dwight Macdonald, Two Walls)

by LOWELL, Robert

[Cambridge: Laurence Scott, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Four loose tall broadsides anti-Vietnam War poems. 9" x 18.5". Slight toning else all fine. Set of four broadsides laid into a printe dportfolio, each one of 100 numbered copies Signed by the illustrator, Lawrence Scott. This is set #96. Lacking the original printed portfolio.

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Anti-Draft Week, March 16-22 - New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam

by [VIETNAM] MORRIS, Mark (artist)

Washington DC: New Mobilization Committee, 1970. First Edition. Original illustrated poster, offset printed in colors on white stock, measuring 39cm x 50.5cm (15.25" x 20"). Subtle toning along lower edge, some trivial wear to extremities; unbacked, very Near Fine. Striking anti-draft poster designed by Mark Morris, featuring a combat helmet-turned-flower pot, with the center of each flower containing the faces of men, women, children, and soldiers. The border of the poster details specific actions civilians could take to resist... Read More

Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

Vietnam Photo Album

by [Original Photographic Album]

[N.p.: n.p., n.d.]. Several images missing, with the mounts present; tissue guards creased and ripped; images generally well-preserved (printed on Agfa paper). Very good overall in illustrated cloth backed spiral-bound boards.. Unique photo album, 10 X 14 1/2 inches, including approximately 120 black-and-white mounted snapshots from a serviceman's tour during the Vietnam War, with tissue guards separating the pages. Features images of American military and Vietnamese civilian life, with photographs of cities, the countryside, a relocation center, medical... Read More

Offered by Harper's Books

Transvestism and Queerness Articles in "The Realist", 1965

by Counterculture

1965. Krassner Paul. The Realist. New York: The Realist Association. No. 57, March, 1965. 4to. 32 pages. The Realist was a countercultural magazine of "social-political-religious criticism and satire" that was nationally distributed at news stands from 1958-2001. The Realist provided a format for extreme satire in its articles, cartoons and Krassner's editorials, but it also carried more traditionally serious material in articles and interviews. Articles in this issue include; "Of Transvestites and Other Epicenes" is a two page spread... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

Tragic Magic

by Brown, Wesley

New York: Random House, 1978. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 169p. Original yellow boards backed in black cloth. dj. 20 cm. Semi-circular brown stain on right edge of front free endpaper which is also nicely INSCRIBED by Brown ("To Yvette, who gave me encouragement and my first opportunity to read my work at the Liberty House way back in 1969. Love, Wesley 6/12/79"). Former owner's name ("Yvette Le Roy") also on front free endpaper. His first novel.... Read More

Offered by McBlain Books

I Want to Take Picture

by Burke, Bill

Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine, very minor wear on boards. Glossy pictoral covers. Richly illustrated throughout in both B&W and color. Unpaginated. One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Combination travelogue and artist book featuring the artist's photographs of Southeast Asia in the wake of the Vietnam War and amidst the Pol Pot regime. Often cited as one of the most significant photo books of the 1980s.

Offered by Mullen Books, Inc.

EASTON PRESS GREAT BATTLES [Including] GREAT BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR; GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR I; GREAT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II; VIETNAM: THE DECISIVE BATTLES [4 Vol., Complete]

by Macdonald, John; Livesey, Anthony; Pimlott, John

Norwalk, CT [Edison, NJ]: Easton Press [Chartwell Books], [2003]. Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Quartos, 4 Volumes. In Very Good plus condition. Volumes bound in matching brown genuine leather, with gilt decoration and titling; spines paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt, with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmarks. Very light shelf wear to boards with some mild rubbing along the bottom board edges. Light bumping to the top fore corners of the Civil War volume. Text block... Read More

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We will be free... Karl Armstrong for D.A. [poster]

[Madison, WI?], 1972. Poster. 17x22.5 inch poster, neatly creased from having been folded into quarters. Formerly from the collection of J. Wesley Miller, with his rubberstamp and penned signature on the blank verso. Date of November 2, 1972 penned below "institutions." Facetious endorsement of Karleton Armstrong for District Attorney. He was the oldest of the bombers who targeted the Army Math Research Center (AMRC) at UW-Madison in 1970 to protest the Vietnam War. After the bombing, Armstrong went into... Read More

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Getting Gay In New York

by Whitmore, George

New York, New York: New York, New York, 1976. Very good -. 10¼” x 3½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. [30]. Very good minus: center bifolium detached with a moderate crease; wrappers lightly toned, creased and soiled; one corner with a tiny dogear and several with a dash of stray ink. This is a book of deeply moving poetry written by a noted AIDS and LGBTQ+ advocate and writer, George Whitmore. George Whitmore was... Read More

Offered by Langdon Manor Books, LLC

[Photo Album]: World War II and Family Photographs

Pennsylvania, 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto measuring 11" x 10". Red plastic photo album with gilt decorations. Contains 116 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 2.5" x 2.5" and 8" x 10" with few captions. Near fine photo album with near fine photographs. A photo album of a Pennsylvania family during World War II. Early in the album are seven large portrait style photographs of a soldier captioned George W. Patterson which show... Read More

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SIGNED NOBELIST TO NOBELIST. What Next?

by Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert

New York: Philosophical Library, 1971. First edition. 1971 INSCRIBED BY ACTIVIST NOBEL LAUREATE TO ANOTHER ACTIVIST NOBELIST AT PEAK OF THE VIETNAM WAR. 13.5x21 cm hardcover, red cloth binding, blindstamped publisher's emblem to cover, gilt title to spine, inscribed ffep, "To Ruth and George [Wald], devotedly, Albert." 68 pp, near fine in near fine jacket in protective mylar sleeve. FROM THE JACKET FLAP: "In this follow-up to The Crazy Ape, Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi expands on some of the topics he introduced in... Read More

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Birman Empire & Countries South East of the Ganges

by DOWER, John

Henry Teesdale & Co, 1844. Map. Engraving with hand-coloring. Image measures 16 x 13". This lovely map of Southeast Asia includes the regions of present-day Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and the tip of Singapore, all labeled with their mid-19th century names. A note in the lower left corner describes the Treaty of Yandabo, signed in 1826, which ended the First Anglo-Burmese War and ceded substantial territory to the British. This map, published in 1844, appeared in Teesdale's... Read More

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War [Signed]

by LE CLEZIO, J.M.G (novel); TAYLOR, Simon Watson (translation)

New York: Atheneum, 1973. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; pink topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-288pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated 2007. Pink topstain very slightly dulled, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.95), showing light wear to spine ends and corners; Near Fine, without the usual fading to the spine. The French Nobel Prize-winner's fifth novel, originally published as La Guerre... Read More

Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

Poster: "...this widened war has narrowed domestic welfare programs, making the poor, white and Negro bear the burdens both at the front and at home..." Honor His Memory April 2, 3, 4, - Stop the War Now!

by KING, JR., Martin Luther

Washington DC: National Peace Action Coalition, [1971]. First Edition. Original poster, with text and photo offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 28cm x 43.25cm (11" x 17"). Horizontal fold at center, some mild wear and toning to extremities, with holograph date (in ink) on verso; Very Good+. Striking poster produced by the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) for the April 24, 1971 March on Washington and San Francisco, prominently featuring a photographic portrait of Martin Luther King,... Read More

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The Things They Carried

by O'Brien, Tim

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition, first printing of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien.. Octavo, [10], 273pp, [1]. Black cloth, black boards, title in gilt on spine, author's signature stamped in gilt on front cover. The first printing, with a full number line listed on copyright page. Solid text block, unmarked pages, a fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $19.95 retail price on front... Read More

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. John C. Bennett, Dr. Henry Steele Commager, Rabbi Abraham Heschel speak on the war in Vietnam

by Martin Luther King, Jr.; John C. Bennett; Henry Steele Commager; Abraham Heschel; Reinhold Niebuhr [fwd.]

New York: Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, 1967. Very Good. New York: Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, 1967. First Edition. Quarto. 31 pp. Photographic frontis. Printed wraps. Light rubbing and toning to edges; stamp with date "Oct 4 1967" to front along fore-edge. Binding sound and interior unmarked; overall a Very Good copy. Includes "The Casualties of the War in Vietnam" and "Beyond Vietnam," speeches given by King in February and April 1967, as... Read More

Offered by Capitol Hill Books

Underground Press Archive of Horseshit Featuring Antiwar Politics, Obscenity Challenges, and Countercultural Graphic Satire

by Horseshit Underground Press

1965. Dunker, Thomas W., and Robert M. Dunker. Horseshit: The Offensive Review. Archive of the complete four-issue run of the underground countercultural magazine published in Hermosa Beach, California between 1965 and 1969. Working in Cultural / Representational Mode, the material reflects the confrontational aesthetics, anti-authoritarian politics, and underground publishing culture associated with the American counterculture and antiwar movements of the 1960s. Produced independently by brothers Thomas and Robert Dunker, both former military servicemen, the publication combined explicit satire, surrealist... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

Vietnam War Antiwar Mobilization and Student Organizing for the November 1969 March on Washington

by March on Washington

1969. Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Fall Offensive Against the War in Vietnam handbill archive, 1969, documents grassroots antiwar mobilization in the weeks surrounding the November 15 March on Washington and supports research into student organizing, Vietnam War dissent, protest communications, and the relationship between antiwar activism and civil rights language. The material documents the system of mass antiwar protest coordination through locally distributed leaflets, public calls for disciplined nonviolence, strike-and-march scheduling, and visual appeals... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

China Gate (Original photograph of Angie Dickinson from the 1957 film)

by Samuel Fuller (director, screenwriter); Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole, Paul Dubov (starring)

N.p.: N.p., 1957. Vintage reference photograph from the 1957 film, showing actress Angie Dickinson's legs. In 1954, during the Vietnam conflict, a smuggler named "Lucky Legs" and a group of French mercenaries infiltrate and destroy an arms depot near the Chinese border. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, lightly and evenly toned. Olive Films 566.

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

Counterculture, Motorcycle Culture, and American Identity in Easy Rider, 1969

by Easy Rider

1969. Hopper, Dennis. Easy Rider (1969) articulated a defining work of American countercultural cinema through its portrayal of motorcycle travel, anti-establishment identity, and generational conflict during the Vietnam War era. Following two bikers traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, the film situates its narrative within landscapes of open highways and communal encounters, examining tensions between individual freedom and social constraint. Its commercial success despite a modest budget contributed to a shift in Hollywood production models, demonstrating the viability... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

Leftist Political Organizing and International Solidarity Movements in The North Star Magazine Archive, 1985-1987

by The North Star

1985. The North Star, published in Berkeley between 1985 and 1987, documents the interconnected networks of leftist political organizing, anti-imperialist activism, feminist debate, labor politics, and international solidarity movements that shaped progressive activism during the Reagan era. The magazine reveals how grassroots organizers, socialist intellectuals, labor advocates, feminists, and antiwar activists engaged with domestic and international political struggles through interviews, movement reporting, cultural criticism, and ideological debate. Across its coverage of Central America, South African apartheid, U.S. electoral politics,... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

The Great Santini (First Edition, inscribed by the author)

by Pat Conroy

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Richard Davison / For the love of fathers / Pat Conroy / Oct 22, 05." A beloved book, basis for the equally beloved 1979 film directed by Lewis John Carlino, starring Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, and Michael O'Keefe. Faint offsetting on the half-title page, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Offered by Royal Books, Inc.

Vietnam War Protest Documents Showing Military Dissent, Port Chicago Direct Action, SANE Petitioning, and Women Strike for Peace Budget Critique

by Antiwar Protest Movement

1965. Student Peace Union, SANE, Women Strike for Peace, and Contra Costa Citizens Against the War in Vietnam antiwar ephemera archive, 1965 and 1966, documents the early system of Vietnam War opposition before mass antiwar demonstrations became the movement's dominant public form. The archive shows the mechanisms of early peace mobilization through enlisted servicemen's testimony, newspaper-ad petitioning, economic argument, congressional criticism, and planned obstruction of military logistics, revealing how dissent moved between elite public statements, women's peace activism, campus... Read More

Offered by Max Rambod Inc.

Inscribed Photograph: President Lyndon Johnson

by Johnson, Lyndon

Washington DC: The White House, 1968. Signed Photograph. Cardstock. Very good. Inscribed photograph of President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson in flower field. Includes stamp from White House photographer Michael Geissinger and filing code on back panel. Inscription reads: "To Louisa & Drew, With our best always. Lyndon Johnson.

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