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Lot: 1271

Vietnam War: Novels Five novels centering on the war in Vietnam and its effect on the soldiers and civilians whose lives were changed forever. "Yellow Fever," Jean Larteguy, translated by Xan Fielding, New York, E.P. Dutton, 1965 [orig 1962], 8vo, cranberry cloth with gilt spine, [dampstained and chipped] jacket, interior near fine. "A Tract of Time," Smith Hempstone, Greenwich, CT, Fawcett, 1966, 12mo, paper, illustrated wraps, #R964, first paper edition? "Why Are We in Vietnam?" Norman Mailer, New York, G.P. Putnam´s Sons, [1967], stated first impression, 8vo, blue cloth with gilt spine, dust jacket [jacket reads "third impression" and therefore may have come from a separate copy]. Old price sticker affixed to back of jacket. "Going After Cacciato," Tim O´Brien, NY, Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, [1978], stated first printing, 8vo, blue cloth with gilt title and front "signature," original jacket with worn top edge. "Meditations in Green," Stephen Wright, NY, Charles Scribner´s Sons, [1983], second printing?, 8vo, 1/4 black cloth with green boards, original jacket [taped to boards]. Ex-library, with call number taped to jacket sleeve, handstamp on free endpaper. "Tract of Time" with worn wraps, otherwise all are in very good condition. Estimate US$ 75-100

Estimate
$75 to $100