Search Results: Military History -- Vietnam War from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble, New South Wales, 2009. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. (2), III-X, (1), 2-453, (1) pages, foreword by editor, introduction by author, glossary, note on style and usage and index. The text is illustrated with small black-and-white photographs and the occasional maps throughout. Plain text cover with white and black titles to the front panel and black and dark purple titles to the backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. " Captain Bullen's War combines the irreverent humour of M.A.S.H. with the sharp satire of Catch-22 in portraying one man's extraordinary experiences of the war in Vietnam in 1968, the bloodiest year of the conflict. The difference is that neither Captain John Bullen nor his experiences are fictional. Nor was he a reluctant soldier. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and a career soldier in the… Read More

The Boston Publishing Company, Boston, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 176pp., preface by editors and sources, index and names, acronyms, terms. Red coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black and white photographs. Photographic front board showing "men of Company E, 2/3 Marines" 1968, with black background with white writing in front panel and spine. Rubbing to the corners of the book on to the head and to the heel of the spine. Some rubbing to the book panel is causing "greying". Dust marks to the top paper edge. The Vietnam War as seen by the combat photographer. Part of the Boston Publishing Company Series 'The Vietnam Experience'. Inserted loosely into the book is a pamphlet from the publishing Company saying "thank you for buying the book". This is the first USA edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Read More

The Boston Publishing Company, Boston, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 192pp., bibliography, picture credits, map credits, acknowledgements and index, index and names, acronyms, terms. Red coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with copious black and white and coloured photography and 7 maps. Photographic front board, showing 'UH-ID helicopters flying over Kim Son Valley', with black background and white) panel and spine. Rubbing and slight bumping to the corners and it is rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine. Some marks to the book panels as well. Dust marks to the top paper edge. A history of Vietnam War as seen through American eyes. Part of the Boston Publishing Company series -- The Vietnam Experience. This is the first USA edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Military History -- Vietnam… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Foreword: On withdrawing from Vietnam, an exchange. Light blue coloured end pages. Black coloured boards gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Light blue coloured tint to the top text edge. Photographic dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and blue coloured titles to the back strip. In 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, the author travelled to Hanoi in North Vietnam. This is her account of her time there – of its people, and, the sheer pointlessness of the conflict. Some rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. A previous owner has covered the dustwrapper in plastic and held the plastic down with tape – which has left it inevitable residue on the end pages and to the next couple of pages as well. Age toning of the text block edges end pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels some sunning of the back strip. Tape… Read More

George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 200pp., preface, forward by Conor Cruise O'Brien, 5 appendices and index. Map frontispiece. The text is illustrated with black and white photography. Red coloured boards with silver writing on the spine. Minor shelf wear evident to the bottom edges of the book and very slight bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Browning to the paper edges which has impinged to the extreme edges of internal pages. Original bookseller's sticker on the front paste down. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a montage of photographs with a red "bullet hole" in the middle of the panel. White writing on the front panel and on the spine. The spine has been severely affected by the sun, with darkening along all extreme edges and the spine. The top right-hand corner of the front panel is chipped and there is a tear on the rear spine gutter measuring 1.25 ". Creasing to the front… Read More

The Boston Publishing Company, Boston, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 208pp., bibliography, photography credits, acknowledgements and index, index and names, acronyms, terms. Red coloured endpapers. Text is illustrated with copious black and white photographs and 8 maps [1 double-paged]. Photographic front cover, showing montage of photographs from early 1950s, with black background with white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the book corners and to the head and heel of the spine. 'Greying' to the book panels. On the front endpapers there is a mark, that runs the full length of the pages, caused by moisture. The internal pages are slightly affected by this as well. History of the Vietnam war, when the American troops took over from the French in 1954. Part of the The Boston Publishing Company's series -- The Vietnam Experience. This is the first USA edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please… Read More

The Boston Publishing Company, Boston, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 192pp., bibliography, photography credits, map credits, acknowledgements and index, index and names, acronyms, terms. Red coloured endpapers. Text is illustrated with copious coloured and black and white photography, tables and seven maps. Photographic front board showing "The Landing the Changed the War. Combat-ready Troops of the Ninth Marine Expeditionary Brigade Landing in Da Nang, 1968", with black background and white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the spine. The book panels have been rubbed and somewhat marked. There are handling marks internally. Dust marks to the top paper edge. The history of Vietnam war and its most pivotal year 1968, an American experience. Part of the Boston Publishing Company's Series -- The Vietnam Experience. This is the first USA edition. Size: 4to… Read More

The Boston Publishing Company, Boston, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 192pp., last blank, bibliography, photography credits, map credits, acknowledgements and index, index and names, acronyms, terms. Red coloured endpapers. Text is illustrated by numerous coloured and black and white photographs and 11 maps. Photographic front boards, showing scenes from the war, with black background and white writing on the front panel and spine. Rubbing to the book corners and to the head and heel of the spine. Dust marks to the top paper edge. "Greying" to the book panels. Vietnam War -- a history, in this book what were the causes of the conflict. Part of the The Boston Publishing Company's series -- The Vietnam Experience. This is the first USA edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Military History -- Vietnam War;… Read More

The Vietnam Moratorium Committee, Richmond North, Victoria, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements, 2 appendices and reproductions of newspaper articles. Ochre coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. Black coloured boards with white illustrations on the front board and white writing on the spine. Rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and the spine is slightly cocked. Rubbing to the book corners and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Browning to the text book edges. Photographic dust wrapper, showing Dr Cairns with his supporters on the front panel and a crowd picture of the moratorium on the back panel. Gilt, black and white writing on the front panel and gilt and white on the spine. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners with slight chipping to the top dust wrapper corners. Rubbing to the dust wrapper edges. There is a 1" tear to the top left-hand corner of… Read More

Princeton University Press, New Jersey, America, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. X, 634 pages, last page blank, introduction by contributors, note of acknowledgements, documentary appendices and index. Plain card covers with gray coloured background with black and white titles to the front panel and black titles to the back. " The American presence in Vietnam causes reasonable men of equivalent professional competence to arrive at diametrically opposed conclusions on the principal legal issues involved. Most of the disagreements converge on one underlying question: Is it legally justifiable to treat the Vietnam War as a civil war or as a peculiar modern species of international war? In The Vietnam War and International Law many distinguished scholars and international lawerys give serious and balanced consideration to the legal issues arising out of the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War. " -- from the rear panel blurb.… Read More