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1674réf. 2448 ff. 367 1 pp. Bound in contemporary calf gilt heraldic stamp on covers gilt spine with raised bands worn with joints cracked but sound head foot and corners bumped. Lacking endleaves; illegible ownership inscription on lightly soiled title; very good overall. Rare first edition of this account of the state of Christianity in Thailand Cambodia Vietnam by rivals of the Jesuits. The Société des Missions Etrangères a new apostolic missionary group established in Paris in 1660 was as a society of secular priests who devoted their lives to foreign missions but refrained from taking vows. Under the aegis of the Propaganda Fide the Société des Missions soon became embroiled in conflicts over territory with the Jesuits. As a result of the patriotism of its priests the organization's impact extended beyond evangelicalism into the political realm: in addition to facilitating a series of embassies and treaties it also successfully established a more active trade between Indo-China the Indies and France. This Relation brought fresh information about the condition of the mission in different parts of southeastern Asia between 1666 and 1671. It consists of four parts the first dealing with the mission in Siam and containing descriptions of amongst others Bourbon Island Madagascar and Mozambique the second treating the situation in Cochin-China the third the mission in Cambodia and the fourth being devoted to Tonkin including an account of the work of bishop Lambert de la Motte. Lambert was a member of the Society's first expedition to the Far East which had left Europe in 1660. Fermanel de Favery c. 1632-88 superior and director of the "S'naire pour les Missions Etrangères" signs the dedicatory epistle to Cardinal de Bo' and consequently Streit Lach and Van der Kley ascribe authorship to him. The work was reprinted in 1680 and 1684 and an Italian translation Relatione delle missioni de vescovi vicarii apostolici' alli regni di Siam Cocincina Camboia e Tunkino was published in Rome in 1677 and 1697. Cordier I.826 s.v. Evêques Français; Chadenat 1706 1684 ed.; Satow 46; Streit V.1797; Lach III.i.222ff. Pierre Le Petit, Edme Couterot & Charles Angot hardcover books
1969réf. 55101Biên Hòa Nha Trang Long Binh and other locations in Vietnam plus Luzon Philippines and Osan South Korea. October 1969 to August 1970. A Soldier's Life in the Vietnam War An exceptional vernacular photograph album by a talented but unknown amateur photographer recording a wide variety of experiences on American Air Force bases in South Vietnam and Asia during peak years of the Vietnam War. The photographer was likely a member of the motor pool or a mechanic as the shots seem to center around truck airplane and helicopter maintenance. Most of the photographs capture scenes on or around the various bases with shots both inside and outside of barracks airplanes including several shots of a U2 spy plane bombed-out equipment and numerous photos of the people and structures in the "Vietnamese Area." A few images capture distant shots of the aftermath of a "rocket attack" on December 12 1969; shortly thereafter the photographer and his friends celebrate Christmas. Some of the more interesting photographs during the photographer's time in Vietnam include "VC Prisoners" "Group of Zips" "Papa-San Working His Rice Paddie" "Vietnamese Guard Tower" "Church on the West Side of Biên Hòa" "Refueling at Phan Rang Run" "Bring the Wounded Out" and several pictures labeled "Buddha Hill" likely the Long Son Pagoda in Nha Trang. Notably and for no obvious reason in two separate images the photographer snaps a picture in a magazine of the famous photograph of Thích Quang Duc the monk who burned himself alive at a busy intersection in Saigon in 1963. Several times the photographer takes a picture of another picture an interesting practice in the context of so many original photographs. A handful of images of the photographer himself can be seen in the album. In a couple of shots he is posed with his pet lizard. Later he and his fellow soldiers adopt a pet monkey who features in several photographs. There are also a healthy amount of aerial images featuring the South Vietnamese landscape notably rice fields villages rivers "bomb craters" and cities among other locations. Also the photographer identifies dozens of fellow soldiers by name throughout the album in both single portraits and in group photos. The album contains numerous shots both black-and-white and in color taken from the crowd and later on the runway during a December 28 1969 U.S.O. show at Long Binh with several images each of Bob Hope Neil Armstrong Connie Stevens Suzanne Charny Teresa Graves Les Brown the Golddiggers and others. One photograph of Neil Armstrong is captioned "Biggest Hit of the Show." This is understandable given the fact that Armstrong landed on the moon just five months before this U.S.O. show. There is also an 8 x 10 photograph of Connie Stevens inscribed to "Ron" either the photographer's first name or an autographed picture he received from a friend. After the U.S.O. show the photographer snaps several closer shots of Bob Hope Connie Stevens and others climbing into cars to leave. In April or May 1970 the photographer was shipped out to Osan Air Base in South Korea. Along the way he spends a couple of days at Clark Air Base in Luzon in the Philippines where he snaps a few shots of the base. By early May he has arrived at the Osan Air Base near Songtan Station in the city of Pyeongtaek South Korea just south of Seoul. He seems to be happy with his appointment at Osan; he captions one photograph "Home Sweet Home" and a few shots of the countryside as "Paradise." Here he also photographs Korean farmers their families villages a marketplace a church a school and other landmarks. The final two images dated in August 1970 show the photographer on an airboat on an unidentified Korean river. Personal photographic records by soldiers in Vietnam are growing ever more scarce in the market. This collection is one of the best we've encountered and most certainly informs the overall record of the war during perhaps its lowest point of public support. 469 black-and-white or color photographs 3½ x 3½ inches to 8 x 10 inches either mounted or laid-in to acetate sleeves almost all annotated in ink on the bottom margin or on the verso. Contemporary three-ring thick quarto-size binder black cloth over boards. Joints partially split some abrading and dust-soiling to covers. Slight fading to some of the color photos. Overall very good. hardcover books
1972réf. 55443Various places in Thailand perhaps centering on Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base. ca. 1972-1977. African-American Soldiers in Southeast Asia A highly entertaining collection of vernacular photographs capturing the lives of young African-American G.I.s and their romantic interests in a village in Thailand during the latter years of the Vietnam War. The photographs show African-American men in both uniforms and street clothes often posed alone or with Thai locals almost exclusively women. The men are seen at work and play including an image of the gun shop with a sign labeled "Phase Section" on the front and a large military van with a similar sign reading "2 Orange." There is also a great deal of coverage of the locals living in the village including women and children. One photograph of particular interest shows part of a commercial building emblazoned with both a Coca-Cola and a Pepsi sign. The date range of 1972 to 1977 stems from the fact that some of the photographs are date-stamped in the margin "Oct 72" and one later image is stamped July 1977; most images seem to emanate from the earlier date. The single postcard is an image of Wang Not Ten Waterfall in Phitsanulok in north-central Thailand. The album could possibly have been retained by a local Thai person documenting their interactions with the visiting Americans. There were a half dozen active American Air Force bases in Thailand during the 1970s from which over eighty percent of the air strikes of North Vietnam originated. The American servicemen seen in the present photographs were either airmen performing these strikes or ground crew in support of the pilots. Also given that Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base and Phitsanulok are both in north-central Thailand it is likely the images depict this area. A rare look at African-American servicemen in a strategically important region of Thailand during the Vietnam War. Seventy-seven Kodak color photographs almost all approximately 3½ x 5 inches a handful slightly smaller and one postcard. Slim quarto. Contemporary glossy purple floral-patterned cloth photograph album gilt-stamped label on front cover. Some images slightly faded. Overall very good. hardcover books
1960réf. 55578Hong Kong Saigon Da Nang Pago Pago and other places. 1960–1963. Early Vietnam Photo Album from an American Sailor An interesting collection of color and black-and-white vernacular photographs taken by an unidentified Navy Midshipman or Marine serving in southeast Asia in the early years of American involvement in Vietnam. Twenty-four images are captioned on the verso often identifying the time and place of the photographs some of which were taken on ship and others on the ground. The majority of the photographs emanate from 1963 either from the caption or a date stamp in the margin of the photographs. They feature street scenes and various buildings in Hong Kong and Vietnam views from the serviceman's ship shots of servicemen gathered in the mess hall views of fishing and various buildings in Pago Pago and more. The captions provide a good cross-section of the nature of the photographs a sampling of which read: "President Diems & Madame Nhus Palace being constructed - They were working on it when I came Feb 1963 August"; "Boulevard going towards Saigon August 63"; "Boats at river front Saigon August 63"; "Company Area V.T.T. Heli. Co. August 1963"; "Da Nang - S. Viet Nam"; "Chinese painting the ship - this is in Hong Kong"; "Bura boat alongside the ship selling goods in Hong Kong"; "One of the boats people live on in Hong Kong. Notice the laundry drying on the top"; "Governor's Home Pago Pago"; "Ships boat fishing party Pago Pago"; and others. The loose photographs feature naval subjects such as the hospital ship U.S.S. Sanctuary an officer named "Hamilton" and two shots of a young man onboard the ship who might be the compiler of the present album. A nice collection of early Vietnam War vernacular photography with useful annotations. Eighty-seven photographs most in color most about 3½ × 3½ inches including twelve slightly larger photographs laid in. Narrow quarto. Photograph album of black textured cloth gilt label on front board. Photographs in generally nice condition. Very good. hardcover books
1968réf. 233053New York: the Committee 1968. 8.5x14 inch handbill horizontal fold otherwise very good. Printed both sides. Gives a brief history of the organization founded in 1965. Text indicates a 1968 date bit the year 1969 has been penciled in a corner as the date of receipt. the Committee unknown books
1967réf. 01441TANKS CAN WIN IN VIETNAM N.p. ca. 1967 first edition fine in wraps. A scarce bit of Vietnam War literature being a 28 page essay which was offered for sale in California for 50¢. Privately Printed paperback books
1974réf. 187357Chicago: VVAW-WSO National Prison Project 1974. Four-panel brochure in tabloid newspaper format the back cover featuring a poster of the two defendants. Horizontal fold evenly toned old archive stamp in corner. On the case in Riverside CA of two Black defendants accused of killing police. Lawton was a VVAW-WSO member. Front page has a poem dedicated to their case called "Riverside Courthouse;" interior text discusses their case. VVAW-WSO National Prison Project unknown books
1965réf. 140550Berkeley CA: The Vietnam Day Committee 1965. Single 8.5x11 inch sheet printed both sides very good. Announces growing national and international support for planned rally against the Vietnam War; calls for local activists everywhere to time local demonstrations to coincide with the VDC. The Vietnam Day Committee unknown books
1960réf. Cat357Japan Taiwan Korea and the US 1960. 15 ¼ x 11 inch album with attractive painted cover containing approximately 235 photos mainly 3 ½ x 5 inches and smaller. Contents generally in excellent condition. Excellent. A photo album by an unknown US Marine containing photos from his time in Okinawa Taiwan and Korea in the 1950s and 1960s. At the time—the earliest dated photo in the album is from April 1956—the Vietnam War was in its early days with Eisenhower deploying MAAG to train the ARVN in late 1955. It is not clear what unit the photographer was with as only his training platoon 46 of the Second Recruit Battalion on Parris Island is identified; however this photo’s caption includes “Photo by MAAG”. The album appears to be divided between the three locations each of which was strategic in the Cold War broadly and for American efforts in Vietnam in particular. It is highlighted by a series of photographs apparently from Taiwan showing agricultural workers planting and posing with their crops and children. In the 1950s under the China Aid Act the Sino-American Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction JCRR had launched a land reform financed by American aid and staffed by ROC scientists. In the 1960s this program expanded to crop diversification and the creation of the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. These efforts towards agricultural development in Taiwan were like other US efforts in the region intended to contain the spread of Communism.1 Other photos from Taiwan include shots of the ships; men outside their tents vehicles and straw huts smoking and playing cards; some are city streets but most are of the countryside. Several notable photos show the Marines playing at being POWs: in one a man poses with his hands on his head next to a sign reading “POW AND CAPTURED / EQUIPMENT COMPOUND” and in another one soldier pretends to march his fellow at gunpoint. Photos from Okinawa show military vehicles city streets and American and Japanese men—many Okinawans were employed by the US military during its occupation. Many scenes appear to show construction efforts with USMC-marked bulldozers and tractors driving around fields of dirt and rock in the countryside with a few of these showing Okinawa residents as well. South Korea also played an active role in the Vietnam War. Photos from Korea show tanks and other vehicles along the coast and being loaded into ships American soldiers driving and posing in the countryside and several of village streets and residents. Other subjects include target shooting transit on a ship captioned “WESTWARD HO / FAR EAST BOUND” and some that appear to be family and scenery shots in the US dated April 1961. Overall the album provides a look not just at the activities of the Marine Corps in the early US advisory era of the Vietnam War but also the people and places of the US’s strategic activities in East Asia. Of interest to historians of the Vietnam War Cold War and US empire. 1 Leo Chu “‘A bloodless social revolution’: Land reform and multiple cropping in Cold War Taiwan 1950–1979” The history of crop science and the future of food 6 no. 5 September 2024 1104–1110. unknown books
1966réf. 30107Sud Vietnam: Editions Liberation Sud Vietnam 1966. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. A very good copy some soiling on wrappers leaves browned. 48 pp. 8vo. In French. Eight propaganda stories of the fighters. OCLC shows only three copies: Cornell Inst. SE Asian Studies Singapore and Univ. London. Editions Liberation Sud Vietnam unknown books
1966réf. 329290Berkeley: Vietnam Day Committee 1966. 32p. staplebound booklet 7x8.5 inchesminor toning foxing and handling wear. Variant with red cover. The Campus Vietnam Day Committee sought to replace classroom discussion with talk about the war for two days and produced this collection of articles to facilitate such conversations. A note at the end boasts that the Berkeley Free Press was able to handle production and printing in only 72 hours. Vietnam Day Committee unknown books
1966réf. 344682Berkeley: Vietnam Day Committee 1966. Pamphlet. 32p. staplebound wraps 7x8.5 inches rear wrap slightly foxed some creasing otherwise in good condition. The Campus Vietnam Day Committee sought to replace classroom discussion with talk about the war for two days and produced this collection of articles to facilitate such conversations. A note at the end boasts that the Berkeley Free Press was able to handle production and printing in only 72 hours. Vietnam Day Committee unknown books
1966réf. 329288Berkeley: Vietnam Day Committee 1966. Pamphlet. 32p. staplebound wraps 7x8.5 inches very good condition. The Campus Vietnam Day Committee sought to replace classroom discussion with talk about the war for two days and produced this collection of articles to facilitate such conversations. A note at the end boasts that the Berkeley Free Press was able to handle production and printing in only 72 hours. Vietnam Day Committee unknown books
1966réf. List36100New York: New York Workshop in Nonviolence 1966. Broadside poster printed in red on white stock approximately 14 x 11 inches. Near Fine. A poster announcing the Peace Illumination Walk an anti-Vietnam War demonstration held in New York City on Friday December 23 1966. Participants were instructed to assemble in Washington Square at 6 p.m. and march through Manhattan carrying candles “in sympathy with suffering in Vietnam.” The walk was to conclude about 8 p.m. with a light tableau in Midtown followed at 9 p.m. by a benefit celebration at the Palm Gardens. The event was organized by the New York Workshop in Nonviolence and advertised as a benefit for Vietnamese children. Speakers and performers listed on the poster include poets Allen Ginsberg Denise Levertov and Jackson Mac Low; the satirist Paul Krassner later a founder of the Youth International Party Yippies; novelist Gilbert Sorrentino; and the countercultural rock group The Fugs led by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. The program also notes appearances by Swami Bhaktivedanta and members of the Hare Krishna movement. The poster’s radiating optical design centers on the word “manifestivity” a term used by anti-war organizers to describe protest events combining demonstration with music and performance. The lower portion includes a mail-in coupon inviting supporters to send contributions to the Veterans and Reservists to End the War in Vietnam through the New York Workshop in Nonviolence at 5 Beekman Street. New York Workshop in Nonviolence unknown books
1971réf. 344284Washington DC: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 1971. Newspaper. 11p. tabloid newspaper format illus. folded in half as issued evenly toned else very good condition. Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam unknown books
1971réf. 246513Washington DC: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 1971. Newspaper. 11p. tabloid newspaper format illus. folded in half as issued edgeworn and toned a few small stains on page 1 which bleed through to next page a few small stains on rear wrap else good condition. Addressed to Michael Vanderboegh who would go on to found the right-wing militia group the Three Percenters in 2008. Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam unknown books
1968réf. List3514New York: The Resistance 1968. Single sided flyer 8 ½ x 11 fine condition. Fine. A flyer for a protest at the Newark Selective Service Building organized by The Resistance on May 6 1968. The bulk of the flyer reproduces the poem “I sing of Olaf glad and big” by e.e. cummings a poem themed around a conscientious objector. The flyer printed by The Resistance describes C.J. Hinke’s public refusal to register. Hinke was known for documenting and supporting conscientious objectors promoting nonviolent resistance and connecting American antiwar activism to global pacifist networks. The Newark action reflected strategies that aligned closely with his outlook: refusal of military service public challenge to conscription systems and solidarity with those facing prosecution for draft resistance. The Resistance unknown books
1970réf. 342417Washington DC: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 1970. Newspaper. 23p. tabloid newspaper format illus. misfolded evenly toned lightly edgeworn date and "Viet" penciled on front wrap two postage stamps and the remains of an address label on rear wrap else very good condition. Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam unknown books
1971réf. 588841New York: Collier Books 1971. Softcover. Fine. First paperback edition issued simultaneously with the hardcover issue. Quarto. Top corner a little rubbed else about fine. Advance Review Copy with letter from the editor sending this Advance copy to American novelist Mary McCarthy. Collier Books unknown books
1982réf. 341249San Francisco: U.S./Vietnam Friendship Association 1982. 8p. 8.5x11 inches wraps secured by folding large stain at upper left corner else very good condition. Blank petition calling for President Reagan to oust Pol Pot from Kampuchea's seat in the UN laid in. U.S./Vietnam Friendship Association unknown books
1968réf. 3397San Francisco 1968. Very good. Broadsheet on blue paper 13.5 x 8.5 inches. Slight discoloration along top and bottom edges minor edge wear a few soft creases old horizontal folds. An exceedingly rare broadsheet advertising a multi-faceted public march and rally against the Vietnam War and "racism poverty and repression" which took place in San Francisco California about three weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The organizers of the event the April 27 Mobilization Committee framed the day's activities around Dr. King's opposition to the Vietnam War; the broadside calls for the protesters to "pay tribute to the memory" of Dr. King his portrait is printed at the top of the front side of the broadsheet and the entirety of the verso prints excerpts of an April 4 1967 speech by Dr. King railing against the Vietnam War. Particularly interesting is the eclectic list of speakers who participated in the day's events on April 27 1968 which included Muhammad Ali Vanessa Redgrave Jeanette Rankin Bobby Seale Arnold True and Sidney Roger. Ali was in the midst of his appeal after his conviction for draft evasion the previous year and was a natural candidate to speak against the injustices of the Vietnam War. Bobby Seale co-founder of the Black Panthers was four months away from participating in protests at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention after which he was arrested and tried as part of the sham Chicago Eight fiasco. The diversity of the speakers echoes the quantity of different issues represented by the current broadsheet: Civil Rights the Vietnam War the recent assassination of Dr. King Muhammad Ali's legal fight against the war Bobby Seale's controversial role with the Bay Area Black Panthers women's rights and the role of the American military. We could locate no other copies of this broadsheet in auction history or OCLC. unknown books
1975réf. 118092East Bay San Francisco etc.: Northern California VVAW-WSO 1975. 7p. 7x8.5 inch pamphlet cover illustration of a VVAW demonstration. Front cover unevenly toned horizontal fold crease. On a split in the VVAW involving tensions with the Revolutionary Union. The group issuing this pamphlet which opposed RU had been expelled from VVAW. Northern California VVAW-WSO unknown books
1633réf. 4531London: Robert Raworth for Richard Clutterbuck 1633. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tastefully bound in ruled red morocco interior gilt dentelles; title-page dusty and trimmed at upper & outer margins; repaired corner of prelims. Otherwise very good. Rare first edition of the first book on Vietnam in English an eyewitness account of the commerce government and cultural life of Cochin-China central Vietnam written by the Jesuit missionary Cristoforo Borri and first published in Italian in 1631.Borri begins by marking the kingdom's boundaries identifying it as a narrow strip of land between Laos and the South China Sea bordered to the north by Tongking and to the south by Champa. A discussion of the kingdom's fertile land and rich natural resources follows emphasizing the abundance of fruits nuts rice fish textiles domestic stock and "all other things requisite for the entertainement of a man's life." Silk is produced in such quantities that "the baser sort of people wear it dayly." Gold and silver mines abound and "the Wood and Timber of this countrey is the best of all the world." Having piqued his readers' curiosity the author goes on to describe Cochin-China's vibrant commercial climate declaring it free of the red tape and bureaucratic hostility that so often greeted European traders in East Asia.Borri's 1631 Relazione a Jesuit missions letter directed at his Catholic superiors and lay readers was already unusual among works in its genre for devoting a substantial part exclusively to non-religious content. Ashley the translator executed further changes of his own in order to render the present work more attractive to Protestant business interests-most notably by omitting the part where Borri testified to the struggle and success of his Jesuit missions particularly the conversion of Pulucambi province. The translation also cheerfully elides two disastrous episodes in recent European trade with Cochin-China: the 1601 massacre of 23 members of an envoy from the VOC and a similar massacre in 1613 of the crew of an English trading vessel. This attempt to coax England's notoriously skittish merchants into commerce with Cochin-China is also borne out by Ashley's choice of dedicatee: Maurice Abbot the newly-elected governor of the British East India Company. According to Pollard and Redgrave the work's last signature is in 3 rather than 4 because the unsigned title-page was printed as the 4th and final leaf.Cristoforo Borri 1583-1632 a Milanese astronomer lived in Cochin-China from 1617-1622 where he learned enough of the language to hear confession. By 1633 two years after its first appearance his Relatione had been translated into French German Dutch and English. This is the first copy to appear on the market since 1988 Christie's sale of John Fleming 11.08.88.STC 1504; Lach.III v. 3 p. 1250-1266; Dror & Taylor Views of 17th C Vietnam pp. 66. Not in Löwendahl who nonetheless records translations in French German and Dutch. Robert Raworth for Richard Clutterbuck hardcover books
réf. 185172New York: SMC; Larry Fox 197-. Pinback Button. 1.75 inch diameter pin image of protester holding up "out now" sign very good. SMC; Larry Fox unknown books
1969réf. 174012Philadelphia: manufactured by Horn Co 1969. Pinback Button. 2-inch pinback button neon orange background with black border and print union bug on edge; in very good condition. Button from one of two mass anti-Vietnam war demonstrations in fall 1969 at the Washington monument. manufactured by Horn Co unknown books
