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  • RUINED TIME: The 1950s and the Beat. by Briggs, Robert (1929-2015)
    Briggs, Robert (1929-2015)
    RUINED TIME: The 1950s and the Beat.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback original.

    Scappoose, OR: RBA Publishing, 2006. First edition - A memoir of the 1950s and the Beat era, the pivotal decade of the 20th Century in which a Beat Generation revised the awareness of consciousness at the same time as a deceptive military-industrial complex was corporatizing the Cold War. Poet David Meltzer commented that this "is the book within the book, the history within the mystery, the mythology of the '50s, the so-called Beat Generation. Briggs reveals the real deal as a participant in that confounding history. His work is a remarkable embodiment of the personal as the political; a brave demonstration of tough insight, survival and triumph. Briggs brings it all into play - as the ongoing and complex…

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    Scappoose, OR: RBA Publishing, 2006. First edition - A memoir of the 1950s and the Beat era, the pivotal decade of the 20th Century in which a Beat Generation revised the awareness of consciousness at the same time as a deceptive military-industrial complex was corporatizing the Cold War. Poet David Meltzer commented that this "is the book within the book, the history within the mystery, the mythology of the '50s, the so-called Beat Generation. Briggs reveals the real deal as a participant in that confounding history. His work is a remarkable embodiment of the personal as the political; a brave demonstration of tough insight, survival and triumph. Briggs brings it all into play - as the ongoing and complex struggle all dissident spirits had to contend with in dark yet illuminated days." Illustrated with photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Large format. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-931191213.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88693
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  • THE FOREIGN STUDENT. by Choi, Susan.
    Choi, Susan.
    THE FOREIGN STUDENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (1998). Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel by this award-winning writer, the "story of the burgeoning love affair between a young Korean man scarred by war and the deeply troubled daughter of a wealthy Southern American family. In 1955, a new student arrives at a small college in the Tennessee mountains. Chuck is shy, speaks English haltingly, and on the subject of his earlier life in Korea he will not speak at all. Then he meets Katherine, a beautiful and solitary young woman who, like Chuck, is haunted by some dark episode in her past. Without quite knowing why, these two outsiders are irrevocably drawn together." Winner of the Asian-American Literary Award for Fiction. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-06019149X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80120
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  • THE POST-WAR DREAM. by Cullin, Mitch.
    Cullin, Mitch.
    THE POST-WAR DREAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's eighth book, one which explores the roles that fate, luck and love play in our lives. "Hollis and Debra have settled into their golden years in a gated community outside of Tucson. Although they are devoted to each other, events that took place decades earlier have left Hollis with a deep-seated trauma - and with a secret he has never been able to share with his wife. When Debra is diagnosed with cancer, she makes her husband a simple request which forces Hollis to revisit his past. In 1950, Hollis fought in the Korean War alongside the bigoted but charismatic Bill McCreedy. McCreedy seems to have it all,…

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    New York: Doubleday, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's eighth book, one which explores the roles that fate, luck and love play in our lives. "Hollis and Debra have settled into their golden years in a gated community outside of Tucson. Although they are devoted to each other, events that took place decades earlier have left Hollis with a deep-seated trauma - and with a secret he has never been able to share with his wife. When Debra is diagnosed with cancer, she makes her husband a simple request which forces Hollis to revisit his past. In 1950, Hollis fought in the Korean War alongside the bigoted but charismatic Bill McCreedy. McCreedy seems to have it all, although he is a mercurial soldier whose ungovernable behavior is often at odds with what Hollis believes to be right... Now, years later, Hollis is haunted by memories of McCreedy and his own wartime actions that he had tried to suppress. These recollections eventually lead him to the remote farmhouse in Texas where McCreedy had grown up." 237 pp. ISBN: 978-0385513296.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 77956
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  • MEMORIES OF MY GHOST BROTHER. by Fenkl, Heinz Insu.
    Fenkl, Heinz Insu.
    MEMORIES OF MY GHOST BROTHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which draws on his own background as the son of a German-American soldier and a Korean woman the soldier met when he was stationed in Korea - a story of a young Amerasian in Korea torn between two worlds. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-525-941754.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 55666
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  • THE RETURN OF PRIVATE FISCHER. by Fischer, Robert.
    Fischer, Robert.
    THE RETURN OF PRIVATE FISCHER.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Dixon, CA: Martin Pearl Publishing, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, part true, part fiction, based on the story of his brother Jack Fischer who was captured during the Korean War and sent into the Soviet gulags and of his teenage girlfriend who,even years later, never gave up searching for him. SIGNED on the title page. Double page map. 397 pp. plus a photograph. ISBN: 9780981482279.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58672
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  • WAR TRASH. by Ha Jin,
    Ha Jin,
    WAR TRASH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1951-1953 during the Korean War, this is the story of a Chinese Army officer held as a POW by the American forces. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 352 pp. ISBN: 9780375422768.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59135
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  • DEADLY PURPOSE. by Hansen, Robert P.
    Hansen, Robert P.
    DEADLY PURPOSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: M. S. Mill Co. & William Morrow & Co, 1958. dj. Hardcover first edition - A Korean War veteran obsessed with the idea of killing a cowardly sergeant travels to where he is living in a town on the coast of California, only to find someone has beaten him to the job - but he is the prime suspect. 224 pp.

    Condition: Very good in bright blue cloth in a rubbed and worn dust jacket (original price of $2.95 still present)

    Book ID: 68697
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  • DEADLY PURPOSE. by Hansen, Robert P.
    Hansen, Robert P.
    DEADLY PURPOSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: M. S. Mill Co. & William Morrow & Co, 1958. Hardcover first edition - A Korean War veteran obsessed with the idea of killing a cowardly sergeant travels to where he is living in a town on the coast of California, only to find someone has beaten him to the job - but he is the prime suspect. 224 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in bright blue cloth (a few library stamps), no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68698
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  • THE SNOWY ROAD & OTHER STORIES: An Anthology of Korean Fiction. by Hyun-jae Yee Sallee, editor.
    Hyun-jae Yee Sallee, editor.
    THE SNOWY ROAD & OTHER STORIES: An Anthology of Korean Fiction.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press (1995). First edition - A collection of six stories which offer the reader a rarely-glimpsed view of Korean life; each of the authors represented here has been the recipient of the prestigious Korean Peoples Literary Award, and their work focuses on ordinary Korean people and the impact of the war on their lives. Introduction by David McCann. Translated by Hyun-jae Yee Sallee and Teresa Margadonna Hyun. Notes on the authors and the translators. 167 pp. ISBN: 1-877727199.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (name on first page).

    Book ID: 75665
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  • YO-HO AND KIM. by Jaynes, Ruth; edited by Ida Mulock and illustrated by Daniel Goozee.
    Jaynes, Ruth; edited by Ida Mulock and illustrated by Daniel Goozee.
    YO-HO AND KIM.

    Edition: First edition.

    Los Angeles: Lawerence Press, (1965.). Hardcover first edition - Beginning reader with stories of two orphaned Korean boys who are befriended by Sergeant Adams and the American soldiers of Troop 333. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Daniel Goozee. Includes a glossary of Korean words, and a list of vocabulary introduced in this book. First in a series. 58 pp.

    Condition: Very good in sturdy reinforced, illustrated orange cloth covers.

    Book ID: 43879
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  • THE ERIC MORGAN STORY. by Johnson, Katherine.
    Johnson, Katherine.
    THE ERIC MORGAN STORY.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Nashville, TN: Winston -Derek Publishers, (1992.). First edition - A somewhat fictionalized account of a young black man, raised by his adoptive white grandmother in the Midwest during the 1930's in ignorance of his black culture, and who - in attempt to avoid the conflict between his upbringing and his racial identity - joined the Navy and wound up in Korea as one of 15 men handpicked for a dangerous mission. 130 pp. plus epilogue. ISBN: 1555234135.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (book store stamp.)

    Book ID: 48736
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  • THE SURRENDERED. by Lee, Chang-Rae.
    Lee, Chang-Rae.
    THE SURRENDERED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, one inspired by his father's stories of attempting to flee the war in Korea - but Lee states it is "is not so much a war novel as it is a story concerned with the effects of mass conflict on the human psyche and spirit, the private odysseys that those who have experienced conflict must endure." INSCRIBED on the title page. 469 pp. ISBN: 978-1594489761.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78816
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  • THE SURRENDERED. by Lee, Chang-Rae.
    Lee, Chang-Rae.
    THE SURRENDERED.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. First edition - The author's fourth novel, one inspired by his father's stories of attempting to flee the war in Korea - but Lee states it is "is not so much a war novel as it is a story concerned with the effects of mass conflict on the human psyche and spirit, the private odysseys that those who have experienced conflict must endure." 467 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. .

    Book ID: 78817
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  • THE SURRENDERED. by Lee, Chang-Rae.
    Lee, Chang-Rae.
    THE SURRENDERED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth bookl, a novel inspired by his father's stories of attempting to flee the war in Korea - but Lee states it is "is not so much a war novel as it is a story concerned with the effects of mass conflict on the human psyche and spirit, the private odysseys that those who have experienced conflict must endure." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 469 pp. ISBN: 978-1594489761.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82878
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  • KOREA: Where the American Century Began. by Pembroke, Michael,
    Pembroke, Michael,
    KOREA: Where the American Century Began.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Oneworld Publications, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In late 1950, the US-led invasion of North Korea failed, and for the next three years ,the United States relentlessly bombed the Norths cities, towns and villages. Pyongyang has been determined to develop a credible nuclear deterrent ever since. The Korean War was the first of Americas unsuccessful military interventions post-World War II and its first modern conflict with China. It established the pattern for the next sixty years and marked the true beginning of the American century - opening the door to ever-increasing defense expenditure." Notes, sources, documents, index. xxi, 346 pp. ISBN: 978-1786074737.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86244
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  • A MEMOIR OF MY DAYS IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Pereira, Percival E (1926+-2002)
    Pereira, Percival E (1926+-2002)
    A MEMOIR OF MY DAYS IN CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    Edition: First printing.

    By the author, (1996). SIGNED first edition - Autobiography of a man born in 1926 into a Portuguese family in Shanghai and who lived there with his family during World War II - leaving in 1946 for the United States, where he attended a school of pharmacy in Philadelphia, relocated to South Dakota, enlisted in the military during the Korean War and retired as a Colonel. Written to tell his grandchildren of the 20 years in Shanghai and the fifty years that followed in the United States. He was also very involved with the Boy Scouts so the chronology of special events in his life includes both attending World Jamboree and his promotions in the military. Illustrated with many…

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    By the author, (1996). SIGNED first edition - Autobiography of a man born in 1926 into a Portuguese family in Shanghai and who lived there with his family during World War II - leaving in 1946 for the United States, where he attended a school of pharmacy in Philadelphia, relocated to South Dakota, enlisted in the military during the Korean War and retired as a Colonel. Written to tell his grandchildren of the 20 years in Shanghai and the fifty years that followed in the United States. He was also very involved with the Boy Scouts so the chronology of special events in his life includes both attending World Jamboree and his promotions in the military. Illustrated with many photographs. INSCRIBED inside the front cover and dated in 1996. Very uncommon - WorldCat has a listing, but does not show any holdings. 114 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85516
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  • BURNING THE DAYS: Recollection. by Salter, James.
    Salter, James.
    BURNING THE DAYS: Recollection.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A powerful memoir, in which "one of America's finest writers re-creates people, places, and events spanning some fifty years. [This book] captures a singular life, beginning with a Manhattan boyhood and then, graduation from West Point, followed by service in the Air Force as a pilot. In some of the most evocative pages ever written about flying, Salter describes the exhilaration and terror of combat as a fighter pilot in the Korean War, scenes that are balanced by haunting pages of love and a young man's passion for women." Index. x, 365 pp. ISBN: 0-375500154.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79896
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  • THE HUNTERS. by Salter, James.
    Salter, James.
    THE HUNTERS.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). His first novel, originally published in 1959, described as 'the story of a fighter pilot by a fighter pilot' and a classic of aviation literature. Set during the Korean War, basis for the movie of the same name. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-375-703926.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58768
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  • STEELWORK. by Sorrentino, Gilbert.
    Sorrentino, Gilbert.
    STEELWORK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel - "Like a series of snapshops, this novel presents a picture of a particular Brooklyn neighborhood between the years 1935 and 1951, covering the Depression, World War II, the beginnings of the Cold War, and the Korean War." 177 pp. ISBN: 0-394447107.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (usual sunning to the spine of the dj)

    Book ID: 74620
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  • SNOW HUNTERS. by Yoon, Paul.
    Yoon, Paul.
    SNOW HUNTERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2013). First edition - The first novel by this writer whose first book, a collection of short stories, won several awards. This is a spare and beautifully written account of a Korean, who after two years as a prisoner-of-war refused repatriation to the North, and instead accepted a chance to go to Brazil, where he was placed in a job working for a Japanese tailor. 194 pp.

    Condition: Fine in yellow illustrated wrappers with self flaps. Letter from publisher bound in. .

    Book ID: 72628
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