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  • Ely, Scott.
    STARLIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a powerful story of 2 combat soldiers in Vietnam and the pact they made to keep each other alive, which has been compared to such classics as O'Brien's 'Going After Cacciato' and Herr's 'Dispatches.' Senator John Kerry stated that 'Ely has captured the reality - and the unreality - of the war with the authenticity of one who has been there.'. ISBN: 1-55584-0477.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 28835
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  • Heinemann, Larry
    PACO'S STORY

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised second novel - about the nightmares that haunt Paco Sullivan, the only survivor of a vicious firefight in Vietnam - and the horrors that continue to affect his life. Winner of the National Book Award. ISBN: 0-374-228477.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 30227
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  • PACO'S STORY by Heinemann, Larry
    Heinemann, Larry
    PACO'S STORY

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Penguin, (1987.). Author's highly praised second novel - about the nightmares that haunt Paco Sullivan, the only survivor of a vicious firefight in Vietnam - and the horrors that continue to affect his life. Winner of the National Book Award. This edition includes a new foreword by the author. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0100857.

    Condition: Near fine (no creases, usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 49610
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  • TREE OF SMOKE by Johnson, Denis.
    Johnson, Denis.
    TREE OF SMOKE

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2007.). First edition - A massive book, a novel of the Vietnam War which spans the twenty years from 1963 to 1983. Highly acclaimed and deservedly so, this opens in the Philippines on the day that President Kennedy was killed, and grips the reader from the very first scene. Winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Letter from publisher bound in and cd in pocket inside back cover. 814 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 45338
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  • TREE OF SMOKE by Johnson, Denis.
    Johnson, Denis.
    TREE OF SMOKE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A massive book, a novel of the Vietnam War which spans the twenty years from 1963 to 1983. Highly acclaimed and deservedly so, this opens in the Philippines on the day that President Kennedy was killed, and grips the reader from the very first scene. Winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Quickly went into later printings. 814 pp. ISBN: 0-374-279128.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (isbn sticker on front pastedown.)

    Book ID: 46088
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  • TREE OF SMOKE by Johnson, Denis.
    Johnson, Denis.
    TREE OF SMOKE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A massive book, a novel of the Vietnam War which spans the twenty years from 1963 to 1983. Highly acclaimed and deservedly so, this opens in the Philippines on the day that President Kennedy was killed, and grips the reader from the very first scene. Winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Quickly went into later printings. 814 pp. ISBN: 0-374-279128.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 58238
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  • TREE OF SMOKE by Johnson, Denis.
    Johnson, Denis.
    TREE OF SMOKE

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2007.). First edition - A massive book, a novel of the Vietnam War which spans the twenty years from 1963 to 1983. Highly acclaimed and deservedly so, this opens in the Philippines on the day that President Kennedy was killed, and grips the reader from the very first scene. Winner of the 2007 National Book Award for Fiction and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Letter from publisher bound in and cd in pocket inside back cover. 814 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 60873
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  • Morrow, Bradford.
    TRINITY FIELDS.

    Edition: First UK printing in wrappers (large trade paperback.)

    London: HarperCollins, 1995. A story of two boys, born in 1944 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, sons of men who worked on the Manhattan project, who grew up together as the best of friends but whose paths lead in separate directions during the Vietnam war. Praised by such diverse authors as Peter Straub ("the best new novel I've read in a long time..this book is on fire"), Robert Olen Butler ("a masterpiece"), John Hawkes, John Guare and others.

    Condition: Very good. ( crease in spine)

    Book ID: 15214
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  • DEATH PUPPET. by Nisbet, Jim.
    Nisbet, Jim.
    DEATH PUPPET.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley: Black Lizard Books, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Strange story of sex, death, afteraffects of the Vietnam war, and the devil, set in small town Dib, Washington. SIGNED on the title page. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-88739-1362.

    Condition: Fine in a very good- dust jacket (long tear along dj at rear edge of spine, but not very noticeable in an archival protector)

    Book ID: 4220
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  • THE BARRACKS THIEF. by Wolff, Tobias.
    Wolff, Tobias.
    THE BARRACKS THIEF.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Ecco Press, (1984.). SIGNED - Wolff's second novel (or perhaps more accurately, a novella), a PEN Faulkner award winner, the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam who forge bonds of friendship when they confront a fire near an ammunition dump, only to see those bonds break under the stress of suspicion when there is a series of thefts. SIGNED on the title page, and rather uncommon thus. 101 pp. ISBN: 0-88001-0495.

    Condition: Very good+ in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 51141
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  • THE BARRACKS THIEF. by Wolff, Tobias.
    Wolff, Tobias.
    THE BARRACKS THIEF.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format) for the UK edition.

    London: Jonathan Cape, (1987.). SIGNED first edition - Wolff's second novel (or perhaps more accurately, a novella), a PEN Faulkner award winner, the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam who forge bonds of friendship when they confront a fire near an ammunition dump, only to see those bonds break under the stress of suspicion when there is a series of thefts. SIGNED on the title page, and dated in 1988. 101 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed terra cotta wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 65856
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