Viet Journal
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- New York: Delacorte Press, 1974
New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative blood spatter stamped in silver and red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [xii],257,[3]pp. Hint of foxing to right edge of textblock, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95), with some pinpoint wear to spine ends; Near Fine.
First work of non-fiction by the author of From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. "James Jones gives us a personal and personalized journal of his trip to Vietnam at the time of the so-called cease-fire as the American Military Assistance Command moved out. He wanted to provide a novelist's view of what it was like in a war-torn country after the cease-fire" (from front flap). 87113.
First work of non-fiction by the author of From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. "James Jones gives us a personal and personalized journal of his trip to Vietnam at the time of the so-called cease-fire as the American Military Assistance Command moved out. He wanted to provide a novelist's view of what it was like in a war-torn country after the cease-fire" (from front flap). 87113.