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New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, (1985). First edition, "Commemorative Copy for the Dear America Celebration, May 6, 1985." This copy signed in green ink by General William Childs Westmoreland on the title page. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), 316 pages including full page illustrations from photographs & endpaper maps. Publisher's gilt-lettered off white paper over boards backed in blue cloth lettered in red on the spine, in slipcase to which the program for the celebration is pasted (as issued) to the front panel (12 pages, stapled light card covers).
Binding soiled, spine lettering dull, corners bumped & rubbed, otherwise Good. The attached program has rusted staples, brief evidence of bio-predation, &minor foxing affecting the front cover, still Good or so. The slipcase is lightly rubbed, otherwise Very Good.
"The New York Veterans Memorial Commission is pleased to present you with this commemorative copy of "Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam" to mark this very special occasion." 
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition, first printing. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), 260 pages. Publisher's buff paper over boards backed in brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in gilt-lettered dust jacket.
Upper margin lightly sunned, small stain at the top edge of the text block, previous owner's illustrated bookplate at the front pastedown, otherwise very good in good or better dust jacket with soiling (including a faint cup ring on the front panel), browning at the spine, with edge wear including a couple of nicks & a half inch closed tear.
"Having read Dispatches, it is difficult to convey the impact of total experience as all the facades of patriotism, heroism and the whole colossal fraud of American intervention fall away to the bare bones of fear, war and death." ~William S. Burroughs, excerpted from the dust jacket.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First edition, this a presentation copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink by Liebling at the ffep to Alger & Priscilla Hiss. 8vo (8.25" x 5.75"), 251 pages. Publisher's cloth-patterned yellow paper over boards lettered in brown on the spine, lacking the dust jacket.
Spine darkened, soiled, upper joint splitting, shallow loss at spne extremities, corners bruised & rubbed through, a worn but historically significant copy.
"For Alger and/ Priscilla Hiss,/ Joe Liebling,/ with friendship./ July 14, 1949."
The second collection of Liebling's articles critical of New York newspapers which were originally published in the NEW YORKER, this copy presented to Hiss & wife exactly one week after his first trial ended in a hung jury. During the course of the trial Liebling formed a warm friendship with the defendant, & thereafter aggressively criticized the House Un-American Activities Committee.

[Havana: National Cultural Council], 1961. Stapled paper wraps. Habana, [Cuba]: Ediciones del Consejo Nacional de Cultura, 1961. First edition. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"), 32 pages. Publisher's printed, stapled paper wraps. Text in Spanish.A bit soiled & stained, brief edge wear, text browned, otherwise good or better. "The experience of a great historical event has been ours. It could be said that it is the second most great historical event which has taken place in Latin America in the last three centuries. And we Cubans have been participants in it, knowing that the more we work, the more inextinguishable flame the Revolution will be and the more it will be destined to play a great historical role. You writers and artists have had the privilege of being eyewitnesses of this revolution. And a revolution is such an important event in human history that it is well worth the trouble to experience one, even if just to be a witness to it ..." ~Translated from the text.

Prague, Czechoslovakia: Artia, (1958). Oblong quarto (8.25" x 10.5"), publisher's pictorial boards backed in light gray cloth-patterned paper initialed in print on the front cover by Vojtech Kubasta & signed in print at the colophon. The front cover features an oval cutout showing Snow White which revolves to reveal the seven dwarfs, with text in Dutch & 8 pop ups within (as issued).
Lightly rubbed, couple of bruises in the edges, corners bumped, slightly soiled, previous owner's name in ink at the colophon, otherwise very good or better.
A delightful & early pop up book by architect & artist Vojtech Kubasta (1914 - 1992). Beginning in 1956, he designed & illustrated pop ups for Artia, the Cold War-era state-owned publishing house in Prague. Kubasta's books have been translated into 24 languages & over 35 million copies have been sold.

Hamburg, Germany: Carlsen Verlag, printed in Prague, Czechoslovakia by Artia, (1960). Oblong quarto (8.25" x 10.5"), publisher's pictorial boards backed in decorated white cloth-patterned paper signed in print by Vojtech Kubasta. The front cover features a dropdown depicting the unset table when closed & revealing the set table when opened, with text in German & 8 pop ups within (as issued).
Lightly rubbed, couple of bruises in the edges, brief wear at corners, slightly soiled, otherwise very good or better.
A delightful & early pop up book by architect & artist Vojtech Kubasta (1914 - 1992). Beginning in 1956, he designed & illustrated pop ups for Artia, the Cold War-era state-owned publishing house in Prague. Kubasta's books have been translated into 24 languages & over 35 million copies have been sold.