Ralph Sinke (5 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. W P Wass (illustrator). This is a nice rare nonfiction, United States Marine Corps biography called Don't Cry For Us, copyright 1984, possible first edition with no other date found, hard cover, dust jacket, written by Ralph E. G. Sinke, Jr., with illustrations by W. P. Wass. The books dust jacket has slight chips and tears, otherwise in good plus condition in a new archival mylar wrap. The book itself has previous owners bookplate on inside front cover, otherwise minor wear and in very good condition with tight binding, nice illustrations and 124 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG red cloth octavo hardcover in a VG dj with chip lacking on rear panel. Inked price on ffep else mark free. Poetry and war accounts. military.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Wass, W.P. (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. Fine, in jacket with one small chip. Inscribed by the author to Canadian author Peter Newman. Inscribed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); red-orange boards, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x,124,[2]pp; illus. Signed by the author on the front endpaper, dated 4 July 1985. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Collection of poems by a former US Marine who served in Vietnam, and who was awarded five Purple Hearts. Illustrated throughout. 84568. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. W. P. Wass (illustrator). x, 124 Pages. Illustrations. Signed and dated by the author on the fep. Sinke is a decorated veteran who did tours in Vietnam and received five Purple Hearts. THE LAW OF COMBAT, with which the book begins, was written in October, 1966 aboard the hospital ship the USS Repose, where the author was recovering from gunshot wounds. The remaining pieces in Part I were written in Vietnam from 1966 to 1971. The pieces in parts II and III were written between 1968 and 1983. THE RECONCILIATION, which concludes the book, was written the day after the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The author says much about war in general and about the Vietnam War in particular. He shows also that there were indeed redeeming facets of which both the veteran and the country have true cause to be proud. In its essence, the book obtains as a gripping portrait of the human heart in the crucible of war. This work was reviewed by Capt. W. T. DeCamp, USMC, in the Naval War College Review, Vol. 39, No. 1 (JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1986), pp. 121-122 (2 pages). Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.