Thé Phong (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with colour photographs. 26 cm x 26 cm. 158 pages.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

First Edition. First edition in English, 4to, pp. 57, [3]; printed from typescript; near fine in original printed wrappers. A second edition under a slightly different title published in 1974 is held by 8 institutions, but of this, Cornell and London's School of Oriental and African Studies only in OCLC.…

First Edition. First edition in English, 4to, [4], 22 leaves; printed from typescript; very good in original printed wrappers. The Phong (b. 1932) started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. US Air Force, Iowa, Southern Illinois, Wisconsin, and Univ. of Washington only in OCLC.…

First Edition. First edition in English, 4to, pp. 70, [4]; mimeographed; near fine in original printed wrappers. Short stories by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. From March 1965 to the end of 1966 he was a lecturer in politics in the Vung Tan Cadres Training Center. He remained a creative force in Vietnam and at the time of his death was in a dispute with Jeff Bezos and Amazon over copyright infringement. This edition not in OCLC.…

Third edition in English, 4to, 3 p.l., pp. 116, [1]; mimeographed; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. This copy with a presentation from the author, inscribed and dated April, 1973. The book was first published in 1966 and there was a revised edition printed in 1968. Autobiography by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. From March 1965 to the end of 1966 he was a lecturer in politics in the Vung Tan Cadres Training Center. This edition not in OCLC.…

Second edition in English, 4to, pp. 69, [4]; mimeographed; very good in original printed wrappers. Errata sheet laid in. This copy with a presentation from the author dated April, 1973. Three copies of this edition in OCLC. Short stories by The Phong, the Vietnamese poet and novelist, born in 1932, who started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. From March 1965 to the end of 1966 he was a lecturer in politics in the Vung Tan Cadres Training Center. He remains a creative force in Vietnam to this day and is, at the time of this cataloguing, in a dispute with Jeff Bezos and Amazon over copyright infringement. …