William Pensinger (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. NF/NF. 240 pp. DJ very lightly rubbed. Spine square, tight. Front free end paper has "complimentary copy" stamp. Interior bright, clean. Appears new, unread. Vry nice reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition (Unstated). 240 pages; light foxing to the exterior edges of textblock and inside the DJ. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: NEW - COLLECTIBLE. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Thus. BRAND NEW Copy; complimentary copy w/publisher's bookmark. Silver embossed green linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine. Prize winning, historical novel set in the central highlands of Vietnam during the Vietnam War (1955 - 1975). First published in Vietnamese under the title "Vong Dai Xanh"; this is the English edition. Story of a Vietnamese journalist's travels into the highlands during the late 1960s, and what he witnessed of the deep, traditional conflicts between tribal highlanders, the indigenous Montagnards (a collective of some tribes), and lowland Vietnamese. Literally a war within a war, for land, for religion, and social rights. Several thousand Montagnards fight alongside the U.S. Special Forces and at War's end will resettle in North Carolina. A unique voice speaking out for indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Foundation Autopoy, Bangkok, Thailand. 1994. 2-volume edition. 1704 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. HInges reinforced with tape. Set in the intelligence underworld of Saigon in 1968 and at a scientific conference in Kyoto nine years later, the novel involves a murder mystery, a scientific exegesis, a metaphysical treatise, a psychological diatribe, through which aspects of the Vietnamese and Japanese cultures and their contemporaty histories are explored. Authors are a husband-and-wife team. Cong Huyen Ton Nu Nha Trang was born and raised in Vietnam. She later studied in Tokyo and California, and received a Ph. D. From UC Berkeley in 1973. She has taught and published on Vietnamese literature and folklore. William L. Pensinger served in Vietnam during 1967-68. Studying the underground Viet Cong political apparatus, he became interested in the theory of self-organizing systems. EB; 10.0 X 9.1 X 3.9 inches; 1704 pages.