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[Hanoi] 1967, Nha Xuat Ban Giai Phong.3 Volume portfolio set in cardboard covers with paste-on illustration,18.5 x 24 cm. very clean, complete with 130 color & b.w. plates, excellent example, Vietnamese, English &c. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . THE COMPLETE SET OF 3 LOOSE PORTFOLIOS . . . COMPREHENSIVE GROUP OF 130 COLOR & B.W. PLATES . . . . COVERING THE AMERICAN WAR YEARS 1964-1965 . * Set Title: "MIEN NAM VIET NAM: DAT NUOC, CON NGUOI: SOUTH VIETNAM: LAND AND PEOPLE: SKETCHES." . Each volume contains color & black & white plates. Vol.1: 1967. 42 individual single-sheet illustrated plates. By artists: Co Tan Long Chau; Le Van Chuong; Huynh Phoung Dong; Thai Ha; Le Kong Hai & Nguyen Van Kinh. . Vol.2: 1967. 43 individual single-sheet illustrated plates. Artists: Co Tan Long Chau; Le Van Chuong; Huynh Phoung Dong; Thai Ha; Le Kong Hai & Nguyen Van Kinh. . Vol.3: 1967. 45 individual single-sheet illustrated plates. Artists: Co Tan Long Chau; Le Van Chuong; Huynh Phoung Dong; Thai Ha; Le Kong Hai & Nguyen Van Kinh. . Each portfolio comes with inserted pages: 1. Folded sheet = 2 pages introductory essay: . MIEN NAM VIET NAM: DAT NUOC, CON NGUOI [Vietnamese] . CUNG CAC BAN XEM TRANH . 2. Folded sheet = 2 pages introductory essay: . SOUTH VIETNAM: LAND AND PEOPLE: SKETCHES: [English] . SOUTH VIETNAM PICTURES, or in other foreign languages. * 3. MUC LUC [Vietnamese: list of illustrated sheets] . 4. CONTENTS [English: list of illustrated sheets], or in other foreign languages. . NOTE: Some copies have different language introductions & lists of plates. All copies have two separate sheets in Vietnamese; plus at least 2 other pages in: English, French, Spanish, Russian or other foreign languages. . Published by the "NHA XUAT BAN GIAI PHONG:" or the "LIBERATION PUBLISHING HOUSE," Ha-noi. . *** . EACH PORTFOLIO HAS AN ILLUSTRATION PASTED ON THE COVER . The covers of each portfolio has, a color or a black & white paste-on illustration, sketch or color painting pasted to the front cover. . *** THE ILLUSTRATIONS: . The back of each separate illustrated sheet has the following information printed on it in Vietnamese, English, or another foreign language stating: Series Number:1,2 or 3 with: 1. Page or item number 2. Title of the art work, date, size, 3. Artist's name, and medium [i.e. sketch, gouache or oil] . Some of these have English title & contents pages with a 2 page essay by the Liberation Publishing House, with a table of contents which is a list of the illustrations, artist name, painting title, date, size, medium. . Some illustration have a printed 'frame' or blank sides, others are full page illustrations. Being numbered collation is easily accomplished. . Each plate sheet is 24.5 x 18.5 cm., most all plates have a blank margin meaning the plate is then ca. 20.7 x 13.7 cm. . *** . SUBJECT OF EACH PORTFOLIO: Each portfolio has many black & white drawings or paintings, and a few color examples. . Part I: A poignant and emotional look at the people of the South, sketch work of stunningly charming & beautiful girls, some sport rifles and other military equipment; villages in tropical settings, coolie gangs doing manual labor for the war effort. Woman fighter, partisan, Mekong river, boat & barges, village scene, landscape, brook & coco palms, bomb crater at school, after U.S. air-raid, bombing victims, face to face with the enemy, stopping enemy tanks, class in liberated village, political lessons, underground shelter, portraits. . Part II: Similar to above, but with more military hardware and uniformed people. Resisters, N.L.F. fighters, Guerrillas, resistance fighters, N.F.L. gunners, military training, anti-aircraft group, scout, tunnel diggers, many portraits. . Part III: Heavy on portraits, similar to part I above, this one has 45 color & b.w. plates. Portraits, rural scenes, male & female soldiers, . All parts exhibit examples of art work by different artists, the main theme is resistance to American military fo.
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