Le Viet-Nam Et Sa Civilisation. [And:] Le Viet-Nam Au Combat. Nationalisme Contre Communisme. [And:] Le Viet-Nam Face A Son Destin. [And:] Le Viet-Nam Immortel (Vietnam) TùNg, Tran Van History, Travel & Geography

First editions, from the limited issues, each inscribed by the author. 4 vols. 8vo. VIEWS ON A CHANGING VIETNAM, INSCRIBED. Collection of four works interpreting Vietnam for a contemporary French public, written during the First Indochinese War by Tran Van Tùng (1915-post-1964), a France-based Vietnamese author and nationalist who became secretary general of the Democratic Party of Vietnam, which presented itself as a political alternative to both the Diệm and communist governments. Each is inscribed by the author to Philip Dodson Sprouse, then first secretary to the American ambassador to France in the early 1950s, and later the U.S. ambassador to Cambodia from 1962-64. From the limited issues: Le Viet-Nam et sa civilisation is one of 500 hors commerce; Le Viet-Nam au combat is one of 200 on vélin blanc spécial Aussedat; Le Viet-Nam face a son destin, one of 400 numbered copies on Marais Crèvecoeur. With Tran Van Tùng's card and associated ephemera. Printed wrappers, some light toning First editions, from the limited issues, each inscribed by the author.