[Rarebooks] FS: William Bundy's set of THE PENTAGON PAPERS

[Charles Agvent]

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Bundy's library, several books signed by D. H. Lawrence, a run of Rivers 
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DEPARTMENT  OF  DEFENSE.  [THE PENTAGON  PAPERS]  UNITED
        STATES-VIETNAM  RELATIONS  1945-1967.   12  volumes.  William
        Bundy's   copy  with   annotations..  Washington:  Government
        Printing  Office 1971. First Edition. Twelve quarto (8-1/4" x
        10-3/4")  volumes  in  original printed brown  wraps  of  the
        official  government  publication,  popularly  known  as  THE
        PENTAGON  PAPERS,  collecting the 43 declassified volumes  of
        the Department  of  Defense's 1968 study in 47  volumes  (the
        last 4  volumes  had not yet been declassified  because  they
        dealt with  peace  negotiations and the release of  prisoners
        of war).   Illustrated  with  charts,   diagrams,  and  maps.
        William  Bundy's copy with his scattered annotations. William
        Bundy had  a long, distinguished service in the government in
        the CIA  and  in  the Defense Department.  He  was  appointed
        Assistant  Secretary  of  State for Far  Eastern  Affairs  in
        March 1964.  His  brother McGeorge was Special Assistant  for
        National  Security  Affairs  to   Kennedy  and  Johnson  from
        1961-1966.   Both  are  considered   primary  architects   of
        America's  involvement  in  Vietnam.  In  THE  BEST  AND  THE
        BRIGHTEST,  David  Halberstam stated that during the  Kennedy
        and Johnson  administrations,  William  Bundy's  name  "would
        probably  be  on  more pieces of paper dealing  with  Vietnam
        over a    seven-year  period  than   anyone  else's."   First
        published  by  the  New  York Times in June  of  1971,  these
        volumes  represented something of a personal defeat for Bundy
        who at  the  time had an 1100-page unfinished  manuscript  in
        which he  selectively  paraphrased from classifed  papers  in
        his possession  and  which was rendered unpublishable by  the
        appearance of these volumes. Near Fine               $2000.00

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