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<DIV>Dear List members,</DIV>
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<DIV>Can anyone tell me about the following book which I saw on a booksellers 
website recently?</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New">5000 
Years of Korean Arts<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face="Courier New">by National Museum of Korea.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New">Presumed 
first edition/first printing thus. Wraps. National Museum of Korea (1976)<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New">Very 
good. No dust jacket as issued. Book is in a slipcase. Slipcase has some wear 
and soiling. 339, [2] p. </FONT><FONT face="Courier New">Includes: 
illustrations, maps. Many of the plates are in color. Chronological Table. List 
of Plates. Preface by <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New">Choi 
Sunu, Director, National Museum of Korea. This work contains masterpieces from 
different periods and </FONT><FONT face="Courier New">introductions by experts. 
The experts who authored the sectional introductions are: Yi Ki-baek; Kim 
Won-</FONT><FONT face="Courier New">yong; Han Byong-sam; Chin Hong-sop; Hwand 
Su-yong; Ann Key-hyon; Choi Sunu; and Chong Yang-mo.<SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">Is this a common item?  Is it well 
regarded?  The bookseller's website where I saw it is <A 
href="http://www.groundzerobooksltd.com">www.groundzerobooksltd.com</A>.  
It seems to have a lot of military and political items in English related to 
Korea but there seemed to be relatively few items on Korean culture and artistic 
heritage.</SPAN></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">Thanks in advance for any information you can 
provide.</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">Sincerely,</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoPlainText><SPAN 
style="mso-spacerun: yes">Roger</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/23/2009 12:17:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
robert@koreanartsociety.org writes:</DIV>
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                                shortly after they are announced. So you should 
                                contact us now if you want to join us for this 
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                          Museum of Art's Korean Art Collection and PMA Korean 
                          Craft Fair on Friday, November 
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                        ecmdescription="Body Text">The Korean Art Society and 
                          the Philadelphia Museum of Art have planned for you an 
                          exciting Korean Art Day in Philadelphia, only about a 
                          one hour train ride from New York. We will begin the 
                          day at the annual Philadelphia Museum Craft Fair. 
                          Every year, this fair focuses on and invites artists 
                          from one country, and this year it's Korea! We'll tour 
                          the fair, meet the artists, have lunch and then be 
                          treated to a tour of the PMA's Korean art galleries by 
                          Hyunsoo Woo, Curator of Korean Art. PMA is one of only 
                          4 American museums to have their important Korean 
                          collections catalogued by the Korean government. This 
                          is a very rare opportunity to see a great variety of 
                          antique and contemporary Korean art and artists all at 
                          one time, and promises to be a lot of fun. As always, 
                          the Korean Art Society charges no fee for its part in 
                          this event. You need only pay your transportation 
                          costs and admission fees. <BR>-Robert 
                          Turley<BR><BR>P.S. We have viewed and discussed Minhwa 
                          (Korean Folk Painting) during various KAS events, but 
                          now you can actually learn to create your own Minhwa 
                          at a class conducted by Seongmin Ahn. Please click on 
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