[KS] Old Books about Korea

Tue Sep 29 22:18:04 EDT 2009

Dear List Members,

I have nothing to offer regarding items in the Korean language, but I have  
found a used book seller on the internet that seems to have a number of 
items in  English about Korea covering a diverse range of topics.  I have taken 
the  liberty of pasting in twelve examples and have put the website in at 
the  end.  I would appreciate learning of other internet book dealers who 
have a  diverse stock of items on Korea in English.

Roger

Admiral Yi  Sun-sin: A brief overview of his life and achievements   
Wraps.  Diamond Sutra Recitation Group, Flushing, NY (2005)   
Very good. No  dust jacket as issued. Cover has slight wear and  
soiling. 88  p. Includes: illustrations, maps, bibliography.  
Footnotes.  Chronological Career Note. Korean Spirit and Culture  
Series I. No  pubication date evident, but there is a  reference to 
April 15,  2005 and the publication is assumed to be proximate to  
that referenced date. This is a historical account of  Admiral Yi's  
uninterrupted  string of victories, brilliant tactics, and  noble  
spirit that  defeated the Japanese who invaded Korea with 300,000 
troops in  1592 and 1597. Title from  cover.  

Choy, Bong-Youn: Koreans in  America. 
Nelson-Hall, Chicago,  IL, 1979, First Edition, First 
Printing, good condition, fair to good DJ, 371 pp., notes, 
bibliography, index, ink name inside rear board, DJ  soiled, 
small tears/chips to DJ, rear DJ creased. 
Chung,  Kyung-Cho: New  Korea: New Land  of the 
Morning Calm. Macmillan, New  York, [1962], First Printing, 
very good condition, 22 cm, fair DJ, 274 pp., illus.,  notes, 
bibliography, DJ somewhat worn, soiled, scuffed, and  small 
tears, pencil erasure on front endpaper. A study of  Korean 
history and politics since the end of the Korean  War. 
Han,  Chungnim C.: Transactions of the Royal 
Asiatic Society,  Korea Branch, Volume 62,  1987: Social 
Organization of Upper Han Hamlet in  Korea. Royal  Asiatic 
Society, Seoul, 1987, good  condition, 23 cm, 162 pp., wraps, 
figures, maps, notes, bibliography, some wear to cover  and 
spine edges.                        
Hwan, Chun  Doo: The 1980s: Meeting a New 
Challenge III. Selected Speeches of President Chun Doo  Hwan. 
Korea Textbook Co., Ltd., Seoul,  Korea, 1984, very  good 
condition, very good DJ, 272 pp., color frontis  illus., 
index. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by  President 
Chun Doo Hwan.Inscription reads: "Dear Mark--If you  read 
these speeches carefully, you'll get some idea of what  my 
former pilot was doing over  Russia 13 months  ago. Now don't 
give this book away again because I've been thinking  about 
having my man Moon buy IPS. So read this to learn how  to 
behave in that eventuality. Your friend (&  leader) 
Hwan.". 
Kim  Il-Song: On the Work of the United Front 
(Excerpts). Foreign Languages Pub. House,  Pyongyang,  Korea, 
1978, good condition, 22 cm, 207 pp., illus., 
references. 
Koh Kwang Lim: Essays in Honor of His  Hwegap, 1980 by Koh, Howard Kyongju  
(Editor), and Choo, Carolyn Kyongshin Koh, and Kon, Edward Tongju, and Koh, 
Jean  kyongun; and Koh, Richard Unabridged. Hard cover. East Rock Press,  
Incorporated (1982)  Good. No dust  jacket. TLS from the editor. Inscribed 
from The Koh family on fep. viii, 176 p.  Illustrations. (Sungu Ko Kwang-Nim 
Paksa Hoegap Kinyom Sup'ilchip). This book  was compiled in honor of the 
subject's sixtieth  birthday.  
Korea: Past and Present. Kwangmyong  Publishing 
Co., Seoul,  Korea, 1972, First Edition,  very good condition, 
7-3/4" x 9-3/4", fair to good DJ, 443 pp., color  illus., 
color maps, tables, index, DJ somewhat soiled & 
stained.Presentation copy signed by intro author  Ambassador 
Hahm.newspaper article about  Korea dance  troupe and 
hand-written note from Embassy of Korea stapled to front  DJ 
flap. Topics covered include the land and the  people, 
history, government, foreign relations,  unification, 
national defense, economy, industry, transportation  and 
communications, education, science, speech and  publication, 
arts, religions, social  welfare, manners and customs, sports, 
and tourism. 
Lee,  Kyung-Hee: Lee Kyung-Hee's Essays and 
Columns: Giant of a Man He Was. Taewon Publishing  Company, 
Seoul,  South Korea, 1974, First?  Edition, First? Printing, 
good condition, 195 pp., wraps, some wear and soiling  to 
covers.This is the author's fourth book. She was a  columnist 
for The Korean Herald and was often heard on the radio as  a 
moderator or panelist. Cover sketch by the  author. 
Manchuria  and Korea (Map).  MITC-Ritchie, 
VII-Ch-1067. 30 August  1945. n.p., n.p., 1945, very good 
condition, 15" x 19", 1 pp., 1 black and white map,  folded 
in quarters, closed size 7.5" x 9.5". Scale  1:6,3000,000.Map 
shows terrain, rivers and other bodies of water, cities,  and 
main routes between cities. 
Oliver,  Robert T.: Syngman Rhee: The Man Behind 
the Myth. Dodd Mead and Company, New  York, 1955, Revised 
Edition, fair to good, ex-lib. condition, fair DJ, 380  pp., 
illus., biblio note, app, index, lib stamp to title  pg, 
Discard ins fr & rear flylves, DJ quite worn: sm tears,  sm 
pcs  missing.A rebel under Chinese and Japanese rule, Syngman 
Rhee became president of South  Korea in 1948. The author 
served as an advisor to President Rhee in  Korea, and to  the 
Korean Commission and the Korean delegation to the  United 
Nations in the United  States. 
Park, Chung  Hee: To Build a Nation. Acropolis 
Books, Washington,  DC, [1971], First? Edition,  First? 
Printing, very good condition, 24 cm, 216 pp., illus.  (some 
color), map, index, boards slightly worn and soiled,  erasure 
residue on front endpaper.The author was the President  of 
South  Korea. 
I  found these, and a lot more on Korea, Korean War, Asia, etc. at 
_www.groundzerobooksltd.com_ (http://www.groundzerobooksltd.com) . 
In  a message dated 9/28/2009 2:43:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
sangok at u.washington.edu writes: 

Mercedes,

There is also a Korean language translation  available for Rosetti's book.

Clark W. Sorensen
University of  Washington

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009, Mag. Mercedes Giuffre  wrote:

> Hello, I am new to the list,
> I work at Mar del  Plata National University, Argentina, and I am a 
researcher on Korea.
>  Relating to old books on Korea, I see that most of those online are 
written in  English.-
>
> There is a very interesting book, which is not  online, by an Italian 
Naval officer Carlo Rossetti: "La Corea e i  Coreani  agli inizi del '900", 
Korea and the Koreans at the beginning of  1900, written in Italian,  in 
1903/4, now translated only in French : "La  Coree et les Coreens" (2002) . It is 
a 477 pages book, extremely interesting  covering all aspects of Korean life 
at the moment, history, economics, court  affairs, clothes, names, hats, 
sea ports,Kisaeng,  Japanese advance and  Chinese reduction of influence, etc. 
etc. Amazing and wonderful Photographs of  everyday life in Korea at the 
beginning of the XXth. century-
> I am  actually doing a research on Rossetti.
>
> There are also many  French, Holland, German and Russian books and 
sources on Korea , unfortunately  not online, at least not that I know of.
>
> Mercedes S.  Giuffré
> Magíster en Filosofía y Ciencias Políticas
> Traductora  Pública Nacional
> Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales
>  Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
>
>
>  www.chinamisteriosa.blogspot.com

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