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The History of Korea(Volume 2)/1905
hard cover, 1905 first and only edition. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Volume 1: 409 pages. Volume 2:374 pages and Index. Based almost wholly on Korean sources,this history covers the period from legandary time,third millenium B.C. to Russo-Japanese War,1905. Because the author has not made much use of western language materials the modern period of Korean history ,especially as regards foreign relations ,is not brought out,as well as the early periods. A chart gives the lsit of Korean Kings,with English and Chinese characters. (Annotation is based on KOREA ,Library of Congress,1950)
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Joural Asiatique 1879(July,August,September,October-Decmeber) ).1885(July-December ) six volumes.
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1879 Korea section :Memoirs sur les des Chinois contre les Coreens,de 1618-1637(from page 308 to page 341) 1885 Korea section :tsao-sien-tche,Memoirs sur la Coree,par un Coreen,anonyme,tradult pour la premiere fois du chinois :from page 160 to page 243 on The history and geography of Korea ,by M.F.Scherzer,French Consul in Canton,China)
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French
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VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA,AND THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND/1818
ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA,AND THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND. With an Appendix, Containing Charts, And Various Hydrographical & Scientific Notices" by Captain Basil Hall, published by John Murray, London, 1818. First Edition.Hardcover, 4 to.4to., xvi, 222, cxxx, [lxxii]pp.This is a very rare book which covers the exploration of the west Coast of Corea and the Ryukyu Islands then known as Loo-Choo Islands.This expedition formed part of the Amherst embassy and explored the relatively little known East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. Visits were made to Korea and the Ryukyu Archipelago. Korea had been sketchily explored by Europeans, but it was not until the "Alceste" and "Lyra" expeditions that detailed information was obtained about the Ryukyus. Abbey Travel 558; Cordier Sinica 3009. The book should have eight aquatint hand-colored but two plates are missing. The five maps are all present as well as two further uncoloured plates. In total there are thirteen of an original fifteen plates and maps. There are a few hundred pages of text, including a dictionary in the Loo-Choo language. The covers are loose and the leather spine is missing. The pages are all well bound together.
Size: The book measures approx 11" x 9", (28 cm x 23 cm).
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En Coree/1866
paperback, 4 to. 56 pages. En Coree Naufrage de L'Epervier sur les recifs de l'ile de Quelpaert en 1653/Navigateurs Europeens sur les cotes de Coree 1787-1797-1816/Ambassade de S.M.L'Empereur de la Chine pres la cour de Coree en 1866...........................Several materials on the Account of the SHIPWRECK of a Dutch Vessel on the Coast of the Isle of Quelpaert ,together with the Description of the Kingdom of COREA /on the voyage to Korea by La Perouse in 1787-1797/on the voyage to Korea by Basil Hall and M'Leod, John in 1816 etc.
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Extrait du Bulletin de la Societe normande de Geographie,Imprime a Rouen Chez Leon GY |
French
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Pictorial CHOSEN and Manchuria/1919
Hardcover, Cloth. 4to.316 pages.first edition.Completed in Commemoration of The Decennial of The Bank of Korea.
Korea section:from page 1 to page 176 containing 330 black and white photographs.
Manchuria section: from page 177 to page 299 .contaning 278 black and white
photographs.
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HISTORY OF COREA/1891
History of Korea, Ancient and Modern
With DESCRIPTION OF MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE AND GEOGRAPHY
Hard cover, cloth 8 vo.404 pages ,First edition. The Rev. John Ross was a missionary to China. This is a very scarce copy of the history he wrote of Korea. There are maps and a few colored illustrations showing the costumes of the Korean people. ........................ The First history of Korea in the English language
by a Scottish missionary who visited Korea before the country was opened to the West.Still of value for historical background,but antiquated in style and approach to the subject.(Annotation: KOREA An Annotated Bibliography of Publications in Western Languages ,1950 ,The Library of Congress)
Very rare source on Korean Studies.
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Elliot Stock,London |
English
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An American Cruiser In The East
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Hard cover ,cloth,8 vo.First edition.486 pages.Profusely illustrated with 162 monochrome drawings, photos and maps.
Travels and Studies in the Far East .The Aleutian Islands,Behring's Sea,Eastern
Siberia,Japan,Korea,China,Formosa,Hong Kong and the Philippines Islands.
Korea section:from page 237 to page 292 .
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THE JAPAN WEEKLY MAIL (A Review of Japanese Commerce,Politics,Literature,and Art) January to June 1895./1895
Weekly Nespapers covering from the first day of January to the end of June ,1895.Three-Quarter Leather. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book is bound in 3/4 leather and brown cloth with gilt lettering and bands to the spine.It contains 736 clean pages, It is full of news of the day ( politics, war etc. ) chess problems Yokohama Chess Club, Lists of Mail Steamers, Latest Shipping, Departures and Arrivals by name of passenger ( showing famous names in there ), latest commercial imports and exports etc..........................................
Bearing various articles(approx. 40 articles ) related to the Political situtation, News of the Court,News related to the Father of the King and Queen of
of the Kingdom of Korea ,Reforms,Assassinations,Tong Hak Farmer's revolution,
Foreign Loans of the Kingdom of Korea etc.etc. Extremely rare source on
the Kingom of Old Korea in the end of the 19th century.
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An Account of the SHIPWRECK of a Dutch Vessel on the Coast of the Isle of QUELPAERT together with the Description of the Kingdom of COREA/Hamel/1918
paperback,8 vo. 55pages.
Author of this book,Hendrik Hamel sailed as the ship''s secretary from Texel to Batavia on ''De Sperwer'' in January 1653. After visiting Batavia and Formosa, the ship set sail for Japan with the newly appointed V.O.C. governor for Korea, Cornelis Lessen, on board. Unfortunately the ship wrecked at the coast of an unknown island near Korea, which they named the Isle of Quelparts. Many of the crew drowned. Those who survived, including Hamel, went ashore, where they were imprisoned by the Koreans and brought to the main land where they were held for no less than thirteen years. In 1666 Hamel and a few of his companions succeeded to escape and they managed to reach Japan. In 1668 they arrived back in the Netherlands. Still in the same year the account of his misadventures was published at Rotterdam by Joh. Stichter. Hamel''s account, which is the first Western eyewitness of Korea, became very popular, and was not only translated into French(in 1670) , but also, in 1704 and 1732, into English with the title An account of the shipwreck of a Dutch vessel on the coast of the Isle of Quelpaert.
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Translated out of French(The Korea Brach of Royal Asiatic Society) |
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Original Letter signed "Basil Hall" to Lady Sidmouth,saying that his mother had shown Landseer the "box" of very interesting figures which you put in my hands" and " He had already seen some of them! and considers them very curious indeed" ,making arrangements for the return of the box,having sealed it./1838
Title: Letter Signed Basil Hall, to Lady Sidmouth, saying
Description: 71 Harley Street, 2 April 1838. Captain Basil Hall (1788-1844), Royal Navy, Scottish travel writer, author of Fragments of Voyages and Travels (3 series, each in 3 vols., 1831-33, and frequently reprinted). Hall travelled to China with the Amherst Embassy, and wrote his Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Islands (1818 and later editions). ----------------------------
Letter signed "Basil Hall" to Lady Sidmouth,saying that his mother had shown Landseer the "box" of very interesting figures which you put in my hands" and " He had already seen some of them! and considers them very curious indeed" ,making arrangements for the return of the box,having sealed it.
Letter is dated 2 April,1838,1 page &x41/2 inches,a few words and signature overleaf,in good condition....
Basil Hall(the first person who delivered the Holy Bible to Korean High-leveled official during his visit to Korea in 1816..............................................
BASIL HALL, (1788-1844), British naval officer, traveller and miscellaneous writer, was born at Edinburgh on the 3ist of December 1788. His father was Sir James Hall of Dunglass, the geologist. Basil Hall was educated at the High School, Edinburgh, and in 1802 entered the navy, where he rose to the rank of postcaptain in 1817, after seeing active service in several fields. By observing the ethnological as well as the physical peculiarities of the countries he visited, he collected the materials for a very large number of scientific papers. In 1816 he commanded the sloop Lyra, which accompanied Lord Amhersts embassy to China; and he described his cruise in An Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-ckoo Island in the Japan Sea (London, 1818). In 1820 be heldacommand on the Pacific coast of America, and in 1824 published two volumes of Extracts from a Journal written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico in the Years 182o2122. Retiring on half-pay in 1824, Hall in 1825 married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Hunter, an.d in her company travelled (182 71828) through the United States. In 1829 he published his Travels in North America in the Years 1827 and 1828, which was assailed by the American press for its views of American society. Schloss Hainfeld, or a Winter in Lower Styria (1836), is partly a romance, partly a description of a visit paid by the author to the castle of the countess Purgstall. Spain and the Seat of War in Spain appeared in 1837. The Fragments of Voyages and Travels (9 vols.) were issued in. three detachments, between 1831 and 1840. Captain Hall was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Astronomical, Royal Geographical and Geological Societies. His last work, a collection of sketches and tales under the name of Patcfrwork (1841) had not been long published before its author became insane, and he died in Haslar hospital, Portsmouth, on the 11th of September 1844.
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WHY WE FLED FROM SOUTH KOREA/1957
paperback,210 x 150cm , 121pages. 9 people from different walks of life describe how they fled and their reasons for doing so. 1957 first and only edition.Pyongyang.
Contents:
Pak Ok Koung:Why to Happiness.(Ex-ROK Army Senior Nurse)
Kim Sin Sik:Through the Snow Storm(Education Unit.5th Company H.Q. 2nd Battalion: 2nd Regiment,6th Division,3rd Army Corps,ROK Army)
Pak Ju Chang:Confession(former U.S.H.I.D. Spy)
Kim Ho Chol:To Seek a Way to Study(Former student of Kyoon Myung High School,Seoul)
Shin Hong Joon:In Quest of New Life(Former 2nd Lt. Observation Officer,35th Regiment,5th Division of the ROK Army)
Koong Byung Hak: My Escape(Former Engineer,Taijun Locomotive Yard)
Jun Jung Soo:The Turning -Point of My Life(Foremr 1st Class Sergeant of the Communication Unit,Ist battalion,36th Regiment ,5th Division of ROK Army)
Kim Up:Why I Fled from South Korea(Former Major,Commander of First Battalion,3rd regisment,7th Division,ROK Army)
Li Yung Jo:Again into the Embrance of the Republic(Foremr of Sergeant ,35th Regiment ,5th Division,3rd Corps of ROK Army)
---------------------------Extremely rare source on Modern History of Korea.1957,Pyongyang.
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Foreign Languages Publishing House,Pyongyang |
Foreign Languages Publishing House,Pyongyang |
English
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Photo album of Korean People and Places ,circa 1900/1900
Photo Album with 182 Original Photos taken circa 1900 ( mainly 1880-1910) in Korea.
Album size:25x18x5cm showing scenes in Korea before Japanese takeover period.
Korean Royalty/Madarin/Military Officer and Soldiers/Guards/Foreign Consulate
Generals/Palaces/Royal March /Royal Funeral Ceremony/Execution of Korean patriots by Japanese soldiers/Bridges/Temples/Children/Women/Trades/Korean National Flags/ Marquis Ito/Military training/Hospital etc.etc. covering all Korean pennisula except Jeju-do(Quelpart Island).
2-3 photos are mounted on black board , in fine condition but some are faded condition with a neat caption in Japanese (handwriting) beneath each photo. Very scarce photo album showing the fate of the Korean
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