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Korea - Japan photo album, circa 1950s

15.5 x 10.5 inches, black pages with tissue guards. There are a total of ten 8 x 10 inch b&w photos, some mounted with photo corners. Two are duplicates. One photo is of Mt. Fuji, there's a picture of the inside of a bus or street car, a farming scene, a delightful picture of two girls with an improvised teeter totter, one of the "San Francisco Beer Hall (in Korea) " and a harbor scene in Stockton, CA.

The photographer was a USN Aviation Ordanceman with Patrol Squadron 871 (VP 871) The back of the teeter totter picture is labeled "Korea Playground" with technical photo information and Kimpo Airfield is mentioned as the location. The album is in good condition. Some of the photo corners are loose and some of the tissue guards are creased. Other tissue guards are torn, creased or missing parts. The front and back inside paste-downs have wrinkles. $75

Vendor SKU Author Title Publisher Condition Description Keywords(s) Price Image
8037 Anon Saemaul In New Age Saemaul Undong 1983 8 X 11 inch paperback with 121 pages of color photographs. Good. With light shelf wear. Saemaul, Korea Saemaul, Korea $20
15580 Anon. Young Nak Presbyterian Church bulletin for May 5, 1954, Seoul, Korea Young Nak Presbyterian Church, Seoul, Korea Good. Fold marks. 5.25 x 7.75 inches, in Korean, with 4 pages, a church bulletin Korea, Presbyterian, ephemera $20
13555 Bible Korean-English Bible The New King James Version And Korean Revised Hankul Version Korean Bible Society Good to very good. Writing on the front endpapers. The Lord's Prayer is pasted in. The two red ribbons are present. Limp plastic faux leather binding with gilt page edges, with maps and other information in the back. Christianity, Korea, Bible $30
15443 Carpenter, Dennis A Few Who Met The Challenge Famous Former Marines Brightlights Publications Very good. 8.5 x 11 inches, Celebrities who served in the United States Marine Corps. There are many b&w photos. USMC, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War $20
15444 Carpenter, Dennis Anyone Here A Marine? Volume I: Popular Entertainment And The Marines Brightlights Publications Very good. 8.5 x 11 inches. Celebrities who served in the United States Marine Corps. There are many b&w photos. USMC, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War $20
13856 Chong-wha, Chung, editor Modern Korean Short Stories Heinemann Very good. There's a small 7 line rubber stamp inside. Modern Korean Short Stories. Korea, Literature $20
12899 Crane, Conrad C. American Airpower Strategy In Korea 1950-1953 University Press of Kansas Fine. No dust wrapper The American airwar strategy in the Korean war. There are many photos, notes, selected bibliography and an index. Korea, Korean War, Aviation $20
16767 Dille, John Substitute For Victory Doubleday & Company Good. In a good dust wrapper that shows edge wear and has an inked out price. An ugly bookplate. "An optimistic report on What we have accomplished in Korea, Formosa, and Japan..." Korea, Formosa, Taiwan, Japan $25
14949 Doll, Thomas E. USN/USMC Over Korea U. S. Navy/Marine Corps Air Operations Over Korea 1950-53 Squadron/Signal Publications Very good. 8.5 x 11 inches with many photos of USN and USMC planes in the Korean war. Aviation, USN, USMC, Korea $40
4976 Erickson, Arnold I Didn't Know It Was Mine Self Very good. 1996 oversized paperback with 302 pages. Signed by the author. , author was a USN pilot, Korea, etc. ISBN 1886698058 Korea, USN, United States $18
15167 Gray, Clifford S. Police Action In Korea The First Winter 1950-1951 Publish America Very good. A fictionalized account of the author's Korean War experience. There's a 2 line inscription from the author. Korea, Korean War $25
17342 Holt, Mrs. Harry The Seed From the East The Oxford Press Good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper. Korean adoptions. There are b&w photos. Signed "Sincerely Bertha Holt." Korean war orphans. Holt International, adoptiion, Korea, Korean War Orphans. $50
17145 Huhm, Halla Pai KUT Korean Shamanist Rituals Hollym Good. In a good dust wrapper. There are many illustrations and a postscript. Religion, Korea, Korean Shamanist $20
11566 Kilbourne, Edwin W. Bridge Across The Century Volume One Japan Korea China Self-Published Good. There's a faint manufacturing vertical crease on the pages. No dust wrapper. There's a book plate from the previous owner. A history of the OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, by one of it's founders. There are 20 pages of b&w photos, and an addendum. There's a tipped in note from the author on one page and the author has also left an inscription on the title page. OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, Missionaries, China, Japan, Korea, WW2. $40
16889 Kim, H. Edward The Korean Smile Korea National Tourism Corporation Very good. Dust wrapper is very good. Slip case is very good. 9 x 11 inches with many color pictures of Korea and Korean subjects. Korea $25
15138 Kim, Penny Young Sook, Richard A. Schaefer and Charles Mills Though Bombs May Fall The Extraordinary Story of George Rue, missionary Doctor to Korea Pacific Press Very good. Dr. Rue was a Seventh-Day Adventist medical missionary in Korea. There are many b&w photos. The doctor's wife Grace has inscribed this copy. Korea, Seventh-Day Adventist, Missionary $20
14794 Korean Children's Choir Echo From The Land Of Morning Calm 7 inch EP record Korean Children's Choir Very good. Un-opened. Price sticker removal mark. A record by the Korean Children's Choir. Titles are...Toraji, The Moon, Boat Song and Arirang. Korea, Korean Children's Choir, music $20
11771 Korean Overseas Information Service Secret Tunnel Under Panmunjom North Korea's Third Invasion Passage Discovered Korean Overseas Information Service Very good. 61 pages with many b&w and color photos of the tunnel. Korea, Panmunjom $20
15570 Lee, Mmin Jai, editor Nature in Korea The Bureau of Cultural Property Preservation Very good. Previous owner's name in ink. In a fair to good, worn dust wrapper. Approximately 8 x 10 inches, in both Korean and English, with many color photos, Nature in Korea Korea $35
16329 Meid, Pat, Lieutenant Colonel USMC U. S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-1953 Volume V Operations In West Korea Historical Division Head quarters, U. S. Marine Corps Good. Owner's name and address on a front free endpaper. Light soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper. The U. S. Marine Corps in the Korean war. There are many maps, b&w photos, appendices, bibliography and an index. Korea, Korean War, USMC $25
16328 Montross, Lynn & others U. S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-1953 Historical Branch, G-3 Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps Good. Owner's names inside. Light soiling and wear. The U. S. Marine Corps in the Korean war. There are many maps, b&w photos, appendices, bibliography and an index. Vol. 1, The Pusan Perimeter, Vol. 2, The Inchon-Seoul Operation, Vol. 3, Thke Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Vol. 4, The East-Central Front, Vol. 5, Operations in West Korea. Korea, Korean War, USMC $200
14798 Multiple The Holy Bible with Reference Hankul and Revised Christian Wisdom Publisher Very good. Some pages have creases. No other markings. The Holy Bible in Korean in full, zippered, leather with hymnns in the back. Korea, Christianity, bible $30
16636 Oliver, Robert T. Syngman Rhee The Man Behind The Myth Dodd Mead And Company Good. Slight shelf wear and soiling on the covers and spine. Owner's inscription in ink in front. No dust wrapper. Korea. Politics Korea, Politics $65
15346 Seoul International Publishing House Focus On Korea Three Volume Set In A Slip Case Seoul International Publishing House Very good. One volume has a slightly bumped corner as does the slip case. Korean Arts and Culture, Korean History and This Is Korea. Each volume is rubber stamped 'With The Compliments Of The Interenational Cultural Society Of Korea' on the front free end paper. Korea $25
17353 Shin-yong, Chun, General Editor Folk Culture In Korea Korean Culture Series 4 The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc Good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper. Owner's name, the date and location in ink on the front free endpaper.and a 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..." Korea, Folk Culture. 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..." B&w photos. Korea, culture $20

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price
8037	Anon	Saemaul In New Age	Saemaul Undong 1983 8 X 11 inch paperback with 121 pages of color photographs.	Good. With light shelf wear.	Saemaul, Korea	Saemaul, Korea	$20
15580	Anon.	Young Nak Presbyterian Church bulletin for May 5, 1954, Seoul, Korea	Young Nak Presbyterian Church, Seoul, Korea	Good. Fold marks.	5.25 x 7.75 inches, in Korean, with 4 pages, a church bulletin	Korea, Presbyterian, ephemera	$20
13555	Bible	Korean-English Bible The New King James Version And Korean Revised Hankul Version	Korean Bible Society	Good to very good. Writing on the front endpapers. The Lord's Prayer is pasted in. The two red ribbons are present.	Limp plastic faux leather binding with gilt page edges, with maps and other information in the back.	Christianity, Korea, Bible	$30
15443	Carpenter, Dennis	A Few Who Met The Challenge Famous Former Marines	Brightlights Publications	Very good.	8.5 x 11 inches, Celebrities who served in the United States Marine Corps. There are many b&w photos.	USMC, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War	$20
15444	Carpenter, Dennis	Anyone Here A Marine? Volume I: Popular Entertainment And The Marines	Brightlights Publications	Very good.	8.5 x 11 inches. Celebrities who served in the United States Marine Corps. There are many b&w photos.	USMC, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War	$20
13856	Chong-wha, Chung, editor	Modern Korean Short Stories	Heinemann	Very good. There's a small 7 line rubber stamp inside.	Modern Korean Short Stories.	Korea, Literature	$20
12899	Crane, Conrad C.	American Airpower Strategy In Korea 1950-1953	University Press of Kansas	Fine. No dust wrapper	The American airwar strategy in the Korean war. There are many photos, notes, selected bibliography and an index.	Korea, Korean War, Aviation	$20
16767	Dille, John	Substitute For Victory	Doubleday & Company	Good. In a good dust wrapper that shows edge wear and has an inked out price. An ugly bookplate.	"An optimistic report on What we have accomplished in Korea, Formosa, and Japan..."	Korea, Formosa, Taiwan, Japan	$25
14949	Doll, Thomas E.	USN/USMC Over Korea U. S. Navy/Marine Corps Air Operations Over Korea 1950-53	Squadron/Signal Publications	Very good.	8.5 x 11 inches with many photos of USN and USMC planes in the Korean war.	Aviation, USN, USMC, Korea	$40
4976	Erickson, Arnold	I Didn't Know It Was Mine	Self	Very good.	1996 oversized paperback with 302 pages. Signed by the author. , author was a USN pilot, Korea, etc. ISBN 1886698058	Korea, USN, United States	$18
15167	Gray, Clifford S.	Police Action In Korea The First Winter 1950-1951	Publish America	Very good.	A fictionalized account of the author's Korean War experience. There's a 2 line inscription from the author.	Korea, Korean War	$25
17342	Holt, Mrs. Harry	The Seed From the East	The Oxford Press	Good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper.	Korean adoptions. There are b&w photos. Signed "Sincerely Bertha Holt." Korean war orphans.	Holt International, adoptiion, Korea, Korean War Orphans.	$50
17145	Huhm, Halla Pai	KUT Korean Shamanist Rituals	Hollym	Good. In a good dust wrapper.	There are many illustrations and a postscript.	Religion, Korea, Korean Shamanist	$20
11566	Kilbourne, Edwin W.	Bridge Across The Century Volume One Japan Korea China	Self-Published	Good. There's a faint manufacturing vertical crease on the pages. No dust wrapper. There's a book plate from the previous owner.	A history of the OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, by one of it's founders. There are 20 pages of b&w photos, and an addendum. There's a tipped in note from the author on one page and the author has also left an inscription on the title page.	OMF, Oriental Missionary Society, Missionaries, China, Japan, Korea, WW2.	$40
16889	Kim, H. Edward	The Korean Smile	Korea National Tourism Corporation	Very good. Dust wrapper is very good. Slip case is very good.	9 x 11 inches with many color pictures of Korea and Korean subjects.	Korea	$25
15138	Kim, Penny Young Sook, Richard A. Schaefer and Charles Mills	Though Bombs May Fall The Extraordinary Story of George Rue, missionary Doctor to Korea	Pacific Press	Very good.	Dr. Rue was a Seventh-Day Adventist medical missionary in Korea. There are many b&w photos. The doctor's wife Grace has inscribed this copy.	Korea, Seventh-Day Adventist, Missionary	$20
14794	Korean Children's Choir	Echo From The Land Of Morning Calm 7 inch EP record	Korean Children's Choir	Very good. Un-opened. Price sticker removal mark.	A record by the Korean Children's Choir. Titles are...Toraji, The Moon, Boat Song and Arirang.	Korea, Korean Children's Choir, music	$20
11771	Korean Overseas Information Service	Secret Tunnel Under Panmunjom North Korea's Third Invasion Passage Discovered	Korean Overseas Information Service	Very good.	61 pages with many b&w and color photos of the tunnel.	Korea, Panmunjom	$20
15570	Lee, Mmin Jai, editor	Nature in Korea	The Bureau of Cultural Property Preservation	Very good. Previous owner's name in ink. In a fair to good, worn dust wrapper.	Approximately 8 x 10 inches, in both Korean and English, with many color photos, Nature in Korea	Korea	$35
16329	Meid, Pat, Lieutenant Colonel USMC	U. S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-1953 Volume V Operations In West Korea	Historical Division Head quarters, U. S. Marine Corps	Good. Owner's name and address on a front free endpaper. Light soiling on the covers. No dust wrapper.	The U. S. Marine Corps in the Korean war. There are many maps, b&w photos, appendices, bibliography and an index.	Korea, Korean War, USMC	$25
16328	Montross, Lynn & others	U. S. Marine Operations In Korea 1950-1953	Historical Branch, G-3 Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps	Good. Owner's names inside. Light soiling and wear.	The U. S. Marine Corps in the Korean war. There are many maps, b&w photos, appendices, bibliography and an index. Vol. 1, The Pusan Perimeter, Vol. 2, The Inchon-Seoul Operation, Vol. 3, Thke Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Vol. 4, The East-Central Front, Vol. 5, Operations in West Korea.	Korea, Korean War, USMC	$200
14798	Multiple	The Holy Bible with Reference Hankul and Revised	Christian Wisdom Publisher	Very good. Some pages have creases. No other markings.	The Holy Bible in Korean in full, zippered, leather with hymnns in the back.	Korea, Christianity, bible	$30
16636	Oliver, Robert T.	Syngman Rhee The Man Behind The Myth	Dodd Mead And Company	Good. Slight shelf wear and soiling on the covers and spine. Owner's inscription in ink in front. No dust wrapper.	Korea. Politics	Korea, Politics	$65
15346	Seoul International Publishing House	Focus On Korea Three Volume Set In A Slip Case	Seoul International Publishing House	Very good. One volume has a slightly bumped corner as does the slip case.	Korean Arts and Culture, Korean History and This Is Korea. Each volume is rubber stamped 'With The Compliments Of The Interenational Cultural Society Of Korea' on the front free end paper.	Korea	$25
17353	Shin-yong, Chun, General Editor	Folk Culture In Korea Korean Culture Series 4	The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc	Good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper. Owner's name, the date and location in ink on the front free endpaper.and a 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..."	Korea, Folk Culture. 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..." B&w photos.	Korea, culture	$20

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Vendor SKU Author Title Publisher Condition Description Keywords(s) Price Image
17353 Shin-yong, Chun, General Editor Folk Culture In Korea Korean Culture Series 4 The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc Good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper. Owner's name, the date and location in ink on the front free endpaper.and a 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..." Korea, Folk Culture. 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..." B&w photos. Korea, culture $20
16034 Smetheran, H. E., LTJG Editor U.S.S. Roanoke CL 145 Far East Cruise 1957-58 USN Good. Covers are faintly bent. 8 x 12 inches, with many b&w as well as color pictures - a very expensively produced USN cruise book for the USS Roanoke, CL-145 USN, U.S.S. Roanoke, Japan, Philippines, Okinawa, Korea, Australia and Hawaii $250
11948 The Foreign Ladies' Guild of the Anglican Cathedral in Seoul Household Hints In Han'gul The Foreign Ladies' Guild of the Anglican Cathedral in Seoul Very good. Light soiling and shelf wear on the covers. No dust wrapper. In Korean and English, household hints and recipes. Korea $20
10563 Thomas, Ned My Reaction Revised Edition Self Published Very good 1995 with 154 pages and b&w photos. Newspaper editor and publisher, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Washington. Autobiography. WW2, WWII, Korean War. Newspaper, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Washington State. Autobiography, WW2, WWII, Korean War, print media $20
15236 Unknown Korea - Japan Photo Album 1950s Self-published Good. Some of the photo corners are loose, some tissue guards are creased. Others are missing parts. The front and back inside paste-downs have wrinkles. 15.5 x 10.5 inches with an attractive, inlaid cover map of Japan and Korea, black pages with tissue guards. There are a total of ten 8 x 10 b&w photos, some mounted with photo corners. Two are duplicates. One photo of Mt. Fuji, a farming scene, cute girls on an improvised teeter totter, the San Francisco Beer Hall, Korean version. Kimpo Airfiend is mentioned on the back of a picture. Japan, Korea, Kimpo Airfield $75
7522 Weems, Clarence Norwood, editor Hulbert's History of Korea Volume II Hillary House Publishers LTD. 1962 with 456 pages. Good. Front cover has a faint moisture stain, both covers have minor scrape and wear marks. No dust wrapper. Korea, History. There's a general index, biographical index, notes and a bibliography. Korea, history $20

Vendor SKU	Author	Title	Publisher	Condition	Description	Keywords(s)	Price
17353	Shin-yong, Chun, General Editor	Folk Culture In Korea Korean Culture Series 4	The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc	Good. In a lightly worn dust wrapper. Owner's name, the date and location in ink on the front free endpaper.and a 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..."	Korea, Folk Culture. 4 line rubber stamp "with the compliments of the International Cultural Society of Korea..." B&w photos.	Korea, culture	$20
16034	Smetheran, H. E., LTJG Editor	U.S.S. Roanoke CL 145 Far East Cruise 1957-58	USN	Good. Covers are faintly bent.	8 x 12 inches, with many b&w as well as color pictures - a very expensively produced USN cruise book for the USS Roanoke, CL-145	USN, U.S.S. Roanoke, Japan, Philippines, Okinawa, Korea, Australia and Hawaii	$250
11948	The Foreign Ladies' Guild of the Anglican Cathedral in Seoul	Household Hints In Han'gul	The Foreign Ladies' Guild of the Anglican Cathedral in Seoul	Very good. Light soiling and shelf wear on the covers. No dust wrapper.	In Korean and English, household hints and recipes.	Korea	$20
10563	Thomas, Ned	My Reaction Revised Edition	Self Published	Very good	1995 with 154 pages and b&w photos. Newspaper editor and publisher, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Washington. Autobiography. WW2, WWII, Korean War.	Newspaper, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Washington State. Autobiography, WW2, WWII, Korean War, print media	$20
15236	Unknown	Korea - Japan Photo Album 1950s	Self-published	Good. Some of the photo corners are loose, some tissue guards are creased. Others are missing parts. The front and back inside paste-downs have wrinkles.	15.5 x 10.5 inches with an attractive, inlaid cover map of Japan and Korea, black pages with tissue guards. There are a total of ten 8 x 10 b&w photos, some mounted with photo corners. Two are duplicates. One photo of Mt. Fuji, a farming scene, cute girls on an improvised teeter totter, the San Francisco Beer Hall, Korean version. Kimpo Airfiend is mentioned on the back of a picture.	Japan, Korea, Kimpo Airfield	$75
7522	Weems, Clarence Norwood, editor	Hulbert's History of Korea Volume II	Hillary House Publishers LTD. 1962 with 456 pages.	Good. Front cover has a faint moisture stain, both covers have minor scrape and wear marks. No dust wrapper.	Korea, History. There's a general index, biographical index, notes and a bibliography.	Korea, history	$20

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