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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.....Volume II only of a two volume set. $30

10241 Anon. Dong-A's Prime English-Korean Dictionary 3rd Edition Doosan Dong-A Co., LTD Very good. Some folded page edges. One small red spot on the bottom edges of the pages. 1992, limp faux leather boards, with 2753 pages. Dictionary, Korea. Dictionary, Korean, English-Korean, Korea. $20

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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. Korea, Saemaul Undong $15

8485 Awe, Chulho as told to Herbert F. Webster Decision at Dawn, The Underground Christian Witness in Red Korea. Harper & Row 1965 first edition with 180 pages, b&w photos, end paper map. Very good. Owner's name in ink inside. In a poor worn and torn dust wrapper. Christian protestants in "Red Korea" Missionaries. Korea $10

6697 Biderman, Albert D. March To Calumny The Story of American POW's in the Korean War Macmillan 1963 first printing with 326 pages and an index. Fair. Rear corner of cover bumped. Covers a bit stained and soiled. Ex. lib. with no outside marks. Magic marker title page, ex-lib inside back cover, no dj. POW, Korean Prisoner's of War. $20

24 Breunig, Jerome S.J. Have You Had Your Rice Today? Loyola University Press 1964 hardback. Very good to fine, in good dust wrapper. 184 pages, hardback, signed by the author, numerous b&w photos. Catholic Priest who Taught at Sogang Jesuit College in Seoul. Korea, Seoul. Catholic Sogang Jesuit College, Seoul Korea, Catholic $10

8357 Brun, Michel Incident At Sakhalin The True Mission Of KAL Flight 007 Four Walls Eight Windows 1995 with 326 pages, photos and an index. Good. In a worn, torn dust wrapper. Aviation disaster, Korea, KAL Flight 007 ISBN 1-56858-054-1 $15

5839 Bucher, Commander Lloyd M., USN Bucher: My Story Doubleday & Company 1970 book club edition with 435 pages and b&w photos. Very good. No dust wrapper. Seizure of the Pueblo off Korea, USN, United States, Espionage, Commander Lloyd Bucher $10

86 Caldwell, John C. Still the Rice Grows Green Regency 1955 hardback, 312 pages. B&w frontis. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. Asia in the aftermath of Geneva and Panmunjom. China, Taiwan, Korea & Japan. China, Taiwan, Korea & Japan. China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan. $8

230 Campbell, Arch The Christ of the Korean Heart Falco Publishers, Columbus, Ohio 1954 hardback with 144 pages & b&w photos. Good with light shelf wear. Book plate sloppily removed. No dust wrapper. Protestant missionary in Korea from 1916. Korea, Arch Campbell, Protestant Missionary. $8

10850 Chisholm, Wm. H., M. D., F. A. C. S. Vivid Experiences in Korea Moody Press Good. Ex church library. Small lable on spine removed. Church book plate inside, name in ink. Paper covers have light wear and some creasing. Card pocket and date due slip in back. 1938 4.75 x 6.75 inch paperback with 125 pages. Chisholm was a medical missionary in pre-WW2 Korea. Moody # 175 Korea, Medical Missionaries. $20

2992 Chung, Donald K. The Three Day Promise A Korean Soldier's Memoir Father and Son Publishing 1990 3rd printing with 406 pages and b&w photos. Fine in a fair dust wrapper. Korea, Korean War, Autobiography, Donald K. Chung, M.D. $16

5094 Chung, Donald K., M.D. The Three Day Promise A Korean Soldier's Memoir Father And Son Publishing 1089 first edition with 406 pages, sepia photos, inscribed by the author. Good to very good. Very small rip on the top edge of the front cover. No dust wrapper. Korea, autobiography. $15

6358 Chung, Donald K., M.D. The Three Day Promise A Korean Soldier's Memoir Father & Son 1989 2nd printing with 406 pages and b&w photos. Fine in a good dust wrapper. Korean War, Autobiography, Donald K. Chung, M.D. $10

9238 Crane, Paul S. Korean Patterns Hollym Corporation: Publishers 1967 hardback with 239 pages and illustrations. Very good. Owner's 3 lines of ink inside. In a fair to good dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is worn, has creasing and chipping. Korea $10

1062 Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American Smithsonian Good to very good in a good dust wrapper. Spine creased a bit. 1991 with 442 pages, b&w photos, index. ISBN 0-87474-742-2 WW2, Korean War, Aviation, Black Studies, Race. $15

3807 Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American Smithsonian 1991 second printing with 442 pages, b&w photos, index. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. WW2, Korean War, Aviation, Black Studies, Race. $16

5783 Dewey, Thomas E. Journey to the Far Pacific Doubleday 1952 reprint with 335 pages, end paper maps, and b&w photos. Good with a little soiling and shelf wear. In a poor dust wrapper. Travel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, etc. $10

1740 D'Harcourt, Francois Asia: Awakening of a World Harcourt, Brace & World 1962 first english edition with 295 pages. Very good to fine in a poor dust wrapper. Asia, Middle East, Israel, Japan, Iran, Afghanistan, India, Himalayas, Burma, Hong Kong, Korea, Travel, people and politics. $14

3299 Douglas, William O. North from Malaya Doubleday & Company 1953 first edition with 352 pages, b&w photos and end paper maps. Good in a poor dust wrapper. Malaya, Vietnam, Burma,Korea, Japan, Philippines, Trave, politics. $14

587 Eddy, Sherwood The Challenge of the East Farrar & Rinehart 1931 with 265 pages. Good to very good. Light shelf wear and a little fading. Book plate, rubber stamp. No dust wrapper. People and Politics. India, China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Turky, Palestine. Middle east. $14

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 Aviation, Autobiography, WW2, WWII, korea $18

8450 Erickson, Arnold I Didn't Know It Was Mine Self 1996 oversized paperback with 302 pages. Signed by the author. Very good. Aviation, Autobiography, WW2, WWII, author was a USN pilot, Korea, etc. ISBN 1-886698-05-8 $18

7556 Eun, Lee and R.H. Blyth A First Book of Korean The Hokuseido Press 1962 2nd edition with 175 pages and a tipped in map. Good. Limp plastic covers have some light creasing, rippled front end paper from a manufacturing fault. Korea, Korean language. $20

3877 Graham, Franklin and Jeanette Lockerbie Bob Pierce This One Thing I Do Word Books 1983 with 220 pages and b&w photos. Very good. No dust wrapper. The biography of Bob Pierce, evangelist, missionary, china, korea, etc. $9

2500 Ha, Tae Hung Korea-Forty Three Centuries Yonsei University Press 1962 paperback with 301 pages, many illustrations, map and fold out chronology. Good, price sticker removal mark on front cover. Korea, History, Arts and Crafts, People and Politics. $18

5411 Hess, Dean E. Battle Hymn McGraw-Hill 1956 reprint with 246 pages, b&w photos and end paper maps. Good with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Korea, Korean War, the author flew 61 missions in an f-51, religion, Aviation. $10

3479 Hoyt, Edwin P. The Bloody Road to Panmunjom Stein and Day 1985 book club edition with 320 pages, b&w photos, bibliography and an index. Fine in a very good dust wrapper. Korea, Korean War. $12

3552 Hoyt, Edwin P. On To The Yalu Stein and Day 1984 book club edition with 303 pages, b&w photos, bibliography and an index. Fine in a good dust wrapper. Korean War, Korea, The Inchon landing and afrerwards. $10

5138 Hunt, Frazier The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur The Devin-Adair Company 1954 4th printing with 533 pages, maps and an index. Good in a fair dust wrapper. Biography of Douglas MacArthur, WWI, WWII, WW2, Korean War, Philippines, Korea, etc. $12

2540 International Cultural Foundation, edited by. Customs and Manners in Korea Si-sa-yong-o-sa, Inc. Circa 1970 with 132 pages and a few photos. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. Korea, customs and manners, "Korean Culture Series 9" $14

3418 James, KD. Clayton and Wells, Anne Sharp Refighting the Last War Command And Crisis in Korea 1950-1953 The Free Press 1993 first printing with 282 pages, a few photos, notes and an index. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. Korea, Korean War, etc. $15

6488 Johnson, Howard A. Global Odyssey An Episcopalian's Encounter with the Anglican Communion in Eighty Countries Harper & Row Good in a good dust wrapper. 1963 first edition hardback with 448 pages, b&w photos, bibliography, index, endpaper maps. Religion, Episcopalian, Anglican, Africa, South America, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India, etc. Religion, Episcopalian, Anglican, Africa, South America, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, India $14

2868 Johnson, R.W. Shoot-Down Flight 007 and the American Connection Viking 1986 with 335 pages and an index. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. Book plate removed. Aviation disaster, Korea. $15

6137 Johnson, R.W. Shoot-Down Flight 007 and the American Connection Viking 1986 with 335 pages and an index. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. Aviation disaster, Korea. $15

5122 Keller, Nora Okja Comfort Woman Viking 1997 reprint with 213 pages. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. Fiction, Korea, Comfort Woman, WW2, WWII. $12

452 Korean Publishers Association Books from Korea, 1994 Korean Publishers Association 1994, with 614 pages, paperback. Very good. List of books available from Korea. This catelog is in English, the books aren't? Korea $10

2655 Lauterbach, Richard E. Danger From the East Harper & Brothers 1947 first edition with 430 pages, appendix, index and endpaper maps. Fair to good in a poor dust wrapper. Musty, light shelf wear and rubbing. People , places and politics in post war Japan, Korea and China $14

2767 Lee, Clark and Richard Henschel Douglas MacArthur Henry Holt 1952 with 370 pages, many photos, index and endpaper maps. Very good with the top corner of the inside front endpaper cut. Douglas MacArthur, WW2, WWII, Korean War, Philippines, etc. $14

2361 Lee, Jai Hyon Korean Lore Office of Public Information Republic of Korea 1954 second printing with 106 pages, b&w illustrations. Poor to fair. Covers and spine water stained and sun faded. Contents very good. Korea, Korean Lore. $15

6035 Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art Prentice-Hall No date with 527 pages, many illustrations, bibliography and index. 8.5 X 12 inches. Poor to fair. Lettering on spine and covers worn, covers show water stain and soiling, two cigarette burn marks on spine. Owner sig. Contents VG, no DJ. Art, China, Japan, Korea, India, Indonesia and others. $12

3711 MacArthur, Douglas Revitalizing a Nation The Heritage Foundation 1952 with 96 pages and b&w photos. Very good in a good dust wrapper. Politics, MacArthur, WW2, WWII, Korea. $12

2440 Mason, Herbert Molloy Jr. The United States Air Force, A Turbulent History Mason/Charter 1976 book club edition with 287 pages, b&w photos, bibliography, index. Good with shelf wear in a fair dust wrapper. The United States Air Force, USAF, WW2, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War. $12

386 McCune, George M., and Arthur L. Grey, Jr. Korea Today Harvard University Press 1950, with 372 pages and end paper maps. Good, with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Korea, pre Korean war. People, politics. Korea $14

3793 Michael, Franz H., and George E. Taylor The Far East in the Modern World Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964 revised edition with 850 pages, bibliography and index. Good with shelf wear . Light, thin, pencil underlining throughout. No dust wrapper China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, etc. $16

7846 Michael, Franz H., and George E. Taylor The Far East in the Modern World The Dryden Press 1975 3rd edition with 962 pages and a supplement. Good. A small dent and a scrape mark on the front cover, light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Owner's small name and address stamp inside. China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, Malaya, etc... $12

2818 Michener, James A. The Voice of Asia Random House 1951 book club edition with 245 pages, end paper maps. Fair in a poor dust wrapper. Shelf wear, water stain on the back cover. Travel, people and politics, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma $10

761 Montross, Lynn The United States Marines, A Pictorial History Bramhall House 1959 reprint with 242 pages, lots of photos, 8 by 10 inches. Good, shelf wear, bumps and scrapes on cover. No dust wrapper. Military, WW2, Korean War, The United States Marine Corps. $18

1372 Morley, James W. Japan and Korea, America's Allies in the Pacific The Walker Summit Library No. 5 1965 paperback with 152 pages, bibliography, index. Fair to good with shelf wear, cover has a crease. Japan, Korea, Politics. $7

5724 Morris, Harriett The Art of Korean Cooking Charles E. Tuttle 1975 12 printing spiral bound paperback with 104 pages and illustrations. Good. Light soiling and shelf wear. Korea, Korean Cooking $10

7439 National Unification Board The Identity of the Korean People A History of Legitimacy on the Korean Peninsula National Unification Board 1983 with 219 pages, color photos , map and index. Fine in a good dust wrapper. Korea $12

4879 Oliver, Robert T. Syngman Rhee Dodd Mead and Company 1955 reprint with 380 pages and an index. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. Korea, biography of Syngman Rhee. $14

4249 Pearson, David E. KAL 007 The Cover-Up Summit Books 1987 first edition with 462 pages, notes & references, bibliography and index. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. Remainder stamp on bottom edges of the pages. Aviation Disasters, Korea, Politics. $14

7322 Pearson, David E. KAL 007 The Cover-Up Summit Books 1987 first edition with 462 pages, notes & references, bibliography and index. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. Remainder stamp on bottom edges of the pages. Aviation Disasters, Korea, Politics. $14

2392 Peffer, Nathaniel The Far East, A Modern History The University of Michigan Press 1958 with 489 pages, suggested reading Very good. History, China, Japan, Korea. $10

7542 Pollack, Johathan D, and Hyun-Dong Kim East Asia's Potential For Instability & Crisis Implications for the United States and Korea Rand 1995 paperback with 247 pages. Very good. Asian Studies, Korea, etc. $12

10583 Rose, Mary Kline The Celebrate Freedom Publication Series Volumes ONe Through Five The Heritage Trust of Clark County Very good in a good slip case/cover that has some shelf wear. 1991 5 booklets, 8 to 34 pages each, on Pacific Northwest winners of the Medal of Honor. Civil war to the Vietnam war. Includes a list of the recipients. ISBN 0-9630741-1-3 Pacific Northwest, military history, Medal of Honor recipients, Civil War, Indian Campaigns, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War. $20

3428 Roy, Andrew T. On Asia's Rim Friendship Press 1962 paperback with 165 pages and bibliography. Good with shelf wear. People and Politics, religion, Korea, Okinawa, Taiwan, Hong Kong. $8

6099 Russ, Martin The Last Parallel A Marine's War Journal Rinehart 1957 book of the month club with 333 pages. Very good in a poor to fair dust wrapper. Korea, Korean War, USMC, United States Marine Corps $10

3437 Scalapino, Robert A., Editor The Communist Revolution in Asia Tactics, Goals, and Achievements Prentice-Hall 1965 3rd printing with 405 pages and an index. Good to very good with light shelf wear. Asia, Communisim, Sections on China, Korea, Japan, The Pathet Lao, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, India, Nepal, and Siri Lanka. $16

8325 Sheldon, Robert L. Daybreak In Korea Southern Publishing Association 1965 with 126 pages, b&w and color photos and endpaper maps. Fine in a good dust wrapper. The dust wrapper has one 1/2 tear and a little wear on the edges. Korea, Missionaries, Seventh-Day Adventist, SDA $12

8173 Siefring, Thomas A. United States Marines Bison Books Limited 1981 2nd edition 8.5 X 11 inches with 192 pages, photos and an index. Very good. In a fair dust wrapper that is worn and torn. USMC, United States Marine Corps, WW2, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, History. ISBN 0-86124-038-3 $14

2680 Song, Ben Born Out of Conflict, The Autobiography of Ben Song Zondervan 1974 6th printing paperback, signed by Song, with 144 pages, photos. Good with minor shelf wear and soiling Korea, Korean war, Christianity, USA $10

6258 Song, Ben Born Out of Conflict, The Autobiography of Ben Song Zondervan 1974 6th printing paperback, signed by Song, with 144 pages, photos. Good with light soiling. Large rubber stamp inside. Korea, Korean war, Christianity, USA $9

5966 St. John, Jeffrey Day of the Cobra The True Story of KAL Flight 007 Thomas Nelson Publishers 1984 with 254 pages and notes. Fine in a good dust wrapper. Korea, Aviation, KAL Flight 007 $15

942 Sunderman, Lt. Col. James F., U.S.A.F., Editor. Air Escape and Evasion Franklin Watts 1963 with 289 pages, b&w illustrations. Good to very good, indentation on back cover, poor dust wrapper. Aviation, Military, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, POW. Prisoner of War $15

10562 Thomas, Ned My Reaction Self Published Very good 1994 paperback, inscribed by the author, with 140 pages and b&w photos. Newspaper editor and publisher, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Washington. Autobiography. WW2, WWII, Korean War. Pacific Northwest, Washington State, Moses Lake, Print Media, Columbia Basin Herald. $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. Pacific Northwest, Washington State, Moses Lake, Print Media, Columbia Basin Herald. $20

7756 Thorin, Duane A Ride To Panmunjom Henry Regnery 1956 paperback with 292 pages. Fair. Piece of clear tape on the bottom of the spine, front hinge cracked, yellowing pages. Some underlining and interesting notes in the margins. POW, Fiction, Korean War. Prisoner of war. $5

1239 Tor, Regina Getting to Know Korea Coward-McCann, Inc. 1953 with 48 pages, illustrations, history, index, references. Very good in ridgidily attached brodart cover. Juvenile literature on Korea. $10

9299 Troxel, Mrs. C. W. and Mrs J. J. Trachsel Cecil Troxel The Man and the Work National Holiness Missionary Society. 1948 with 261 pages and b&w photos. Fair to good. Covers and spine have shelf wear and soiling. Spine has a price removal scrape mark. Lettering on the spine is faded. Bottom of the spine is worn. Part of dust wrapper is pasted inside. Owner address label. Library card pocket in back. 2 crossed out magic markered rubber stamps, owner's ink in back, no dj. Missionaries, Cecil Troxel, China, Korea. $14

477 Utt, Richard H. A Century of Miracles Pacific Press Publishing Association 1966, with 160 pages, color & b&w photos, 7x10 inches. Very good with light shelf wear. No dust wrapper. Seventh Day Adventists, Missionaries, South Seas, Philippines, etc..... Thailand, Korea, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomons, South Seas, etc. $14

3823 Vetrans' Of Foreign Wars Pictorial History of the Korean War MacArthur Reports Vetrans' Of Foreign Wars 1952 with 394 pages of mostly photos and an index. 7 X 10 Inches. Good. Lettering on the spine is faded. No dust wrapper. Korea, Korean War, Douglas MacArthur, etc. $18

2573 Vinacke, Harold M., Ph.D. A History of The Far East in Modern Times F. S. Crofts & Co. 1947 4th edition, 15th printing with 643 pages, maps and index. Fair with shelf wear, two white dots bottom of spine, pencil underlining, soiling. History of the far East, China, Japan, Korea, etc. $12

3704 Wantanabe, Takeshi Towards A New Asia Times Printers 1977 with 182 pages and two b&w photos. Good with light shelf wear and scratches. Memoirs of the First President of the Asian Development Bank". Business history, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, Korea, etc. $15

4790 Watt, William J. and James R. H. Spears, editors Indiana's Citizen Soldiers The Militia and National Guard in Indiana History The Indiana State Armory Board 1980 with 232 pages, b&w photos and an index. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. WWI, WW2, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Aviation, Philippines, etc. $16

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