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1998rif. 9026714Seoul Korea: Korea Foundation 1998. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine cover and back. Book is in attractive original slipcase printed with colorful historic Korean art. Decorated end-papers and glossy pages featuring fine photograpns of Korean art relics throughout many in color captioned in both Korean and English. Korea Foundation hardcover books
rif. 162576N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of eleven vintage borderless black-and-white photographs of rock pop and jazz musicians performing circa 1973 taken by noted French photographer Claude Gassian. With Gassian's stamp on the verso of every photograph. Collection includes two photographs of Alice Cooper one photograph of J.J. Cale one photograph of Chick Corea Stanley Clarke and Al Di Meola Return to Forever one photograph of Carla Bley at an electric keyboard two photographs of Bryan Ferry with Roxy Music one photograph of John McLaughlin and Jean-Luc Ponty Mahavishnu Orchestra one photograph of Alvin Lee with Ten Years After and one photograph of Tom Johnston Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Patrick Simmons The Doobie Brothers. Born in Paris in 1949 Claude Gassian began his career in the 1970s capturing numerous iconic images of rock-and-roll musicians throughout that decade. His work has been the subject of several exhibitions and has been featured in several photography books including "Rock Images" 1990 and "Claude Gassian photographies 1970-2001" 2001. 9.5 x 7 inches. Very Good to Near Fine some with light edgewear and faint aging to the emulsion. N.p. unknown books
1980rif. 160792Santa Monica: Hermes Productions 1980. Draft script for an unproduced film. Noted as "MASTER" in manuscript ink and copy No. 8 in manuscript pencil on the title page. A military drama about a coed group of US Marine recruits in San Diego. Screenwriter Nicholas Corea better known for his work on "The Incredible Hulk" television series enlisted as a Marine during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Purple Heart. Red titled wrappers with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. Title page present undated with credit for screenwriter Nicholas Corea. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 129. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Hermes Productions unknown books
1985rif. 145179Los Angeles: CBS / Universal City Studios 1985. Draft script for the 1986 pilot episode for the television show "Outlaws." A sheriff and his deputies are transported from the year 1899 into the future by a lightning storm and they establish a new life as private detectives. Set in Houston in 1899 and 1999. Gray titled wrappers. Title page present noted as production No. 86084 dated November 26 1985 with credits for screenwriter/executive producer Nicholas Corea. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 120. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. CBS / Universal City Studios unknown books
rif. 37501One page of text in Japanese and English. 105 plates on 45 pages many in color. 1 vols. Small Folio. Loose in cloth portfolio. Minor wear to portfolio plates fine. One page of text in Japanese and English. 105 plates on 45 pages many in color. 1 vols. Small Folio. unknown books
1953rif. 212881953. African American military photo album 1953-1960 documenting the service and personal life of a Black U.S. Air Force serviceman across multiple postings during and after the Korean War. The album records military duty daily routines and interpersonal relationships within an increasingly integrated armed forces providing visual evidence of African American participation in Cold War military infrastructure. The material captures both overseas deployment in Korea and domestic life across U.S. bases situating individual experience within broader patterns of military service and social change following desegregation. Album comprises 101 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs most measuring approximately 3.5" x 3.5" mounted on black pages with corner mounts. Early images place the serviceman at Kessler Air Force Base in Mississippi followed by extensive documentation of his time in Korea likely associated with the 650th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron as indicated by a tent marked with unit insignia. Photographs show military encampments with tents and barracks vehicles including trucks and jeeps and groups of soldiers engaged in daily routines. One caption identifies "Our home in Korea" accompanying images of base infrastructure. Additional scenes include a USO performance at "K-6 Korea 54" where servicemen gather beneath a "Camp Shows" banner. The album continues with postings at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota and locations in Alaska where winter conditions specialized vehicles and outdoor activities are visible. Social and interpersonal life is extensively documented with repeated appearances of individuals identified as "Daril" "Bunky" "Peanuts" and others shown in uniform at leisure and in group settings. Domestic scenes include family gatherings such as "Roger's Birthday Party June 59" and images of women and children identified as "Mary" "Rochelle" and "Teresa" indicating sustained family connections. Travel photographs include roadside markers such as "Welcome to Illinois" and "Entering Indiana" while Alaska-based images depict community events including dog sled races and local festivals. Created during the transitional period following the desegregation of the U.S. military these photographs provide a sustained record of African American service members operating within integrated units while maintaining personal and family networks across geographic distances. The combination of overseas deployment domestic postings and family life offers a comprehensive view of military and social experience during the 1950s. Album pages show some loss and covers are detached; photographs remain sharp with strong tonal quality and are largely well-preserved; overall very good condition. This album offers an extensive documentary record of African American military life and community formation in the Korean War and early Cold War period. unknown books
1956rif. 215131956. African American Military History Korean War Unidentified photographer African American soldiers in South Korea 1956 documents Black military service within the early post armistice U.S. occupation of Korea and provides visual evidence of desegregation in practice following Executive Order 9981. Produced three years after the Korean Armistice Agreement the images situate African American enlisted men within the operational landscape of U.S. military engineering and logistical support during the Cold War consolidation of American presence on the Korean peninsula. The archive documents the role of Black soldiers in infrastructure maintenance transport and base security while also recording their proximity to Korean civilian life in a recovering war zone. The identification of the 376 Engineer Battalion places the material within the institutional framework of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers whose work underpinned military mobility and reconstruction during this period. South Korea 1956. Archive of 22 black and white silver gelatin photographs most measuring approximately 5 x 4 inches depicting African American soldiers stationed near a U.S. military installation likely in the Uijeongbu or Dongducheon corridor north of Seoul where engineering and support units were concentrated. Multiple images include signage identifying the "376 Engineer Battalion" while others show mixed-race groups of soldiers gathered near convoys of M35 2½ ton cargo trucks and smaller support vehicles used for personnel and supply transport. One photograph includes a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft in the background confirming the logistical environment of cargo movement and aerial supply. Soldiers appear in standard issue fatigues with visible non commissioned officer insignia engaged in routine duties such as transport checkpoint supervision and base operations. Several photographs depict Korean civilians moving through nearby marketplaces and village spaces including women wearing traditional hanbok passing through areas of visible economic strain characterized by unpaved roads and temporary structures. English and Hangul signage including a storefront labeled "Kind Shop" further situates the images within a localized commercial environment shaped by U.S. military presence. The archive documents a transitional period in both U.S. military policy and Korean society as the formal desegregation of the armed forces intersected with the realities of overseas deployment in a recently devastated region. While integrated units are visible the clustering of Black soldiers within shared duties and informal groupings indicates the persistence of racialized social structures within the ranks. At the same time the photographs establish the everyday presence of American troops within civilian Korean spaces during early Cold War reconstruction linking military labor to broader geopolitical objectives in East Asia. Light surface wear including minor creasing and scattered abrasions; images remain clear with strong contrast. Overall very good condition. A cohesive visual record of African American military labor postwar occupation and cross cultural contact in Korea during a formative phase of U.S. global military expansion. unknown books
1964rif. 197821964. Anonymous photographs of African American soldiers stationed in Korea and Europe produced c. 1960s document Black military service during the Cold War and provide primary-source evidence for the study of U.S. Army deployments racial integration in the post-World War II military and lived experience within forward operating environments near geopolitical flashpoints. The images place African American servicemen at installations including Camp Kaiser in South Korea located within proximity to the Korean Demilitarized Zone and in European urban and alpine settings indicating rotational or multi-theater deployment. The archive supports research into the role of Black soldiers in Cold War containment strategy as well as the everyday conditions mobility and social environments encountered by enlisted personnel across Asia and Europe during a period of sustained global military presence. Archive of 24 original black and white silver gelatin photographs c. 1960s primarily measuring approximately 4" x 3". At least half of the images are identified as taken in Korea with multiple captions including "Camp Kaiser" "Korean Home" "Village" and "CO Area" situating the group within a U.S. Army installation environment composed of cinder block structures and Quonset huts approximately 60 miles north of Seoul and within range of North Korean artillery positions. One overhead view shows the full layout of Camp Kaiser while other images depict African American soldiers in field conditions described as "Cold Wet" trekking and camping in rugged terrain. Additional Korean scenes include a soldier leaning against a tank marked "Kimchee" and an airfield photograph showing a chrome fighter jet surrounded by personnel alongside additional aircraft including a biplane. European photographs include a parade observed from an apartment window in a German-speaking alpine town featuring a float labeled "General Knuller" as well as street-level images of crowds deployed fire engines and soldiers observing from a Volkswagen Beetle. One image shows an African American soldier standing outside a synagogue marked by a Star of David with a flag bearing the inscription "Troop Att 1964" indicating interaction with local religious or commemorative sites. The photographs align with the global positioning of U.S. forces during the Cold War particularly in South Korea following the Korean War armistice and across Western Europe as part of NATO-aligned defense strategy. African American soldiers serving in an officially desegregated military after 1948 participated in these deployments while navigating both military hierarchy and broader social transformations associated with the Civil Rights era. The archive captures a range of activities from patrol and training environments to civic encounters and public events offering a geographically dispersed visual record of Black military presence within U.S. Cold War operations. Light wear and minor handling present; captions and details remain legible; overall very good condition. unknown books
1873rif. 168911873. Original Map Asia: China Korea Thailand India Taiwan Malaisia Kuwait Arabia 1873 With The Title "Asia" in the left corner. Origin of the Map is from the "Stieler's Hand-Atlas." continent-based upon von Stulpnagel published in Gotha by Justus Perthes. Germany. Beautifully Hand Colored. Date of issue: 1873. Size: The sheet measures aprox 18 in x 15 in or 45 x 37 cm. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1954rif. 73008New York: Columbia University Press 1954. Large 8vo pp.xviii 428 10; 5 maps in text; full gray cloth top edge dyed blue; small pen note on free endpaper else fine. Columbia University Press unknown books
1976rif. 73345Seoul 1976. 7½" x 5" pp. 703 1; decorative endpapers with musical motif printed music lyrics in Korean; fine copy in original limp black leatherette stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover sprinkled edges. 671 hymns with English indexes. unknown books
2006rif. 64115KyÅnggi-do P'aju-si: An Gŭrap'iksŭ 2006. Large 8vo pp. 260; illustrated throughout mostly in color; fine copy in original red cloth and publisher's slipcase. Parallel text in English and Korean. Korean treasures from the Paleolithic Age to the 19th century including furniture ceramics textiles paintings manuscripts etc. An Gŭrap'iksŭ unknown books
1986rif. 65283Seoul: Sanhe Publishing 1986. Square 4to pp. 155 1; text in Korean; color text illustrations throughout; full green cloth gilt title on spine; fine in fine dust jacket and slipcase. During the Joseon Choson period the government sent a number of envoys to Japan for diplomatic missions. Those missions were met with intense curiosity by the local Japanese and became the subjects of many works from paintings to popular prints. Sanhe Publishing unknown books
1971rif. 92085Seoul Korea: Seoul: Korean National Commission for UNESCO 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. illustrations some color index 159p. Original blue cloth. Oblong 24 x 26 cm. Modest cover soil and wear. No jacket. Inscription dated 1978 in Korean on front free endpaper. Seoul: Korean National Commission for UNESCO hardcover books
1992rif. 90017Seoul: Yesul ui Chondang 1992. Paperback. Very Good. color illustrations 86 unnumbered pages. Softcover in original wrapper. Square 25 cm. Light crease along left side of front cover. Korean and English text. Catalog of an exhibition held at Art Grand Hall Sept. 23-Oct. 4 1992. Yesul ui Chondang paperback books
1992rif. 89921Korea: Yesul ui Chondang 1992. Paperback. Very Good. color illustrations approx. 204p. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. Printed in upper left corner of front cover: Korean Paintress Association. Yesul ui Chondang paperback books
rif. 1116770 folding leaves all roughly 250 x 170 mm. Korea: mostly dated between 1910 and 1913. This fascinating collection comprises a series of handwritten administrative and case notes pertaining to police spying activities regulations and security planning in colonial Korea under Japanese rule. The documents were prepared by operatives in the Police Bureau of the Government-General of ChosÅn . Our documents are diverse in scope ranging from operational details such as surveillance and sentry procedures at the Amnok River Bridge 鴨緑江橋 the natural border between North Korea and China today accompanied by a folding colored map of the river oversight of local shrines and temples investigations into human trafficking and the abduction of women and civil police deployment plans covering major port cities. Certain entries are dated and bear the personal annotations of Akashi Motojiro who served as Chief of Police in the Government-General of ChosÅn and later became Governor-General of Taiwan. His contributions include a "Proposal to Expand the Ethnic Korean Police" marked "secret" and dated December 1911 as well as memoranda documenting statistics and tallies of Japanese and Korean police officers as of October 1912. Akashi's involvement underscores the significance of these notes for understanding the structure and priorities of the colonial police. Japan's formal annexation of Korea in 1910 inaugurated a colonial regime 1910-45 that employed its police force to maintain public order suppress dissent enforce new regulations and monitor civil society - overseeing everything from resident registration and religious activities to labor and public health. While the "military rule" of the 1910s gave way to a "cultural rule" with some reforms after 1919 police surveillance and public-security operations continued as fundamental mechanisms of control. This collection offers an extremely rare perspective on both the daily operations and the broader institutional planning of Japanese colonial policing. Fine condition. unknown books
rif. 11384. 1 46 folding leaves. Small folio 346 x 227 mm. orig. yellow semi-stiff wrappers lightly rubbed title in manuscript on upper cover old stitching. HansÅng: Un'gak 1773. First and apparently only printing of the official record of "linked songs" composed at the royal banquet of elders on the occasion of King YÅngjo's r. 1724-76 80th birthday in 1773 printed the day after the banquet and presented to its guests. The title is not in WorldCat or KORCIS; we locate only two other copies both in Korea. In the intercalary third month of the 50th year of his reign King YÅngjo - the longest reigning monarch in ChosÅn history - held two birthday banquets within the KyÅnghŭigung 慶熙宮 palace complex. According to the colophon the first was a banquet of high-ranking officials held at the SungjÅng Hall 崇政殿 on the first day of the month. The second which took place a day later was a gathering of elders at the Kimsang Gate 金商門 "to reminisce about the events of the kingdom's past." The suggestion for these banquets came from the Grand Heir wangseson 王世孫 enthroned as King ChÅngjo in 1776 and was accepted by King YÅngjo only reluctantly. The high-ranking official SÅ MyÅng-ŭng å¾å‘½è†º 1716-87 who composed the colophon describes the festive banquet of elders as follows: "On this day the rain ceased and the sky cleared. A gentle breeze blew softly. Looking up at the throne one saw the King standing tall beneath the colorful canopies the table to his left and staff to his right. Looking down at the banquet hall one saw white-haired elders and toothless seniors their faces glowing amidst the delicacies. When the bells and drums were about to sound and the cups were not yet raised the elderly commoners delighting in this joyous gathering cast aside their staffs and rose to dance. Stooping and stumbling they advanced forward while shouting: 'May the King live a thousand years!'" King YÅngjo smiling at this sight composed a short verse that invoked the famous Song of Great Wind Ch. dafeng ge 大風歌 of Liu Bang 劉邦 256-195 B.C.E. the first king of the Han dynasty likewise written during an auspicious gathering of elders. He then asked the Grand Heir and other officials at the banquet to each compose a song echoing his own in three enneasyllabic lines ending with the sinographs sul 述 baek 百 and Åk 億 respectively. The sequence of "linked songs" thus composed - together with the names and positions of their authors - were collected and printed to ensure the longevity of their transmission. The colophon continues "King Gao of the Han in the prime of his life happily celebrated with the elders of his village. This was of course a common occurrence. Yet he did not know that throughout the four quarters of the realm ritual and music take precedence; instead he was preoccupied with recruiting fierce warriors.Now our sovereign achieving the seniority of Yao and Shun observes the flourishing rites of Yu and Xia. The sagely ruler honors the longevity of his subjects and his subjects likewise revere the longevity of the sage ruler. This is truly something unheard of among the rulers of the Han and Tang dynasties." SÅ MyÅng-ŭng believes that the format of linked songs which brought together King YÅngjo and his subjects through reciprocal "winds of transformation" K. p'unghwa 風化 elevated this Korean banquet above its various Chinese precedents and into closer proximity to the sagely rites of old. Writing on the transregional tradition of linked songs in East Asia Amy Y. Zhang observes the "ubiquitousness of linked verse as a potential means of constructing defining and negotiating community" and when adapted by the Korean monarchy it became "a way to cultivate harmonious relations with his subjects and to ensure continued prosperous rule"-Zhang "Writing Communities into Being: The Art of Linked Verse" PhD diss. Harvard 2025 pp. 243-44. Based on the presentation inscription on the front endpaper in our and another copy see below the woodblocks for the Record were likely carved overnight so that imprints could be distributed to guests of the banquet the next day "the third day of the intercalary third month of the 38th year of the Qianlong reign." The title-page states that the woodblocks were carved at Un'gak 芸閣 i.e. the kyosÅgwan 校書館 the royal printing house and kept within the royal archives K. sago å²åº«. Our copy was presented to Sin U-sang 申禹相 1730-99 the Assistant Director of the Ministry of War K. pyÅngjo chwarang 兵曹ä½éƒŽ whose name together with the song he had composed at the banquet appears on f. 36r of the Record. Facing the title-page and on the first leaf of the royal Preface is the Seal of Presentation K. naesa'in å…§è³œå° which reads sÅnsajigi 宣賜之記. The oldest of five seals of presentation used throughout ChosÅn history the sÅnsajigi seal appears in royal presentation copies from 1534 to 1778 as Lee & Song demonstrate in "A Study on Naesabon Preserved in Kyujanggak" in Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society 43 no. 2. The title though recorded in traditional Korean bibliography is not in WorldCat or KORCIS. We locate only two other copies one held at the Academy of Korean Studies in SÅngnam call no. MF35-2211 and the other at the Sudang kot'aek ä¿®å ‚å¤å®… residence of the Yi clan in Yesan. The front endpaper of the Academy of Korean Studies copy is not digitized while the Sudang kot'aek copy bears a similar royal presentation inscription dated to the same day as our copy. It was presented to Yi Su-il æŽç§€é€¸ 1705-79 whose composition is recorded on f. 30r-v. Excellent copy a few leaves lightly stained on upper corner. unknown books
2021rif. 204344Seoul: Korea Arts Management Service 2021. Softcover. VG. A glossy softcover book with black text down a white spine. Pages: 3 4-332 4. Profusely illustrated with color images. Text in Korean and English. "Created in 2020 as an online platform for artists and galleries unable to hold face-to-face events due to the pandemic." Artists include: Mi Rim Chu Hyekyung Ham Yunsoo Kim Mingyu Song Haiminsun Lee Sanghoon Ahn Jeong-ju Jeong Unui Jang MinJeong Guem and Suniy Im. Korea Arts Management Service paperback books
2008rif. 176692Seoul: Cultural Foundation of National Museum of Korea 2008. CD-ROM. As new in shrinkwrap. Red slipcase 2 CD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in. program guide CD-ROM index. Title from disk surface. "Includes 209 objects in the collection of the National Museum of Korea 13 video clips and 7 pieces of music."--Program guide. System requirements PC: Pentium 4 64 MB RAM resolution 1024 x 768 CD-ROM 8x Windows XP / Vista.; System requirements Macintosh: Power PC G4 867MHz 512 MB RAM resolution 1024 x 768 CD-ROM 8x Mac OS X recommended system Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Cultural Foundation of National Museum of Korea unknown books
1989rif. 154362Seoul Korea: International Cultural Society of Korea 1989. Hardcover. VG-. Crimson cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover burgundy and color illus. dust jacket illus. flyleaves 504 pp. many color and BW illus. color illus. cardboard slipcase. Details works of Korean art found in 13 collections: The Newark Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Minnesota Museum of Art and University Art Museum Birmingham Museum of Arts Museum of Fine Arts Boston The Brooklyn Museum Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Peabody Museum of Salem National Museum of Natural History at Smithsonian Institution Indianapolis Museum of Art Fogg Museum at Harvard University Honolulul Academy of Arts and Mr. Robert Moore Collection. Beautiful color plates. Uncommon. International Cultural Society of Korea hardcover books
1987rif. 1007141987. VG- slight soiling. Illustrated glossy wraps. 26 pp. 11 large color plates one bw portrait. Text is in Korean and English. Includes chronology. paperback books
1997rif. 144195Seoul Korea: Korea Foundation 1997. Hardcover. G DJs have average edge wear and some fading or sunning near spines; books themselves and pages are clean and clear. 4 vols. Blue cloth gilt letters on spine gilt decoration on front cover dark blue-black & color illus. dust jackets total 1029 pp. many color illus. A four-volume set of Korean cultural history arranged by general topic and gleaned from articles published in the periodical KOREANA from 1987-1995. Vol. 1. Fine arts. Vol. 2. Thought and religion. Vol. 3. Performing arts. Vol.4. Traditional lifestyles. All highly illustrated and informative. Korea Foundation hardcover books
2012rif. 144241Seoul Korea: National Museum of Korea 2012. Softcover. VG Rear cover has inconsistent sunning and has changed color; otherwise clean inside and out. Turquoise & white & color illus. wraps French flaps 232 pp. many color illus. Text is in Korean and English. Issued in conjunction with a 2012 exhibition of these pieces. Arranges the catalog according to which museums the artwork comes from: Honolulu Museum of Art Brooklyn Museum Los Angelese County Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Asian Art Museum in San Francisco Philadelphia Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum and Harvard Art Museums. with essays by Kumja Paik Kim and Keum-jin Yoon. National Museum of Korea paperback books
2006rif. 131250Seoul Korea: National Museum of Korea 2006. Softcover. VG boards slightly rubbed. Black printed boards with bw illus. 231 p. : illustrates in color and BW. Includes some maps. In Korean and English. "The new world class building of the National Museum of Korea was designed and built by the Koreans' own hands and opened in 2005. The museum is an embodiment of the Korean architectural spirit reinterpreted for modernity." National Museum of Korea paperback books