The first English book on Korea

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1 CARLES, William Richard.
New York, etc., Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo. Original maroon cloth with title, author, publisher and a picture of a Korean inhabitant in gilt on spine. Frontispiece of Un-Jin Miriok, coloured folding map of Korea, 1 plate of the Consulate-General in Seoul and 36 illustrations in text. XIV, 317, (2) pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Korea 

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Important collection of Jesuit letters and other texts from and on Japan, Korea, China, India, Peru and the Philippines

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2 HAY, John.
Antwerp, Martinus Nuntius, 1605. 8vo. Contemporary richly decorated blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards with ornamental and floral rolls. Woodcut printers device on title and some woodcut initials, end-pieces and a sm. woodcut illustration on p. 338. 968, (52), pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Japan  Jesuits  Korea  Mission 

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Letter by famous Scottish explorer of the Korean coasts and parts of China

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3 [AUTOGRAPH]. HALL, Basil.
Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey), 27 June, 1842. (18 x 11 cm). In brown ink on paper. Signed letter in English. [1],[3 blank] pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Autographs, Letters & Documents  China  Discovery & Exploration  Korea  Travel & Voyages  Voyages 

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American re-edition of a rare series

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4 [VENNING, Mary Anne?].
New York, R. & G. S. Wood for William Burgess, 1831. 12mo. Half red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, and lettered in gold. With 12 nicely hand-coloured engraved plates, all depicting the costumes of the inhabitants of several parts in Asia and Australasia. (4), 144 pp. with a List of other childern's books also published by Burgess: 7 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: Asia  Australia & New Zealand  Children's Books  China  Costumes  Education  Ethnography  Geography  Korea  Turkey 

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