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Seoul: International Publicity League of Korea. Paperback. Good-/Fair. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Yellow softcover with black titling and pictorial dustjacket, (7.5 x 10.25 ins.) Navy blue cloth boards with gilt titling on spine. Binding is sound. Light wear to extremities. Page edges are a bit toned. Interior is clean and unmarked. Navy blue dustjacket with white titling, toned along upper edge and spine, but hardly noticeable. 8vo. Ships from our family-owned bookstore in the US. BOOK INFO: 'Korea as she really is... the present volume places an emphasis especially on the reconstruction of Korea since the Communist invasion in 1950. This is because the early restoration of Korea from her war-devastation is striking evidence which shows the fact that no democracy can be crushed by Communism or freedom by totalitarianism.' (~from the preface). Copious B&W photos, maps, art and period ads, with a section of color photos in the front.

New York Montreal London: Tankian Publishing Corp, 1975. Paperback. Good/None. Staplebound pictorial softcover, waterstains to front top third, with some shallow ripples showing inside. Rear cover has light brown stain in a triangle shape at top corner, with a light crease. Small errata tag laid in stating that title should be 'The Blackest Page in Modern History'. Binding is sound. Edges slighlty rubbed. Interior unmarked. 12mo. BOOK INFO: 'It is because the Armenian massacres in Turkey are clearly established, because responsibilities can be definitely fixed, and because an appeal to humanity can be made on behalf of the remnant of the Armenian race in the Ottoman Empire without the slightest suspicion of political interest that the author deems it advisable and imperative at this moment to call attention to what is undoubtedly the blackest page in modern history, to set forth the facts and to point out the responsibilities.' (from the title page). Sources, pp. 69-71. Armenian… Read More

New York: Pitman Pub. Corp., 1959. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair-. 1958 Red cloth boards sunfaded along edges and bumped both spine ends. Binding is sound. FFEP bears former owner's inscription; Interior is otherwise unmarked. Upper page edges toned. Dustjacket edgeworn with five large chips/loss and very light soiling on back. 8vo. Photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and ship from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. 95 stunning half-tone (B&W) photo illustrations. Peter schmid, widely travelled writer and photographer, and one of the very few independent observers to have visited China in recent years...describes the contemporary scene in Peking, Shanghai, and Canton, three cities which reflect the tremendous changes that are taking place in this little-known country.... Development on so many fronts is not being accomplished without colossal expenditure, mistakes, and untold sacrifices from the… Read More