Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Volumes XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, and XXXVI.
by KOREA BRANCH, ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
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About This Item
Seoul.: Korea Branch Royal Asiatic Society.. Reprint.. 1968.. Maps, folding map, black and white photographic plates, fold-out musical text to the sijo, 97pp + 78pp + 103pp + 93pp + 152pp, indices, appendices, member lists, red hardback with gilt lettering spine, coves scratched and soiled, leaves little browned along edges, foxing to outermost leaves, overall very sound. Originally published 1951-1960. Contents include: Palaces in Seoul; Puyo, one of Korea's Ancient Capitals; Tripitaka Koreana; Tombs of the Yi Dynasty Kings and Queens; Some Notes on the Earliest Western Contacts with Korea; Kyongju, Ancient Capital of Silla; An Introduction to the Sijo; A History of the Chong Dong Area and the American Embassy Residence Compound; Census Taking under the Yi Dynasty; The American Role in the Opening of Korea to the West; Some Notes on Koryo Military Units. .
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- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129738
- Title
- Transactions of the Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Volumes XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, XXXV, and XXXVI.
- Author
- KOREA BRANCH, ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Korea Branch Royal Asiatic Society.
- Place of Publication
- Seoul.
- Date Published
- 1968.
- Keywords
- America, Ancient Cities, East Asia, History, International Relations, Korea, Poetry, United States, West, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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- Reprint
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