Korean war (31 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition. 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, (Korean War, History, Military History) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - What would it be like if your existence was erased for half a century This is the reality for the Korean comfort girls-women whose lives had been erased since the time of the expansion of comfort stations by the Japanese military in 1937. This book is an ef…

102pp, text in traditional Chinese characters, 18 x 13cm, paper wrapper. Even light browning, wrappers marked and browned, annotation in ink on one page, a prior owner's signature and date (1953) title page, a good sound copy. The Chinese Volunteer Army participated in the war to resist US agression and assist Korea. This book o…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Later printing. 146pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light and dark blue cloth over boards. The boards are just a bit dulled along the top edge. A name has been crossed out on the title page. In the illustrated dust jacket (with price of $2.50), with periodic small chips an…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Nashville, The Battery Press, 1992 (all three volumes, facsimile edition)/ 1952, 1953, and 1954. Quarto, three volumes, xxii, 229; xii, 215; and xii, 235 pages with numerous illustrations (from photographs and line drawings) in each volume. Pictorial cloth; neat ownership signature on each front free en…

Cloth. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xvii, 291pp, [3]. Black cloth, title printed on spine. The first printing, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page, "I-37" code in gutter. Solid text block. Illustrated endpapers, with light offsetting from the pub…

Two double-sided leaflets. Darling, I Will Dream: 21 x 15cm. Truth Will Out: 19 x 13cm. Both leaflets somewhat foxed and trifle soiled, chipped with a little loss, though still in good condition for what were most likely once-active leaflets in a warzone. Two propaganda leaflets intended to be dropped over UN Forces in Korea, at…

Zustand: Very good. Washington, D.C.: 24 October, 1963., 1963. Very good. - An extensive warm letter typed on 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide "Department of the Army Office of the Chief of Staff" stationery with the "Department of Defense" seal pictured at top left. The Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, Major-General J.D.…

Black and white photographic illustration with text, lightly browned one small area, horizontal central fold. Good copy. 13.4 x 19.3cm. This leaflet was one of a large number of propaganda documents produced by China and North Korea during the Korean War. Part of a series of black-and-white propaganda leaflets which appear to ha…

Mirror with attached coloured image on paper under glass on reverse, 10.5 x 15cm, metal handle 15.5 x 17.5cm. Mirror a little stained and clouded at edges, image browned at edges, hanger rusty, but still very functional. An interesting piece of 1950s propaganda. This portable travel mirror is a useful and decorative example of t…

Colour manuscript map of Korea, made in Puyang Middle School in 1954, 109 x 78cm, text in traditional Chinese characters, the map which was originally folded has been laid down on heavy gauge paper. Chipped in a number of areas at folds some recent colouring has modified the impact of this loss. While showing signs of use this m…

First edition, first printing, of this condemnation of American biological warfare in Asia, featuring pictorial evidence of infected insects and deadly bacteria viewed under a microscope. The usual sources record copies only at the International Institute of Social History and the National Library of Australia. Founded in 1945,…

First edition, first printing, scarce in commerce, of this propaganda pamphlet issued a few months before the publication of the controversial "Needham Report", an exposé of American biological warfare in Korea which drew on the explosive testimonies of Enoch, Quinn, and other POWs. Issued as a supplement to the magazine People'…

Approximately 250 vernacular snap shots of American military life in Korea, mostly infantry divisions, during the Cold War period in which the Soviet trained North Korean army invaded South Korea. There are many snap shot portraits of individual soldiers (including one of Korean troops), a few with a caption on verso, as well as…

78 x 63cm. Edges trifle worn with few small closed tears, mended on reverse, overall a very good copy of a scarce map printed in Japan. A map of the Korean Peninsula marking 25 notable engagements dating from the outbreak of hostilities in June 1950 until June 1952. The map is encircled by two UN flags, the national flags of twe…

Eight black and white photographs (20.5 x 25.5cm each), captioned in Japanese, the handmade album is titled and dated in ink, 23.5 x 32.8cm, [9]pp, cord ties. One photograph has been removed, card leaves and covers are browned, surface of upper cover abraded in places, some other minor wear but the photographs are in very good c…

First edition in English, first printing, scarce in commerce, of the so-called "Needham Report", an explosive exposé of American biological warfare in Korea compiled by the International Scientific Commission, a team of scientists including the British biochemist and Cambridge don Joseph Needham. In March 1952, Needham and his c…

Three rare textile handicrafts proclaiming grassroots support for Mao's first war after coming to power. Household production of everyday items with political messages demonstrated both China's self-sufficiency and reduced demands on the country's still-fragile manufacturing sector. The campaign to condemn American aggression in…

Good. Wear on old fold lines. A few edge mends. Closed tear, repaired on verso, just to left of skeleton's elbow. Italian tax stamp bottom center. Size 39 x 27 Inches. This is a powerful Italian anti-Communist Cold War propaganda poster printed c. 1953 by Gros-Monti. Referencing the Korean War, the poster emphasizes the Communis…