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Best Loved Poems of Korea: Selected for Foreigners. Signed by Chang-soo Koh.
by Koh, Chang-soo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition/Very good condition (DJ)
- ISBN 10
- 0930878353
- ISBN 13
- 9780930878351
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym International Corp., 1984. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 128 pages of text, including short biographies of the poets. Original hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has minor sunning to the spine and the top edge, with minor rubbing to the extremities. Signed and inscribed on the half title page "For Dr. [name withheld], with my best wishes [signed] Ko Chang Soo 28 September 1984." The text is clean and unmarked. First edition in English..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015401
- Title
- Best Loved Poems of Korea: Selected for Foreigners. Signed by Chang-soo Koh.
- Author
- Koh, Chang-soo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good condition (DJ)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0930878353
- ISBN 13
- 9780930878351
- Publisher
- Hollym International Corp.
- Place of Publication
- Elizabeth, NJ
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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