Taekwon-Do (The Korean Art of Self-Defence): A Text Book for Beginning & Advanced Students by Hi, Choi Hong - 1972

Daeha Publication Company, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover book, in English, written by the Korean General who created the martial art form known as Taekwon-Do. Rubbed and scuffed dust jacket is underneath an old plastic archival jacket. White portions of pictorial cover have yellowed. DJ has nicks, small tears and is crimped along edges. Green cloth covered boards, embossed with silver and stamp of fist. Boards are scraped and shelf-worn, with mashed heel of spine. Top board bows upward. Moisture waves to FFE. Smudges on flyleaf pages, with gift inscription (?) in Dutch (?) dated 1977. Title page has significant horizontal tear (looks like it was cut), and bottom corner has been torn away. Toning to pages, and text block is yellowed/toned. Pages 301 thru end paper have vertical tears. Various pages are soiled. Binding is good. Quite collectible and usable. 304 pages.

Canada: International Taekwon-do Federation, 1999. Fifth. hardcover. good/very good. 4to. pp.765.Very heavy book additional postage will apply, Blind crease to title page

Mississauga: International Taekwon-Do Federation, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Full grey paper boards. 533 pp. B&W illustrations and photos. Foxing to edges of text block. Small rust spots to tail edge of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped to foot of front flap. In custom cardboard slipcase. Slipcase is rubbed, lightly worn to edges.

International Taekwon-Do Federation. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 533 pp; Previous owners name, Nice tight clean book with some edge rubbing at the corners in dust jacket with edge wear at the corners with small chips and 2 short 1 inch edge tears, housed in the original illustrated slip case with edge wear and scuffed. .

Seoul, Korea: Daeha Publication Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, scarce edition of the first English taekwondo syllabus book, the book is in great shape, mild signs of use to the cloth cover is the only remarkable flaw, for some unknown reason the first two front and rear end-papers have been glued together, the jacket is price-clipped and has moderate rubbing to the glossy surface and surface-wear along the bottom, the jacket remains presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, this edition was published in Korea and bears the label of the North American distributor, O'Hara Publications on the copyright page and the front flap of the jacket, illustrated with photos and includes a Note on the Author by Gen Duk Shin Choi, Ambassador to Germany, known by many as the founder of Taekwon-Do, the author led an effort to promote this martial art internationally, he was also a South Korean Army General, in 1972 Choi… Read More