Asian / Korean from LEFT COAST BOOKS

London: Reaktion Books, 2005. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. A good reading copy, with highlighting on a dozen pages & light edgewear to wraps. "Art Under Control in North Korea is the first publication in the West to explore the role of art in one of the world's most isolated nations. This timely publication places North Korean art… Read more about this item

Seoul: Emileh Museum, 1982. 91 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles during the USA-Korea Centennial in 1982. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corner bumped, back cover soiled. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: A forgotten art; Classification of Korean painting;… Read more about this item

Seoul: Korean Overseas Information Services, Ministry of Culture and Information, 1985. 49 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987. Cloth, 208 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Houston and Santa Barbara: Museum of Fine Arts; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2009. 158 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Published to coincide with the exhibition Chaotic harmony : contemporary Korean art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 18, 2009 to January 3, 2010, and at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, May 16, 2010 to August 21,… Read more about this item

New York and New Haven, CT: Asia Society; Yale University Press, 2014. Pictorial boards, 189 pages, illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the Asia Society Museum, New York, September 5, 2014 to January 4, 2015. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "This new, fully illustrated catalogue on the… Read more about this item

New York: Christinrose Gallery, 1995. [15] pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Sotheby's, 2015. 148 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Text in English and Chinese. Sale code: N09396. Auction held in New York, September 15, 2015. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Property of: John F. Lewis, Jr.; Roy and Ruth Nutt; Brooks and Dorothy Cofield. 93 lots.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1979. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition Catalogue. Organized by the National Museum of Korea for a national touring exhibition in the United States. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Han'guk misul och'onnyon.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Cologne: Konemann, 1999. Cloth, 739 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards & dust jacket. Protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: China; Calligraphy; Jade; Indonesia; The Kingdom of the Khmer; Textiles in southeast Asia; Japan; Korea.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very… Read more about this item

Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. 208 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Published to coincide with the exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and held there July 22 to October 21, 2007. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Collecting and contemporary Asian art: an interview with the Chaney family… Read more about this item

New York: Aperture Foundation, 2005. Cloth, 96 pages, chiefly illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 x 35 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "In The Museum Project, Korean photographer Atta Kim commandeers average scenes -- city streets, department stores, freight depots, and forests -- and turns them into exhibition spaces. On… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Korean-American Museum, 1997. 94 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Edition of 3000 copies. The glued binding is weak, a few pages loosening. Kimchi, a pickle of hot, spicy cabbage, is a ubiquitous side-dish in Korean cuisine. Features some leading Korean-American artists. Some of the art is quite engaging; much of it is conceptual.. 1st. Paperback. Fair. 8vo.

East Hampton, NY: Guild Hall Museum, 2000. 36 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY, October 21, 2000 to January 7, 2001. Firm binding, clean inside copy. This exhibition included Korean War-era photojournalism by David Douglas Duncan, Margaret Bourke-White, and others, alongside combat art by artists in uniform and editorial cartoons.… Read more about this item

Salamanca: Fundacion Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura, 2005. 109 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Text in English and Spanish. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain, April 14 to June 12, 2005. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Korean-American artist, active in Los Angeles. Includes an interview with the artist. Sculpture & installation art.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.… Read more about this item

New York: Sotheby's, 2017. 204 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Sale code: N09676. Auction held September 16, 2017. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Property of: Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Brookline, Mass.); Collection of Brooks and Dorothy Cofield; Estate of George C.C. Ho.. 1st.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Daejeon: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage = Gungnip Munhwajae Yeonguso, 2015. 191 pages, illustrations; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM. Text in English and Korean. Issued in a box. Firm binding, clean inside copy. As new. CD (unused) in sealed envelope. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Asia Society Galleries; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1996. 239 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Errata slip inserted. Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions" organized by the Asia Society Galleries, New York. Essays by Apinan Poshyananda, et al. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Art from… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Spread, 2013. [16] pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Exhibition held at Spread, Portland, Maine, December 6, 2013 through February 2, 2014. A fine copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Eugene, OR: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage = Gungnip Munhwajae Yeonguso, 2016. 104 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Text in English and Korean. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Profusely illustrated. "Korean translations of the introductory comments by Jill Hartz and the collection history by Anne Rose Kitagawa were adapted from similar texts published in Korean Art Collection in the… Read more about this item