SYNGMAN RHEE: The Man Behind the Myth
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1955. Hardcover. An early printing, with the author's corrections. Intimate biography of the South Korean politician who served as the first President of South Korea from 1948 until his resignation in 1960. The author was a close friend and associate of Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) for more than a decade, and served as an advisor to the Korean Commission and the Korean delegation to the United Nations. Octavo: x, [6], 380 pp. with a frontispiece portrait and 13 black-and-white photographic illustrations. Original black cloth-covered boards over a yellow cloth spine with black-stamped titling and decorative borders. Some mild wear to the dust jacket, including a short tear to the spine heel that has been mended with tape on the verso; otherwise very good. Very good / Very good. Item #80946
Price: $50.00