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A KIM JONG-IL PRODUCTION: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 77588More details Price: $17.50 -
FALLING OFF THE MAP: Some Lonely Places of the World.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third book, a collection of entertaining essays on visiting some offbeat places (although not all are as far off the beaten track now as they were back in 1993) - including North Korea, Paraguay, Argentina, Vietnam, Bhutan, Australia and Iceland. SIGNED on the title page. 190 pp. ISBN: 0-679-422641.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 80064More details Price: $40.00 -
THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's powerful third book, a journey into the heart of North Korea. Winner of many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize which cited it as "An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart." 443 pp. ISBN: 978-0812992793.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (creasing to lower corner of last few pages)
Book ID: 86857More details Price: $28.50 -
THE HERMIT KING: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un,
Edition: First printing.
New York: All Points Books / St Martin's, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of "the rise of the Kim Dynasty and its atrocities, motivations, and diplomatic goals and a discussion of the possible outcomes of its aggressive standoff with the world superpowers. . . Kim Jong Un has been groomed since birth to take control of his country and stay in power at all costs." Author's note, maps, notes, index. x, 290 pp. ISBN: 978-1250202826.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86272More details Price: $18.50 -
TO SWIM ACROSS THE WORLD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, (2001). First edition - A novel based on real events in the lives of the authors' parents, the story of two young Koreans - one from the North, one from the South - growing up during the Japanese occupation, World War II and the Korean War- a book which illuminates the tumultuous history of their country over the past six decades. 282 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers (corner slightly bumped).
Book ID: 84142More details Price: $15.00