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.

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Bookseller: Quirky Used Books & More (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 230411010
Title: Taekwon-Do: The Art of Self-Defence
Author: Choi Hong Hi
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Daeha Publication Company
Date Published: 1965
Weight: 2.25 lbs

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Acceptable: A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...