Bergman, Sten: In Korean Wilds and Villages , London: Travel Book Club, 1938

Hardback, first thus, 22 x 14 cm, very good tight condition, no dust-jacket, publisher's original mottled cream boards with black blocking to green cloth spine, spine faded, boards lightly foxed, some very light foxing throughout otherwise clean tight and bright, 232 pages, 128 b/w photo and b/w fold out map.------------- From his preface dated April, 1938, "The purpose of this expedition of mine was to study the life and distribution of birds in the North of Korea, and other questions connected with the subject, and to connect these studies with my previous explorations in North Eastern Asia. Another important task was to collect birds and animals for the Swedish Natural History Museum. " 34 Chapters: (1) Through Siberia to Korea (2) Then and Now in Korea (3) In Keijo, Korea's capital (4) Our First Excursion into the Woods (5) To the Lakes at the Siberian Frontier (6) A Korean Wedding (7 )To the Villages of Engan and Shinten (8) A Lynx Cub (9) Up Korea's Sacred Mountain, Paik Tusan (10) In the Forests round Motojondo (11) A Japanese Hunter (12) When Death visits a Korean Home (13) Everyday Life and Holiday Life (14) I go Fishing on a Korean Junk (15) After Pheasants with a Hawk (16) Jankovski (17) After wild boar on the Korean Mountains (18) Our Christmas at Shuotsu (19) Day's goral Hunting (20) Back to the PAIKTUSAN Woods (21) By the shore of the Yellow Sea (22) When the Cherry Trees are in Bloom (23) The THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD Temple in the WILDERNESS (24) In the BOWELS of the Earth (25) The MYSTERIOUS DWARF OWL (26) SUMMER Days in KEIJO (27) Among the DIAMOND Mountains (28)The Flying SQUIRREL (29)To CHIRISAN and QUELPART Island(30) The MIRACLE-WORKING Plant and other Strange Korean Medicines (31) Among Dancing Devils and Lions: The Geishas of Korea (32) A Strange Meeting (33) Three Thousand Feet above Korea (34) Homeward Bound.' (Book ref. 2422)  £85.00

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