Letters of Dr. Alfred M. Sharrocks and Diaries of Mrs. Mary Ames Sharrocks. [Cover title:] In Syen Chun Korea During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904. Introduction by Edward L. Whittemore. Compiled and presented by: Marian A. Sharrocks Intemann, Theodora Sharrocks Bertrand, [and] Horace F. Sharrocks.

[Santa Rosa, CA: Published by the Authors (Printed by Kwik Kopy Printing), 1984].

Price: $100.00

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First edition. Maps and inside cover: Shannon B. McCune. x, 82pp. 8vo. Paper-tape spine (as issued), stiff pictorial wrappers (front cover art by Sue Lundergan). Faint sticker shadow, and two faint ink lines, on front cover, else a near fine copy.

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"The pioneer missionaries of Syen Chyun, Korea, Dr. & Mrs. Alfred Sharrocks, of San Francisco, California, and Rev. Norman Whittemore, of Rye, New York, had just opened the Mission station two and one half years before the Russian and Japanese war broke in Korea..." (from the introduction).
Authors' printed promotional sheet laid into the book, inscribed, and signed, by Theo. S. Bertrand: "Dear Elizabeth- Friends House, Lovingly, Theo." Also laid into the book is a five-page xeroxed "Report (written for my S. F. Church) of our Trip to Korea, May-June, 1976," by Theo Sharrocks Bertrand, entitled, 'Korea, The Land of Contrasts!' by [5 pages (on three folio leaves), stapled].