Recent Arrivals from BATTLEDORE LTD
Recent Arrivals from BATTLEDORE LTD
Designs for The Pavillon of Brighton.
by REPTON (Humphrey)
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- Used
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- First edition
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- 1808
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- Dark blue morocco spine, marbled boards
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 12,991.25
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REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818) - John Adey (1775-1860) and George Stanley (d.1858).
Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton.
London: T. Bensley for J.C.Stadler, to be sold by Boydell and Co. and others, 1808 [watermarked Whatman 1807].
Folio. 41 pp. (Prefatory Observcations), Letterpress title-page and dedication leaf. Illustrated with 20 engraved and or aquatint plates of views of the Pavillion and grounds,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,991.25
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O CAPITAL.
by MARX (Karl, Carlos)
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- Used
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- First edition thus, one of two Portuguese translations of Das Ka
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- 1912
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- Contemporary cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners.
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 1,641.00
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MARX (Karl, Carlos): O CAPITAL. Lisbon: Francisco Luiz Goncalves, 1912. Translated by Albano de Moraes. 8vo, 240pp with ink ownership inscription at head of half-title; contemporary cloth-backed boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners.
First edition thus, one of two Portuguese translations of Das Kapital to be published 1912, the first appearances of this text in Portugese. The other is… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,641.00
Ballads
by HAYLEY (William)
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- Used
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- First edition
- Published
- 1805
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- Original printed boards
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 8,888.75
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In Original Boards
HAYLEY (William), 1745–1820
Ballads, by William Hayley, Esq. Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals, with Prints, designed and engraved by William Blake.
Chichester: Printed by J.Seagrave; for Richard Phillips, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London, 1805.
Illustrated with 5 plates, designed and engraved by Blake, all dated June 18,1805. Plates 1-3 newly engraved (from 1802 designs).
Small 8vo., [v] 212 pp. + [1]… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 8,888.75
The Merchant's Wife ... and the Merchant
by ROBINSON (W Heath)
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 34,187.50
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ROBINSON (W Heath) [1872–1944]
The Merchant's Wife … and the Merchant. 1912.
Ink and watercolor
Page illustration for Bill the Minder
(London: Constable, 1912; p.213; uncolored)
Measures 12-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches
Signed with monogram at lower left Item Price
SGD 34,187.50
Pied Piper of Hamelin
by RACKHAM (Arthur)
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- Used
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- 1934
- Quantity Available
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 68,375.00
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RACKHAM (Arthur) [1867–1939]
"The wonderful music with shouting and laughter", 1934
Original ink and watercolor on paper mounted on board
Frontispiece for Robert Browning: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(London: George G Harrap, 1934)
Measures 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches
Signed in full at bottom left Item Price
SGD 68,375.00
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The Staff and the Fiddle
by PYLE (Howard)
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- Used
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- 1886
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 17,093.75
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PYLE (Howard) [1853–1911]
The Staff and The Fiddle, 1886.
Ink drawing for headpiece vignette
Illustration for the 20th story of The Wonder Clock
This headpiece first published Harper's Young People
(31 August 1886, page 695)
Later anthologized (NY: Harper & Bros.,1887; p. 255)
Measures 3-7/8 x 7-15/16 inches
With instruction note in pencil, signed Item Price
SGD 17,093.75
The Marmalade Man
by PROVENSEN (Alice and Martin)
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- Used
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- 1981
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 27,350.00
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PROVENSEN (Alice and Martin)
The Marmalade Man, 1981.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Illustration for A Visit to William Blake's Inn; Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1981; double-spread, pp. 36-37)
Measures 12-1/2 x 20-5/8 inches
The book was both a Newbery Medal Award winner (1982), the first book of poetry to win the award; and a Caldecott Honor… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27,350.00
“But he was only sunk in a dream of delight”
by BOYLE (Eleanor Vere)
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- Used
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- 1868
- Quantity Available
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 47,862.50
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BOYLE (Eleanor Vere) [1825–1916]
"But he was only sunk in a dream of delight". 1868.
Original watercolor for The Story Without an End
from the German by Carové, translation by Sarah Austin
(London: Sampson Low, 1868; illustration for plate image)
Measures 5-11/16 x 4-9/16 inches Item Price
SGD 47,862.50
Poor Man's Pence
by Eric GILL; Faith ASHFORD
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- Used
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- 1917
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- Cloth-backed grey boards
- Quantity Available
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 888.88
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GILL (ERIC), 1882–1940, illus.
ASHFORD (Faith)
POOR MAN'S PENCE
[Saint Dominic's Press, Douglas Pepler at Ditchling, Sussex, A D 1917]
12mo., [v] 84pp. + colophon; special linen cloth-backed grey boards (regular copies bound in brown wrappers).
Title engraving by John Beedham and 4 text wood engravings of which 2 are designed by Eric Gill.
Four-line inscription: "The feast of S. Elizabeth of Hungary AD 1922 |… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 888.88
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis STEVENSON
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- Used
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- First American edition
- Published
- 1884
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- Publisher's cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 6,837.50
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STEVENSON (Robert Louis)
Treasure Island
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884.
First American Edition.
First illustrated edition
8vo., viii 292 pp. + [4] adverts; publisher's mustard cloth, printed in black
with frontispiece map (some spotting). Full-page illustrations by F T Merrill
Bindery ticket inside rear cover: John Howell, importer, San Francisco
A Fine copy, rare in this condition.
Inscription by a previous owner: "Walter from S G Talbot, May… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 6,837.50
Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, reine de France:
by MARIE ANTOINETTE
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- Used
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- First edition
- Published
- 1815
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- Original red board covers, extra-gilt titled leather spine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 1,162.38
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MARIE-ANTOINETTE d'Autriche, reine de France: recueil historique des principaux événements arrivés à cette princesse, suivis de ceux dont Louis XVII fut victime au Temple, etc. Paris: H Vauquelin, 115. Portrait frontispiece of Marie-Antoinette, also a vignette of her son Louis XVII praying to his mother on engraved pictorial title-leaf. 12mo, 108pp; original red board covers, extra-gilt titled… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,162.38
Cicero cu[m] comme[n]to.
by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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- Used
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- 29 April, 1514
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- Contemporary blind-stamped vellum
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 2,051.25
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Cicero (Marcus Tullius):
Cicero cu[m] comme[n]to, commentary by Josse Badius, Nicolas Chappusius, and Francesco Maturanzio.
[Lyon], [Jacques Myt for Simon Vincent], [29 April, 1514].
4to., contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, spine in compartments and with later ms. title label, remains of metal clasps.
Gothic letter, title printed in red and black and woodcut printer's device (repeated on final verso) within woodcut historiated… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,051.25
The Lady is Cold
by W[HITE], E[lwyn] B[rooks]
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1929
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- Original blue pictorial boards, black cloth spine (dulled). In a chemise and cloth slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 4,786.25
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E. B. White's First Book, Inscribed, with a Drawing
W[HITE], E[lwyn] B[rooks]: The Lady is Cold, Poems by E. B. W. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. 8vo, xii 95pp; original blue pictorial boards, black cloth spine (dulled). In a chemise and cloth slipcase with gilt-titled spine label.
This is the author's first individual book, preceded only by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,786.25
Gesammelte Schriften. Herausgegeben von L. Tieck.
by KLEIST, Heinrich von
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- Used
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- 1826
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- Early mottled boards with green gilt label on spines (small section of volume 2 spine chipped, edges rubbed)
- Quantity Available
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 2,051.25
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KLEIST (Heinrich von): Gesammelte Schriften. Herausgegeben von L. Tieck. Berlin: Reimer, 1826. Three volumes, complete. 8vo, lxvi 330, [i] 418, [iv] 340pp; early mottled boards with green gilt label on spines (small section of volume 2 spine chipped, edges rubbed). Overall, a handsome set in what may be described as being in its original… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,051.25
PHANTASMION.
by Coleridge Sara
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- Used
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- 1837
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- Publisher's green cloth with original printed paper label on upper spine (soiled, edges scuffed), small section cut out at top o
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 2,051.25
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[COLERIDGE, Sara]. PHANTASMION. London: William Pickering, 1837. 8vo, [iv], 387pp; publisher's green cloth with original printed paper label on upper spine (soiled, edges scuffed), small section cut out at top of half-title to excise name of previous owner. It is especially rare to still be in its publisher's binding and with its printed paper label.
First… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,051.25
The Boy Scout's Handkerchief of Useful Information
by BADEN-POWELL (Robert):
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- Used
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- 1910
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- Textile sheet measuring 22.5 x 16.75 inches
- Quantity Available
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 1,367.50
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[BADEN-POWELL, Robert] The Boy Scout's Handkerchief of Useful Information compiled and arranged by a "B.P." Scout. London: Gale and Polden, circa 1910. Printed in black ink on textile linen measuring 22.5 x 16.75 inches, two large illustrations at the top picturing both Front View Receiving and Back View Sending of the SEMAPHORE ALPHABET and Numeral Signs, also… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,367.50
Levensrecht.
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- 1907
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- Printed pictorial wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 410.25
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(Dutch Modernism)
Levensrecht. [The Good Life]. Monthly magazine for thought expansion.
Amsterdam: C L Petersen, 1907.
11 (of 12) Issues for the Third Year, 1907 (Vol. 3, Issues 1-9, 11-12).
Tall 8vo., 466[2] pp.; printed pictorial wrappers (different color papers and ink)
Rare literary-cultural magazine. With contributions from Carry van Bruggen ('De Meesters'), F. Domela Nieuwenhuis, Felix Ortt, Joh. Schmidt ('Van Kunst en Parasitism… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 410.25
Eskimo
by FREUCHEN (Peter)
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1931
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- Blue cloth, pictorial dust-jacket
- Quantity Available
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 547.00
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FREUCHEN (Peter):
Eskimo.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931.
Frontispiece by Rockwell Kent
8vo., 504 pp.; blue cloth, original printed pictorial dust-jacket with design by Rockwell Kent.
First edition. Item Price
SGD 547.00
Het Beleg van Corinthe
by BYRON (Lord George Noël Gordon, Baron)
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- Used
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- Dutch edition
- Published
- 1831
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- Printed boards
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 547.00
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BYRON (Lord George Noël Gordon, Baron), 1788–1824
Het Beleg van Corinthe. Uit het Engelsch van Lord Byron. Door Mr. J. van Lennep.
Amsterdam: P Meijer Warnars, 1831.
8vo., 59 pp.; original grey-green printed boards (spine darkened, minor rubbing to spine ends)
Dutch edition of "The Siege of Corinth" (1816) Item Price
SGD 547.00
De Gjouwer,
by BYRON (Lord George Noël Gordon, Baron
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- Used
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- Dutch edition
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- 1840
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- Printed boards
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SGD 547.00
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BYRON (Lord George Noël Gordon, Baron), 1788–1824
De Gjouwer, Fragment eener Turksche Vertelling. Naar het Engelsch van Lord Byron door J J L Ten Kate.
Dordrecht: van Houtryve en Bredius, 1840.
8vo., viii 127 pp.; original cloth-backed printed decorated blue-grey boards (soiled, printed spine label rubbed, spine ends chipped).
Dutch edition of "The Giaour" (1813). Item Price
SGD 547.00