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Pendragon - Glastonbury fair edition. Design and illustrations by Nick and Christine Bristow
by Foster, Mrs J.M., hon.sec. The Pendragon Society
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- 2000
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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no city, England: The Pendragon Society, 2000. Pamphlet. 20p., line-drawn illustrations, softbound pamphlet in 10x7 inch decorated grey wraps, nice copy: sound, clean and unmarked. Esoteric function of myth, in this case Arthurian stuff wedded to ideas of the Christ, assumed to be useful to the generation of a deeper personal soul. Jungian, whether earlier or later than C.G.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Number, The Language of Science. A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician. Fourth Edition Revised and Augmented
by Dantzig, Tobias
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 9780045100019
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SGD 47.97
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. ix, 340p., illustrated with math and diagrams, presswork on superb paper, far beyond textbook stuff (hence weighty with clay). Allen & Unwin's usual crisp binding: 9x5.5 inch black cloth boards lettered silverfoil and enclosed in the plain printed dust jacket. Dust jacket has picked up faint dustsoil and sunning, and is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Somerset Holy Wells and Other named Wells
by Horne, Ethelbert, Dom
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- 1923
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- Paperback
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SGD 34.26
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London: Somerset Folk Press, 1923. Paperback. 57p., plus publisher's menu of related materials, softbound in 7x5 inch slate-blue wraps with titling in black and a vignette decoration. Nice illustrations alternating between sepia gravures and b&w photography; the gravures are marvelous (including the tissue-guarded frontispiece) and the photos are interesting. Find a large bookplate fixed inside front cover, sound, clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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Vilcabamba and the archaeology of Inca resistance
by Bauer, Brian S., Javier Fonseca Santa Cruz, Miriam Aráoz Silva
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- 2015
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- Paperback
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SGD 68.52
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Los Angeles: The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2015. Paperback. xxx, 183p., 8.5x11 inches; b&w photos., "display copy" sticker on front cover, otherwise in very good condition. Monograph 81. Item Price
SGD 68.52
![Israel in Your Pocket, A Ramblers' Guide. Volume One: Northern Israel, Second revised and enlarged Edition (1954) -[with]- Volume Two: Central Israel and Jerusalem's Old City, Bethlehem & Jericho (1953) -[with]- Volume Three: Southern Israel](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/664/817/1577817664.0.m.jpg)
Israel in Your Pocket, A Ramblers' Guide. Volume One: Northern Israel, Second revised and enlarged Edition (1954) -[with]- Volume Two: Central Israel and Jerusalem's Old City, Bethlehem & Jericho (1953) -[with]- Volume Three: Southern Israel
by Meysels, Theodor F., in collaboration with Lucian O. Meysels. Lay-out and cover by L.F. Toby. Maps by Zvi Friedlaender
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- 1955
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- Paperback
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SGD 27.41
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Jerusalem: Ben-Dor Israel Publishing Co. Ltd, 1955. Paperback. Respectively 129, xxvi, 127-280, xxiv, 281-398, xxiv. Matching small softbounds in upright paper covers (6.5x3.5 inches), diverse monochrome colors for each installment. Later issues were bound together in a singleton booklet. Our set, a second printing and two firsts, are edgeworn with faint abrasion to outer joints. These volumes are quite… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Roquefort Adventure. Translated from the French by Mary Mian; Illustrations by Yves Brayer; Wood Engraving by Gerard Angiolini
by Pourrat, Henri
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- 1956
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- Paperback
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SGD 41.12
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Coulouma, France: Societe Anonyme des Caves et des Producteurs Reunis de Roquefort, 1956. Paperback. First edition of the "original English edition of this book", numerous illustrations (exceptional conception & coloring), No.3242 of a run of 5000 copies, 237p., fine presswork on lovely watermarked paperstock, softbound in 9.5x7 inch buff wraps titled in brown and black. Faint-ish dustsoil and faint… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Brotherhood in Song; Chinese Poetry and Poetics
by Soong, Stephen C., editor
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9789622013568
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SGD 30.15
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Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries including a fullpage color plate, 386p., a mix of facing Chinese/English verse and discussion, hardbound in 10.5x7.5 inch textured gray boards gilt, enclosed in the glossy dust jacket. Upper corners of casing are bumped mildly affecting dust jacket, find a small smudge to rear panel of dust jacket, an… Read more about this item Item Price
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Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternate Modes of Healing; held at the St. Sabina Center, San Rafael, California, September 4 to 6, 1993
by Heinze, Ruth-Inge, conference co-ordinator and editor
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 41.12
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San Rafael CA: the Center / Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc, 1993. Paperback. ix, 382p., illustrated with scattered technical images, softbound in 9x6 inch buff wraps with a calligraphic logo. Mild edgewear with corner-tip turnings, a touch of dust, toning to spine, an otherwise perfectly sound clean copy free of any markings (besides an accidental pencil stroke to back… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Acropolis, A New Guide of the Monuments and Museum. With a folded colour map of the monuments [subtitle from cover text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/970/091/1548091970.0.m.jpg)
The Acropolis, A New Guide of the Monuments and Museum. With a folded colour map of the monuments [subtitle from cover text]
by Papathanassopoulos, Dr. G., archaeologist, former director of the Acropolis
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- 1991
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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Athens Greece: Krene Editions, 1991. Paperback. 120p., profuse color illustrations both photographic and diagrammatic (floorplans, elevations and pictorials), softbound in 9.5x6.5 inch color cardstock wraps. Book itself has a mildly edgeworn front cover, blank back cover a little rubbed, but the folded map (more of a 3-D reconstruction) is fine. Presentable copy of a Library of Congress Duplicate with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Breve bosquejo historico descriptivo de la ciudad de Acaponeta y de los pueblos y lugares circunvecinos del norte del Estado de Nayarit
by Chavez Gradilla, Nestor
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- 1983
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 30.15
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Mexico DF: Costa-Amic Editores, 1983. Paperback. 252p., illustrated with numerous b&w line- and plat-maps, fuzzy photos of archaeological digs and monoliths. Softbound in 9x6.5 inch glossy green wraps, rather edgeworn, corner-tips are turned. Paperstock is acidic and quite toned throughout, mild fragility but we see no damage. First chapter bears two ink underlines, and the facing maps on pp.32/33… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 30.15
Kangra Paintings on Love
by Randhawa, M.S.
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 47.97
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New Delhi: National Museum, 1962. Hardcover. 209p., presswork on somewhat acidic matte stock (introductory text, color-plate background) and glazed alkaline stock (b&w reproductions in a sizeable running text), a sewn hardbound in 12x8.5 inch black cloth boards gilt, enclosed in the dust jacket. Head-rim is sunned with color-loss, and there is an eighth-inch gap at the gutter between pp.12… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 47.97
Buyo, The Classical Dance, by Masakatsu Gunji; translated by Don Kenny with an introduction by James R. Brandon. A Weatherhill Book
by Gunji, Masakatsu. James R. Brandon, prefatory material
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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SGD 16.45
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New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill / Tankosha, 1970. Hardcover. vii, 207p., profusely illustrated in both b&w (reproduced in rotogravure) and colorphoto (very clear). Hardbound first American edition in 8.5x6 inch openweave raw linen boards decorated in gilt and blind, and enclosed in its glossy blue dust jacket. As new; obtained from a collector who had purchased multiple copies when… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.45
Lilith - The First Eve; Historical and Psychological Aspects of the Dark Feminine. With a Foreword by Marie-Louise von Franz. English translation by Gela Jacobson
by Hurwitz, Siegmund
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- 1992
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- Paperback
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SGD 16.45
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Einsiedeln, Switzerland: Daimon Verlag, 1992. Paperback. 262p., illustrated with a few ancient images in b&w, softbound in 8x5.5 inch decorated gloss-black wraps. A much-looked-over exemplar with a curled front cover, small coffee splashes to first blanks, small neat dog-ears to many leaves. Otherwise cleanly within and unmarked, a good reading copy. Item Price
SGD 16.45
![The Chinese Lake Murders, a Judge Dee Mystery [two identical copies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/338/022/1523022338.0.m.jpg)
The Chinese Lake Murders, a Judge Dee Mystery [two identical copies]
by van Gulik, Robert
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- 1960
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- Mass Market Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.45
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New York: Avon, 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Multiple copies for antiphonal readings: 224p., all edges tinted, extremely toned paperstock that is fragile, these two in good to very good condition with minor drawbacks: one bears an inkpenned ownership on front cover plus a small old dampstain to fore-edge, the other a ballpoint ownership at the foot of the title… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.45
![The Emperor's Pearl, a Judge Dee Mystery [three similar copies]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/261/022/1523022261.0.m.jpg)
The Emperor's Pearl, a Judge Dee Mystery [three similar copies]
by van Gulik, Robert
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- 1974
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- Mass Market Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 16.45
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New York: Bantam / Warner Paperback Library, 1974. Mass Market Paperback. Multiple copies for antiphonal readings: two Bantams @150p., and a singleton Warner @ 174p. All edges are tinted yellow, pagination difference due to Bantam's space-saving layout. Both are mass-market softbound productions. Mildly toned paperstock that is not yet fragile, these three in good to very good condition, with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.45
Das Kabukitheater; Kulturgeschichte der Anfange
by Ortolani, Benito
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 41.12
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Tokyo: Sofia University Press, 1964. Hardcover. 169p., illustrated with many b&w production stills and historical images, a lavishly-bound hardback in 10x7 inch boards covered in green brocade and titled in gilt on a red label, provided with textured tissue endpapers and enclosed in the glossy dust jacket, which is further enclosed in a matte obi sash bearing text and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.12
The Pictures of the Chaurapanchasika - A Sanskrit Love Lyric. 18 Colour Plates
by Shiveshwarkar, Leela
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 41.12
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New Delhi: The National Museum, 1967. Hardcover. x, 59p., plates as called for, color graphics measuring 6.5x9 inches tipped onto alkaline leaves measuring 9x12 inches and facing Sanskrit captioning with English translation and a paragraph or two of commentary. Item is hardbound in raw linen cloth boards, openweave with abundant texture, spine- and cover-titled in red ink and enclosed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Barahmasa - Twelve Lunar months: Expression Through Miniature Paintings
by Chimanlal Paper Company, designer/creators
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- 1970
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- Portfolio
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 20.56
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Bombay: Directorate of Tourism, Government of Maharashtra, 1970. Portfolio. Twelve folders as called for, each measuring 10x9 inches closed, each opening on a recto color graphic (9x5 inches, well-reproduced) that faces a verso commentary. Different color-themes for each "month". Expect very faint edgewear to folders, which are enclosed in a printed cardstock envelope or portfolio that is thrashed (but… Read more about this item Item Price
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Decimal Tables for the Reduction of Hindu Dates, from the Data of the Surya-Siddhanta
by van Wijk, W.E.
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- 1938
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.26
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The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1938. Paperback. vii, 33p. (text and tables, one folding) plus two more very large folded tables bound in at back. An elegant production on fine alkaline paperstock, rubricated cover and title page, complex handset presswork, softbound in 11x7 inch buff wraps in very good condition pace a few mild corner-tip turnings (no sharp creasing) and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Antique Rugs from the Near East. Third revised edition with contributions by Ernst Kuhnel. Translated by R.M. Riefstahl
by Bode, Wilhelm
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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SGD 34.26
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New York: E. Weyhe, 1922. Hardcover. 65p. followed by 95 "figures", i.e. plates, usually one fullpage figure each, one color image set as the frontispiece, the b&w reproduced clearly (at best) accompanied by a few diagrammatic images. The color frontis is quite vivid. Hardbound in grey papered boards with a grey cloth backstrip (spine-titled in legible white) and a… Read more about this item Item Price
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