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The Downing Street Years (INSCRIBED by Margaret and Denis Thatcher)
by Thatcher, Margaret
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- 1993
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London: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Ann James, Margaret Thatcher. With Special Wishes to You, Denis Thatcher." A note, laid in, details the provenance from Ann James to the last owner of the book. Large 8vo. xiv, 914 pp. Photographic reproductions. Blue cloth in color printed dustjacket. Slight bumping and scraping at spine end else a fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Napoleon in Exile; or, A Voice from St. Helena (Two Volumes)
by O'Meara, Barry E.
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- 1822
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London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1822. First Edition. Complete in two volumes. Royal 8vo. xx, 511; 542 pp. Half-title in Vol. II. Index. Footnotes and bibliographical references. Vol. I has frontispiece portrait of Napoleon, engraved by T.A. Dean, from a medal in the possession of Mr. O'Meara; and engraved plate titled "The house in which the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Printed "Prime Minister's House/New Delhi" card SIGNED by Indira Ghandi
by Indira Ghandi
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- 1962
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1962. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2" card (with cover) matted and framed (14 3/4" x 16"). In Near Fine condition (light rubbing to frame).
The card bears the printed message "Thank you for your Greetings./With good wishes. (s) Indira Gandhi 1962" (following 'Greetings' she has written "to my father"). Verso of the black framed piece bears "Postmarked… Read more about this item Item Price
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Framed Autograph Note by Clementine Spencer Churchill
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- 1968
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SGD 360.39
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1968. 7" x 5 1/2" autograph note matted in simple wood frame (13 1/4" x 11 1/2"). Dated December 2, 1968, Clementine gives her heartfelt thanks to Mr. O'Connell for thinking of her on her husband's birthday. (Winston was born November 30, 1874 and died January 24, 1965). Fine condition. Item Price
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Autograph Note Signed and Framed with Photograph
by Gladstone, William
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- 1879
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(London), 1879. Autograph note (3 1/2'" x 4 1/2" ) to bookseller James Westell (who because of his intimate friendship with the four-time Prime Minister was known as 'The Gladstonian Bookseller") together with an original photograph (3 1/2" x 4 7/8") of Gladstone by Marion & Co., both displayed within a somewhat worn 10" x 17" contemporary frame (rustic… Read more about this item Item Price
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Vorgeburtliche Erziehung. Neue Gesunde Menschen. Schriften uber Fragen deutscher Volksgesundung und Volkserneuerung in zwangloser Folge 1 (INACRIBED)
by Dingfelder, Johannes
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- 1924
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SGD 143.88
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Munich: Carl Kuhn Verlag, 1924. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo; 45pp plus 4 illustrations. Edge=toned pale green wrappers, else Very Good. Inscribed by Dingfelder on ffep. Johannes Dingfelder was a German physician and nationalist politician. In 1899 he founded an anti-Semitic party in Lower Franconia or Middle Franconia. Dingfelder was a member of the Bavarian Mittelstandsbund, the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und… Read more about this item Item Price
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China Opened; or, A Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc. of the Chinese Empire (2 Volumes)
by Gutzlaff, Rev. Charles (Karl), revised by the Rev. Andrew Reed
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- 1838
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London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two octavo volumes; (V.1) xvi, 510pp, with a folding map frontis, folding plate of Chinese characters opposite p 392; 24pp publisher's catalog dated October, 1843 at rear; (V. 2) vi 570. Volume I with bookplate of James Wickersham, Alaskan judge and U.S. Congressman, to front pastedown. Blind-stamped maroon… Read more about this item Item Price
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Yorston's Popular History of the World: Ancient. Mediaeval. Modern. (8 volumes)
by Otto von Corvin, Ph.D.; Fred. W. Held; H. W. Dulcken, Ph. D. and others (editors)
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- 1886
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New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago: Published by John C. Yorston & Company, 1886. First Edition. Complete in 8 volumes. Large 8vo. Various paginations. Frontispiece in each volume (7 folded). Volumes 1-5 and 8 have extra title page printed in black & red. Profusely illustrated with upwards of two thousand engravings, from drawings and paintings by Albrecht Durer, Vandyke, L.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Popular Educational Readers (4 Volumes)
by [Chung Hwa Book Company Ltd.]
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- 1930
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[Shanghai]: Chung Hwa Book Company Ltd, 1930. Small octavos; Booklet #273 - 38pp; Booklet #295 - 465pp; Booklet #400 - 40pp; Booklet #553 - 38pp. Text in Chinese. In-text illustrations. Very Good copies in printed stapled wrappers. Scarce. Item Price
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1000 Chinese Foundation Characters (4 Volumes)
by Yen Y.C. James and Daniel C. Fu
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- 1943
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Toronto: School of Chinese Studies University of Toronto, 1943. First Edition. Small octavos; (2), 48, (2)pp; 48pp; 24pp (printed recto only); 24pp (printed recto only). Very Good copies; each containing 250 characters. Volumes 1 & 2 in grey printed stapled wrappers; volumes 3 & 4 in oblong blue stapled wrappers. 'Romanization, Translation and Vocabular by William C. White. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Tresor de la Langue Francaise, Tome 16 (teint-zzz)
by Collectif
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- 1992
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- 9782070770168
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SGD 108.25
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Paris: Gallimard, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto; xviii, 1452pp. Near Fine, unread copy.Huge book, extra shipping may apply. Item Price
SGD 108.25
Der Weg zur Kaiserkrone: Der Romzug Heinrichs VII. in der Darstellung Erzbischof Balduins von Trier
by Margue, Michel, Michel Pauly and Wolfgang Schmid, editors
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- 2009
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- 9783898901406
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Trier: kliomedia, 2009. First Edition. Tall quarto; 200pp. Fine copy in illustrated boards. German language. Item Price
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Persische Handschriften. Teil 1
by Heinz, Wilhelm
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- 1968
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Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1968. First Edition. Quarto; xviii, 345pp; with 11 plates (2 color and 9 b/w plates. A Very Good to Near Fine copy. Large book; extra shipping charges may apply. Item Price
SGD 108.25
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Chinese Characters and their Impact on other Languages of East Asia
by Liu, Shih-hong
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- 1969
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SGD 86.33
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Taipei: Eurasia Book Company, 1969. First Edition. Small quarto; 108pp. Glossy wrappers in near fine condition. Item Price
SGD 86.33
Tresor de la Langue Francaise, Tome 16 (sale-tiendre)
by Collectif
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- 1994
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Paris: Gallimard, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto; xviii, 1451pp. Near Fine, unread copy.Huge book, extra shipping may apply. Item Price
SGD 108.25
![A Bibliography of the Japanese Empire being a classified list of all books, essays and maps in European languages relating to Dai Nihon [Great Japan] published in Europe, America and in the East (Volumes I and II)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/180/814/1511814180.0.m.jpg)
A Bibliography of the Japanese Empire being a classified list of all books, essays and maps in European languages relating to Dai Nihon [Great Japan] published in Europe, America and in the East (Volumes I and II)
by Wenckstern, Fr. von
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- 1907
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Leiden and Tokyo: Brill/Maruzen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1907. First Editions. Octavos; xiv, 338 + 66pp facsimile of Pages' 1859 'Bibliographie Japonaise at rear; xvi, 486 + Pages' 1859 28pp Supplement and Palmgren's 21pp Systematic List in Swedish. Near Fine copies (V. II pages browned) in black cloth with red and gold panel to front cover, red coated endpapers and gold… Read more about this item Item Price
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Asia in the Making of Europe Volume I: The Century of Discovery (Complete in 2 volumes)
by Lach, Donald F.
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- Second Printing
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- 1971
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- 9780226467443
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. Second Printing. Octavos; xxviii, 1-492pp; xii, 493-963pp. Fine copies in publisher's maroon cloth, illustrated endpapers, lettered in gold, black panels on spine; dust jackets have light extremity wear. Item Price
SGD 108.25
An Anglo-Chinese Calendar for 250 Years. 1751 to 2000
by Kliene, Charles, compiler
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- 1905
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SGD 648.15
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Hong Kong, 1905. Hardcover. Quarto; 2 preliminary leaves, 4, [3], 500pp. Later 3/4 red leatherette and grey boards,spine titled in gold. Extremities are somewhat worn, lacks frontis, final leaf reinforced with tape, otherwise a tight, sound copy. Printed by Man Yu Tong, Limited, Hongkong. Tipped in is a sheet listing 'Calendars 1776 - 2000' (offsetting to Dedication Page). Includes… Read more about this item Item Price
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English and Chinese Reader with a Dictionary (Two Volumes Bound in One)
by Condit, Rev. I. M.
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- 1882
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SGD 1,367.56
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New York: American Tract Society, 1882. first. Hardcover. Quarto; 1/4 leather and brown paper-covered boards, spine ruled and titled (La Guerre 1870) in gold. Solid binding with some edgewear, else Very Good to Near Fine volume (~ 750-800 pp) of the newspaper beginning with #1 dated 20 July 1870 (the day after the declaration of war on Prussia) and… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War
by Fitzgerald, Major D.J.L.
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- 1949
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Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Octavo; xv, 615pp. A Near Fine copy (crown of spine lightly bumped) in blue cloth; spine lettered in gold with the regimental badge stamped to upper cover in gold. The Irish Guards included two Victoria Cross recipients in the Second World War. Illustrated with photographs, charts and 22 maps (two folding).… Read more about this item Item Price
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