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SONGS OF INNOCENCE (J. Robert Oppenheimer's Copy)
by BLAKE, William [OPPENHEIMER, J. Robert]
- Condition
- Used - Minor rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
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- First Edition
- Published
- [1954]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 8,565.00
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(London): (Trianon Press for William Blake Trust), [1954]. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to spine tips. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. William Blake. Quarter tan publisher's calf (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") housed in a slipcase. Copy #823 of 1626 of this color facsimile of Blake's masterpiece, the original donated to the Library of Congress by Lessing Rosenwald… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 8,565.00
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to His Son Discussing the Attempted Assassination of President Andrew Jackson
by TYLER, John
- Condition
- Used - Creases, small tape repair, chipping to edges, small hole at center above red wax seal with no loss of text. Very Good
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- 23 February 1835
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 14,560.50
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Washington DC, 23 February 1835. Letter. Creases, small tape repair, chipping to edges, small hole at center above red wax seal with no loss of text. Very Good. Superb two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "John Tyler" to his son on one integral 15-3/4" x 9-7/8" sheet of stationery folded to make four 7-7/8" x 9-7/8" pages with one page… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 14,560.50
STEPHEN CRANE
by BERRYMAN, John
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1950)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,569.50
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[New York]: William Sloane Associates, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a lightly sunned spine. Berryman's critical biography of Crane, an important work in the study of the writer of THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Part of the American Men of Letters Series. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,569.50
ANDROCLES AND THE LION, OVERRULE, PYGMALION Inscribed to Charles Ricketts
by SHAW, George Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Light wear to joints. Near Fine in a Fine chemise and slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1916
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,847.50
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London: Constable, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to joints. Near Fine in a Fine chemise and slipcase. First Printing of one of Shaw's most popular plays, PYGMALION, a radical reworking of Ovid's classic tale with a feminist twist. Shaw wrote PYGMALION for the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell who appeared to be the only actress willing to say… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,847.50
UNDER THE WILLOWS AND OTHER POEMS
by LOWELL, James Russell
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- Used - Ink in inscription a bit faded but still very readable. Spine tips lightly frayed; hinges cracked with the bottom cord of the fr
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1869
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.95
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Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. Ink in inscription a bit faded but still very readable. Spine tips lightly frayed; hinges cracked with the bottom cord of the front hinge broken. Cloth rather clean and bright. Good. Publisher's gilt-decorated green cloth; BAL 13129: State C, Binding C. An interesting copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 256.95
A SEASON IN HELL
by (SCHWARTZ, Delmore) RIMBAUD, Arthur
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a soiled, Good dustwrapper with wear and tears along the spine but quite presentable under mylar
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1939)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,713.00
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Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1939). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a soiled, Good dustwrapper with wear and tears along the spine but quite presentable under mylar. Delmore Schwartz's translation is the first published in America of Rimbaud's great prose poem UNE SAISON EN ENFER, one of 780 copies. This is an Association Copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,713.00
POEMS 1947 - 1954
by KEES, Weldon
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- Used - Lacking the wraparound band but otherwise close to Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 3,426.00
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San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the wraparound band but otherwise close to Fine. Cloth-backed decorative boards with paper spine label. An interesting Association Copy of this beautifully printed collection, the last by Kees before his mysterious disappearance the following year, INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Kees on the front endpaper to a prominent San Francisco… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,426.00
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
by ALGREN, Nelson
- Condition
- Used - Minor bump at heel of spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1956)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,713.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor bump at heel of spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A superb Association Copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author filling the front endpaper to noted bookman and journalist Van Allen Bradley: "For Van,/Whose thoughtful/criticism has afforded/me real footing,/from a little book/about Chicago to/the present,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,713.00
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HROZNY HNEVU [THE GRAPES OF WRATH]
by STEINBECK, John
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- Second Czech Edition
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- 1946
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,282.50
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Prague: Sfinx, 1946. Second Czech Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper designed by Jaroslav váb. Uncommon edition of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the last page of text located at the foot of the translator's notes in which the translator, Vladimír Procházka, includes an excerpt from a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,282.50
TRIVIA Printed from the Papers of Anthony Woodhouse, Esq. with TRIVIA with MORE TRIVIA
by SMITH, Logan Pearsall
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- Used - Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1902/1918/1922
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,456.05
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London: Chiswick Press/Constable & Company, Ltd., 1902/1918/1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase. Three small (@5" x 6-1/2") volumes in original cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine labels, housed in a blue cloth chemise and slipcase by Jas. MacDonald Co. The first volume is one of 300 copies… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,456.05
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
by STEINBECK, John
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- Used - Near Fine in a toned, Very Good or better dustwrapper with light chipping at the spine tips
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- (1941)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,847.50
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Garden City, NY: The Sun Dial Press, (1941). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in a toned, Very Good or better dustwrapper with light chipping at the spine tips. Attractive reprint in essentially the same format, though slightly smaller, of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Steinbeck on the front endpaper to famed Mexican… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,847.50
MARGARET SANGER. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by (SANGER, Margaret) LADER, Lawrence
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- Used - Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1938)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,456.05
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Sanger on the front endpaper: "Greetings & regards/to/Sidney Hillman/from/Margaret Sanger." Sidney Hillman was an American labor leader, head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and co-founder of the American Labor Party in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,456.05
THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY
by WHARTON, Edith
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- Used - Bookplate stamped "Discarded" with slight offsetting to the endpaper; perforated stamp to bottom margin of one text page; slight
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1913
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,847.50
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate stamped "Discarded" with slight offsetting to the endpaper; perforated stamp to bottom margin of one text page; slight foxing to the front endpaper and a few other pages; rear endpapers with library slip and pocket, also stamped; front hinge cracked and a little loose. Covers are bright with strong… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,847.50
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. HER LIFE IN PICTURES
by [ROOSEVELT, Eleanor] HARRITY, Richard & MARTIN, Ralph G
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- Used - Slight wear with fraying to a small portion of the top front board. Still Near Fine in a Very Good or better dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1958)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,282.50
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight wear with fraying to a small portion of the top front board. Still Near Fine in a Very Good or better dustwrapper. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the First Lady on the front endpaper to old friends Henry Morgenthau Jr. and his wife Marcelle: "To… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,282.50
MONKEY POEMS
by WALTER, Eugene
- Condition
- Used - Slight offsetting from dustwrapper to endpapers. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 428.25
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Paris: Editions Finisterre, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Slight offsetting from dustwrapper to endpapers. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Zev. Light green wraps with a marbled paper dustwrapper with large printed label on the front. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author filling the front endpaper to poet Douglas Newton and his wife at the time, novelist Mary… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 428.25
A TEST OF POETRY
by ZUKOFSKY, Louis
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short internal tape repair at the front spine edge
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1948
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,713.00
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(New York): The Objectivist Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short internal tape repair at the front spine edge. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the Objectivist poet to poet Kenneth Patchen and his wife Miriam: "For the Patchens/from/Louis Zukofsky/Old Lyme/Aug 17, 1949." A superb Association Copy linking two great mid-20th century… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,713.00
ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. A Play in Three Acts
by HELLMAN, Lillian
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- Used - Durant's ink stamp on the front free endpaper. Slightly cocked with a little foxing. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,713.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Durant's ink stamp on the front free endpaper. Slightly cocked with a little foxing. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A prequel to her 1939 drama THE LITTLE FOXES. Patricia Neal, making her Broadway debut, won a Tony Award for her performance in this play. Made into a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,713.00
A SAMMELBAND OF 32 PAMPHLETS, all PHI BETA KAPPA Addresses, including Emerson's AN ORATION, DELIVERED BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, AT CAMBRIDGE, AUGUST 31, 1837 and Story's A DISCOURSE PRONOUNCED BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, INSCRIBED by Story
by [EVERETT, Edward] EMERSON, Ralph Waldo; STORY, Joseph; et. al
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- Used - Occasional foxing or staining; "withdrawn" stamps on front and rear pastedowns where there are minor remnants of a pocket. Paper
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- First Edition
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- 1822 - 1849
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,847.50
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1822 - 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional foxing or staining; "withdrawn" stamps on front and rear pastedowns where there are minor remnants of a pocket. Paper library labels on the spines, rubbing to joints, slight edgewear. Overall Near Fine. Two 5-1/4" x 8-1/2" volumes identically bound in half calf and marbled boards with matching gilt-lettered morocco spine labels.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,847.50
STORM OVER THE LAND. A PROFILE OF THE CIVIL WAR TAKEN MAINLY FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN: THE WAR YEARS
by SANDBURG, Carl
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- Used - Near Fine in a Good, mostly complete dustwrapper with chipping at the top of the spine and the front panel
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1942)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.55
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1942). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Good, mostly complete dustwrapper with chipping at the top of the spine and the front panel. Illustrated with 60 halftones from photos, and 98 drawings, maps, and sketches. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Henrik Van Loon/as between scribblers/and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 599.55
ASH WEDNESDAY
by ELIOT, T. S.
- Condition
- Used - Mild foxing to endpapers, minor occasional foxing to text. Toning to boards with light wear to spine tips. Very Good, lacking th
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- (1933)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,282.50
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London: Faber & Faber Limted, (1933). Second Edition. Hardcover. Mild foxing to endpapers, minor occasional foxing to text. Toning to boards with light wear to spine tips. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. A nondescript copy but for the fact that it is INSCRIBED by Eliot to his niece on the title-page: "Inscribed for/Theodora Eliot Smith/by T. S. Eliot."… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,282.50
