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LIST OF CATALOGUES OF ENGLISH BOOK SALES, 1676-1900, NOW IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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- Used - Fine, issued without dustwrapper
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- Reprint
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- 1915 [1995]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 77.15
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(New York): (Martino Publishing), 1915 [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. Red cloth; xv, 523 pages. This reprint of the 1915 edition is stated to be "Strictly Limited to 100 Copies." Introduction by Alfred W. Pollard. Preface by G. F. Barwick: "The collection of 8000 [auction] catalogues of English book sales here listed ranges from the sale… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 77.15
A CATALOGUE OF UPWARD OF FIFTY THOUSAND VOLUMES, OF ANCIENT AND MODERN BOOKS, English and Foreign, in All Classes of Literature and the Fine Arts, Including Rare and Curious Books, Mauscripts, Etc. in Good Library Condition, Many in Neat and Elegant Bindings, Now on Sale Aat the Very Reasonable Prices Affixed
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- Used - Aging to paper; binding Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1862
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.64
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London: Willis and Sotheran, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Aging to paper; binding Fine. Modern black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine; [iv], 594, 46 pages. With useful index. Blue slip of paper from the publisher to purchasers from the catalog tipped in at beginning.
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SGD 85.64
FORGING HISTORY. The Detection of Fake Letters and Documents
by RENDELL, Kenneth W
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1994)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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Norman, OK & London: University of Oklahoma Press, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth in dustwrapper (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") with many illustrations of authentic and forged autographs. "Culminates in an analysis of three major forgeries of recent times -- the Hitler diaries, the Mormon letters, and the Jack the Ripper diary."
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SGD 60.02
COLLECTING AUTOGRAPHS AND MANUSCRIPTS
by VRZALIK, Larry F. and MINOR, Michael
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.29
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(Austin, TX): State House Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth in dustwrapper (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") with many illustrations of authentic presidential autographs along with little known facts and human interest stories of each president, some previously unpublished.
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SGD 171.29
THE ECONOMIC LIBRARY OF JACOB H. HOLLANDER, PH.D
by [ECONOMICS] MARSH, Elsie A. G. (Compiler)
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- Used - Three small red ink library stamps--half-title page, title page, and rear endpaper with a few pencil notes. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1937
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 77.15
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Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Three small red ink library stamps--half-title page, title page, and rear endpaper with a few pencil notes. Near Fine. Green cloth-backed boards (7-1/2" x 10-3/4"); xi, [iii], 324 pages. Copy #499 of 500 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the subject and with a foreword by him as well. Covers… Read more about this item Item Price
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AMERICAN TRAVELLERS ABROAD. A Bibliography of Accounts Published Before 1900
by SMITH, Harold F. (compiler)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1969
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 34.26
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Carbondale-Edwardsville (IL): Southern Illinois University, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Printed wraps; (vi), 166 pages. Annotated bibiliography with over 1,500 entries with descriptions of the physical book followed by a description of the travel account. Includes bibliography of sources and index of places.
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SGD 34.26
TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES. A Bibliography
by COULTER, E. Merton
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- Used - Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1961)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 77.15
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Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Second Printing. Red cloth in dustwrapper. Detailed descriptions of first-hand accounts by travelers through the South in the Civil War period.
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SGD 77.15
BOOK COLLECTING. A Comprehensive Guide. 1995 Edition
by AHEARN, Allen and Patricia
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1995)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 34.26
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Expanded to include the works of more than 5000 authors showing values over a two-decade span and full of useful information.
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SGD 34.26
A SHORT-TITLE CHECK LIST OF ALL THE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BROADSIDES, &C., KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
by [FRANKLIN, Benjamin] CAMPBELL, William J
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- Used - Soiling and chipping to cover, contents Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1918
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 42.89
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Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Soiling and chipping to cover, contents Very Good. Printed wraps, string-tied (8-1/2" x 11"); [ii], 185-333 pages.
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SGD 42.89
AMERICAN FICTION 1774-1850. A Contribution toward a Bibliography
by WRIGHT, Lyle H
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- Second Revised Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 34.26
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San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1969. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper.
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SGD 34.26
WINE INTO WORDS. A History and Bibliography of Wine Books in the English Language
by GABLER, James M
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1985)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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Baltimore: Bacchus Press Ltd, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; xiv, 403 pages including index. Over 3200 entries with biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years.
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SGD 60.02
AMERICAN FICTION 1851-1875. A Contribution toward a Bibliography
by WRIGHT, Lyle H
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with uneven sunning
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 34.26
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San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with uneven sunning. Second Printing with additions and corrections.
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SGD 34.26
GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by BITTING, Katherine
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- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- Reprint
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- (1981)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.53
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(London): Holland Press, (1981). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Hardcover; xvi, 718 pages. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1939 edition of this absolutely essential cookery bibliography. Limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with text engravings.
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SGD 128.53
GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by LOWENSTEIN, Eleanor
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Reprint
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- 1972
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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Worcester, MA & New York: American Antiquarian Society & Corner Books, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth; xii, 132 pages including index. Preface To The Third Edition by Mark McCorison.
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SGD 60.02
NINETEENTH-CENTURY FICTION. A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by Robert Lee Wolff
by WOLFF, Robert Lee
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- Used - Fine
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- Reprint
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- [1993]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.18
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(Mansfield): Maurizio Martino, [1993]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Five volumes bound in two green buckram volumes, as issued. Limited to 325 copies, this facsimile reprint in a smaller format contains the full catalogue of one of the great collections of Victorian fiction. Over 1400 pages of valuable information illustrated with facsimiles and plates.
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SGD 214.18
PICTURING AMERICA, 1497-1899. Prints, Maps, and Drawings Bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory That is Now the United States
by DEÁK, Gloria Gilda
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- Used - Slight foxing to bulked text edges and dustwrappers. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers
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- First Edition
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- (1988)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.51
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to bulked text edges and dustwrappers. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers. Two quarto (8-3/4" x 11-1/4") volumes in dustwrappers. The first volume is text ( xxx, 657 pages), the second illustrations (880 plates).
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SGD 599.51
AUTOGRAPHS: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
by PATTERSON, Jerry E
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- Used - Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1973)
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 25.76
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New York: Crown Publishers, (1973). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper. Illustrated with reproductions of over 350 signatures of authors, political leaders, musicians, scientists, artists, explorers, etc.
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SGD 25.76
THE ENGRAVER AND PRINTER
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- Used - Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- (August 1895)
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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Boston: The Engraver and Printer Co., (August 1895). First Edition. Softcover. Library blindstamp on the corners of some pages; rear cover detached. Very Good. Decorated wraps; 116 pages plus ads. Includes articles on lettering and job estimates as well as an illustrated section on the origin and growth of the Roman letter.
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SGD 60.02
THE PRIVATE LETTER-BOOKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. SELECTIONS FROM THE ABBOTSFORD MANUSCRIPTS
by PARTINGTON, Wilfred (editor)
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- Used - Light foxing to endpapers. Very Good in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 60.02
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Light foxing to endpapers. Very Good in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper. Cloth; xv, 397 pages. Letters to Scott from Byron, Goethe, and many others. Entertaining introductory letter by Hugh Walpole about acquiring the letters at auction and his experiences at book auctions. Illustrated. Small bookplate of Lafayette Butler on… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE WITH MEDICAL CHRONOLOGY, SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
by GARRISON, Fielding H
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- Used - Light edgewear. Very Good
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- Fourth Edition
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- n.d. [1970s?]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.53
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Philadelphia & London: W. B.Saunders Company, n.d. [1970s?]. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear. Very Good. Reprint, cloth; 996 pages. Illustrated with portraits.
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SGD 128.53
