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BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
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- Used - A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1928 (1930)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 6,846.00
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Boston: Printed for The Commission (by D. B. Updike at The Merrymount Press), 1928 (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. A title notorious for wear and weak hinges, this is a tight, Near Fine copy with light edgewear and minor marks to the spine and front cover. Thick folio (9-3/4" x 13-3/4") in publisher's oxblood pigskin leather stamped in black,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 6,846.00
THE OFFICINA BODONI. The Operation of a Hand-Press During the First Six Years of Its Work
- Condition
- Used - Paper splitting to front hinge, covers tight. Near Fine, lacking as usual the dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 855.75
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Paris & New York: Editiones Officinae Bodoni. At the Sign of the Pegasus, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper splitting to front hinge, covers tight. Near Fine, lacking as usual the dustwrapper. Frans Masereel. Gilt-decorated cloth (8-1/2" x 12"); 80, [3] pages. Copy #59 of 500 numbered copies in English printed by the Officina Bodoni on a hand-press on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 855.75
THE RED AND THE BLACK
by STENDHAL (BEYLE, Marie-Henri)
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- Used - Leather on spine very dry and cracked. Good in a Very Good slipcase with some fading
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 42.86
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Hardcover. Leather on spine very dry and cracked. Good in a Very Good slipcase with some fading. Rafaello Busoni. Large octavo (7" x 10-1/4") bound in red morocco leather stamped in gold with black linen boards with a gold-stamped decoration. Designed by Richard Ellis and illustrated with lithographs by Rafaello Busoni printed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 42.86
DOVE AT THE WINDOWS: LAST LETTERS OF FOUR QUAKER MARTYRS
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- Used - Fine in a lightly toned, Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.43
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Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a lightly toned, Near Fine dustwrapper. Tall quarto (8" x 11-3/4") in original cloth. Foreword by George Selleck. Illustrated with five woodcuts by Michael McCurdy. Copy #50 of 200 numbered copies of a total edition of 224 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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SGD 128.43
TWELFTH NIGHT OR, WHAT YOU WILL
by (RAVILIOUS, Eric) SHAKESPEARE, William
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- Used - Slight darkening of leather on the spine. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1932
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 5,134.50
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(Waltham Saint Lawrence): The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight darkening of leather on the spine. Near Fine. Eric Ravilious. Original Sangorski and Sutcliffe morocco leather-backed boards with Ravilious illustrations on both covers. The text is illustrated with a wood-engraved title, decorative borders, and 29 lovely wood-engravings by Eric Ravilious printed in brown and gray/green. Copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5,134.50
THE DECAMERON
by BOCCACCIO, Giovanni
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
- Published
- (1940)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.02
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New York: Limited Editions Club, (1940). Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Two large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in half black calf and decorated linen boards. The first English translation of 1620, plus two tales there omitted. Copy #452 of only 530 copies, one of the scarcest publications of the press, illustrated with woodcuts… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 599.02
THE SONNETS OF PETRARCH
by PETRARCH
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- Used - Moderately foxed, heaviest mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper but in a Near Fine slipcas
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Moderately foxed, heaviest mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper but in a Near Fine slipcase with sunning. Aldo Salvadori. Tall octavo (8-1/4" x 12-1/4") bound in half blue levant morocco leather with the title stamped in gold leaf and the boards covered with a beige… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
THE TOILERS OF THE SEA
by HUGO, Victor
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- Used - The spine of the dustwrapper is browned, as often the case. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper and slipcase with a small amount of
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 205.38
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Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. The spine of the dustwrapper is browned, as often the case. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper and slipcase with a small amount of pitting on the backstrip. Tranquillo Marangoni. Small quarto (7-1/8" x 10-1/4") bound with a soft black cotton spine and decorated boards. Hapgood's translation, edited and augmented by David… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 205.38
THE MAJESTIC POETRY OF THE ANCIENT SCRIPTURES Beautifully Written by some Forgotten Author
by [JUDAICA]
- Condition
- Used - Some offsetting from decorated wraps to endpapers and title page; a few small chips to wraps, moreso to rear cover. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1960)
- Binding
- Pamphlet
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.43
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Berkeley Heights, NJ: The Oriole Press, (1960). First Edition. Pamphlet. Some offsetting from decorated wraps to endpapers and title page; a few small chips to wraps, moreso to rear cover. Near Fine. Decorated wraps over stiff paper (5-5/8" x 8-3/4") with printed paper label on the front cover; [8] pages. Illustrated with a reproduction of a woodcut by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.43
LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS
by VASARI, Giorgio
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- Used - Slight darkening to the spines of the dustwrappers, as usual, with a small splash stain to one dustwrapper. Fine in Near Fine du
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 342.30
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Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Slight darkening to the spines of the dustwrappers, as usual, with a small splash stain to one dustwrapper. Fine in Near Fine dustwrappers and a Fine marbled-paper slipcase. Giorgio Vasari and Fritz Kredel. Two small folio (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") volumes in original brown buckram in grey printed dustwrappers. With 32 color reproductions… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
JUDE THE OBSCURE
by HARDY, Thomas
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- Used - Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 299.58
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Agnes Miller Parker. Octavo (6-1/2" x 9-1/2") bound in quarter green morocco leather and green boards; 452 pages. Designed by John Dreyfus and printed at the Spiral Press. With an introduction by John Bayley and wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 299.58
HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES
by DICKENS, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Charles Raymond. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10") bound in beige English buckram and boards covered in dark blue paper imported from Italy. Copy #887 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 15 wash drawings in color… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
THE TORRENTS OF SPRING
by TURGENEV, Ivan
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with the backstrip mildly sunned
- Published
- 1976
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 111.32
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Westport, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with the backstrip mildly sunned. Lajos Szalay. Octavo (6-3/8" x 9-5/8") bound with sides of marbled paper hand-made in France and a spine of green Buffalo calf leather stamped in gold. Translated by Constance Garnett. Introduction by Alec Waugh.Illustrated with 8 full-page color illustrations and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 111.32
BEL-AMI
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 77.09
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bernard LaMotte. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/4") bound in dark blue cloth stamped in gilt and white, 280 pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the press of A. Colish. Introduction by Alec Waugh. Illustrations are fine full-page reproductions of watercolors by Bernard LaMotte, perhaps… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 77.09
WASHINGTON SQUARE
by JAMES, Henry
- Condition
- Used - About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some wear to the label
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some wear to the label. Lawrence Beall Smith. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in imported black hand-boarded natural-grain morocco stamped in gold leaf with sides covered with striated smokey-beige satin; 242 pages. Copy #877 of 1500 copies illustrated with 10 full-page and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
TARTUFFE & THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN
by MOLIERE, J. B. P
- Condition
- Used - Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.58
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Serge Ivanoff. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in bright red fabric imprinted with an overall pattern of dark red roses; 216 pages. Translations by H. Baker and J. Miller with an introduction by Henri Peyre. With 27 illustrations by Serge Ivanoff hand-colored… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
THE ROSE & THE RING
by THACKERAY, William M
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine chemise and a Good, broken slipcase
- Published
- 1942
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 145.55
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine chemise and a Good, broken slipcase. Fritz Kredel. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in decorated buckram. With Thackeray's original illustrations enlarged and redrawn by Fritz Kredel, with the full-page plates colored by hand under Kredel's supervision by Charlize Brakeley. Copy #460 of 1500, issued unsigned.
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SGD 145.55
PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
by AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 111.32
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Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. John Farleigh. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 111.32
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
- Condition
- Used - Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 136.92
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Westerham, Kent: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Clarke Hutton. Tall octavo (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in luxurious half royal blue velvet and heavy gray buckram boards; 248 pages. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates and 23 part-page monochrome sketches printed in blue by Clarke Hutton. Copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 136.92
THE PATHFINDER
by COOPER, James Fenimore
- Condition
- Used - Fine in torn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in torn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Richard Powers. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in black buckram and forest-green boards. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by Richard Powers and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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SGD 102.69
