French Literature from Charles Agvent
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LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET ISEUT
by BEDIER, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine but for the front cover which is neatly detached
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- (1928)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.58
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Paris: L'Édition D'Art, (1928). Hardcover. Near Fine but for the front cover which is neatly detached. Robert Engels. Bound in light brown boards with black stamping with the original wraps bound in (7" x 9-3/4") by Mercier, the front board neatly detached. Illustrated from watercolors by Robert Engels.
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SGD 85.58
DROLL STORIES
by BALZAC, Honore de
- Condition
- Used - Light wear to the spine tips with some fraying to the rear spine edge of the first volume. About Very Good, lacking the slipcase
- Published
- 1932
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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, 1932. Hardcover. Light wear to the spine tips with some fraying to the rear spine edge of the first volume. About Very Good, lacking the slipcase. W. A. Dwiggins. Three volumes bound in cloth-backed boards decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who also designed and decorated the book. Copy #1246 of 1500 SIGNED by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
THE LYRICS OF FRANCOIS VILLON
by VILLON, Francois
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- Used - Small remnant of bookplate on front endpaper, otherwise Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
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- 1933
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.01
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Croton Falls, NY: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Small remnant of bookplate on front endpaper, otherwise Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Howard Simon. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in brown buckram, 136 pages. Done into English verse by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Ernest Henley, John Payne and Leonie Adams. With an Introduction by Leonie… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 214.01
THE MEMOIRS OF LOUIS DE ROUVROY DUC DE SAINT-SIMON COVERING THE YEARS 1691 - 1723
by SAINT-SIMON
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- Used - Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; slight browning to endpaper gutters. Near Fine in torn glassines and a Near Fine sli
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- 1959
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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, 1959. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on each front pastedown; slight browning to endpaper gutters. Near Fine in torn glassines and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Pierre Brissaud. Two large octavo (6-1/2" x 10") volumes bound in gilt-decorated red cloth. Selected, translated, and edited by Desmond Flower. Illustrated with drawings by Pierre… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
OEUVRES DE A. DE LAMARTINE. POESIES. Premieres meditations Poetiques La Mort de Socrate
by LAMARTINE, A. de
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- Used - Remains of bookplate removal on front endpaper. About Fine
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1926
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1926. Reprint. Hardcover. Remains of bookplate removal on front endpaper. About Fine. Small (3-1/2" x 6") volume bound in full dark blue morocco leather with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
THE HISTORY OF ZADIG, OR DESTINY
by VOLTAIRE
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- Used - Some rubbing to the leather spine label. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Charming book
- Published
- 1952
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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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Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the leather spine label. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Charming book. Sylvain Sauvage. Octavo (6-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound in brown linen on which a psuedo-oriental design is deposited in gold through silk screens, the title stamped in gold on a blue leather spine label; the slipcase covered… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
EXERCISES IN STYLE
by QUENEAU, Raymond
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- Used - Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition in English
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- (1958)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.72
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(London): Gaberbocchus, (1958). First Edition in English. Hardcover. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper. Translated from the French and with a preface by Barbara Wright. Illustrated with drawings. The story of a minor brawl in a Paris bus told in 99 different ways.
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SGD 256.72
THE SONG OF BRIGHT MISERY. LA POEME DE LA MISERE CLAIRE
by POL-DIVES
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1955)
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.58
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(London): Gaberbocchus, (1955). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Gaberbocchus Black Series No. 5-6. Publisher's black wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed white tape spine and a window opening on the front cover. First edition of both the French original and the English translation by Barbara Wright. Preface by Stefan Themerson. Illustrated throughout.
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SGD 85.58
AT THE SIGN OF THE QUEEN PÉDAUQUE
by FRANCE, Anatole
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- Used - Spine sunned, as nearly always the case with this title. Would be Near Fine but for the one repaired page in an intact, Very Goo
- Published
- 1933
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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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Chicago: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Hardcover. Spine sunned, as nearly always the case with this title. Would be Near Fine but for the one repaired page in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Sylvain Sauvage. Large quarto (9-1/4" x 11-1/2") in full decorated blue linen. Printed by the Lakeside Press. Translated by Wilfrid Jackson with an introduction by Ernest… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 42.86
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by LEROUX, Gaston
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- Used - Fine in an attractive binding
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- First British Edition
- Published
- (1911)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 8,557.50
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London: Mills & Boon, Limited, (1911). First British Edition. Hardcover. Fine in an attractive binding. Recent full black morocco leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with onlay of mask to front cover, silver lettering to spine and front cover after the original, Japanese endpapers, and all edges silvered; housed in a felt-lined black cloth slipcase; vi, 392, 31, (1)… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 8,557.50
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
by ROSTAND, Edmond
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- Used - Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with splitting to bottom edge
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Windham: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Slight sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase with splitting to bottom edge. Sylvain Sauvage. Small folio (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in decorated linen with gilt lettering. The English translation by Brian Hooker with a new introduction by the translator. Illustrated with watercolors by Sylvain Sauvage. Copy #473… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
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
- Published
- 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
THE MEMOIRS OF LOUIS DE ROUVROY DUC DE SAINT-SIMON COVERING THE YEARS 1691 - 1723
by SAINT-SIMON
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- Used - Bookplate on each front pastedown. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some fading of the backstrip
- Published
- 1959
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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, 1959. Hardcover. Bookplate on each front pastedown. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some fading of the backstrip. Pierre Brissaud. Two large octavo (6-1/2" x 10") volumes bound in gilt-decorated red cloth. Selected, translated, and edited by Desmond Flower. Illustrated with drawings by Pierre Brissaud reproduced as gravures and hand-colored in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 77.09
LES EPOUX MALHEUREUX OU HISTOIRE DE MONSIEUR ET MADAME DE ***
by [BACULARD] D'ARNAUD [(Francois)]
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- Used - Occasional toning to the text. Very Good
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- New Revised Edition
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- 1783
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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Paris: Laporte, 1783. New Revised Edition. Hardcover. Occasional toning to the text. Very Good. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes in contemporary marbled boards; [ii], xii, 288; [iv], 256 [last page numbered 238]. Augmented with two new parts, which are the conclusion of the History. Illustrated with 10 fine engravings after Eisen by Guttenberg and Macret. An English… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 427.88
POÉSIE ET VÉRITÉ 1942. POETRY AND TRUTH 1942
by ELUARD, Paul
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- Used - Light wear to spine tips, some darkening to covers. Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1944
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.72
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[London]: London Gallery Editions, 1944. First Edition. Softcover. Light wear to spine tips, some darkening to covers. Near Fine. Man Ray. Original wraps with a printed blue dustwrapper. Frontispiece portrait of Eluard by Man Ray. Copy #62 of 500 printed on fine paper made by Arnold & Foster, Ltd. and SIGNED by the translators, Roland Penrose and E.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 256.72
L'ABBÉ CONSTANTIN
by HALÉVY, Ludovic
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- Used - Armorial bookplate on a front blank. Recently and neatly rebacked retaining the original spine. Minor wear. Near Fine in a lovel
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1887
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate on a front blank. Recently and neatly rebacked retaining the original spine. Minor wear. Near Fine in a lovely binding. Madeleine Lemaire. Quarto (10" x 12-3/4") beautifully bound in full dark green morocco leather with many variously colored morocco onlays and gilt decorations on both covers and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
NOUVELLE CHASSE AUX PAPILLONS
by CASTILLON, [A.]
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- Used - Text with foxing; darkening to some plates. Binding just lightly worn. Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- [1858]
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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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Paris: A.Courcier, [1858]. First Edition. Hardcover. Text with foxing; darkening to some plates. Binding just lightly worn. Very Good. Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in publisher's pebbled red cloth with a gilt-lettered red morocco spine, all edges gilt; [iv], 396 pages. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece and 11 chromolithograph plates of butterflies.
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SGD 599.02
THREE TALES: A SIMPLE HEART, THE LEGEND OF SAINT JULIAN, HERODIAS
by FLAUBERT, Gustave
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- Used - Fine in torn glassine with foxing to the slipcase in the original shipping box
- Published
- 1978
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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, 1978. Hardcover. Fine in torn glassine with foxing to the slipcase in the original shipping box. May Neama. Quarto (8" x 11-5/8") bound in buckram-backed paper boards decorated with ornaments originally designed in Paris by Fournier Le Jeune. Introduction by Guy de Maupassant. Illustrated with color plates by May Neama. Copy #956 of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
THE LYRICAL POEMS OF FRANCOIS VILLON
by VILLON, Francois
- Condition
- Slight foxing to bulked edges of text, internally Fine. Overall close to New in glassine and Fine slipcase, still in the origina
- Published
- 1979
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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, 1979. Hardcover. Slight foxing to bulked edges of text, internally Fine. Overall close to New in glassine and Fine slipcase, still in the original shipping box. Stephen Harvard . Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") bound in forest-green linen imported from the Netherlands stamped on the front cover and spine in pure gold, 152 pages.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
DR. OX'S EXPERIMENT, AND OTHER STORIES
by VERNE, Jules
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- Used - Illustration at page 64 lacking and apparently never bound in; pencil ownership name on front endpaper dated 1876. Splitting to
- Edition
- First Illustrated American Edition
- Published
- 1875
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Illustrated American Edition. Hardcover. Illustration at page 64 lacking and apparently never bound in; pencil ownership name on front endpaper dated 1876. Splitting to front hinge but covers still firm. Fraying to spine tips. Very Good. Original brick cloth stamped in black and gilt. Second American Edition but the first… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 427.88
