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BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS Poems
by LAWRENCE, D. H. (HUGHES-STANTON, Blair)
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- Used - Contents fresh. Some spotting to covers with mild rubbing at extremities; some edge creasing to proofs (not affecting images) wi
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- Limited Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,995.12
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London: The Cresset Press Ltd., 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Contents fresh. Some spotting to covers with mild rubbing at extremities; some edge creasing to proofs (not affecting images) with a few hints of foxing. Near Fine. Blair Hughes-Stanton. Publisher's pigskin by Wood (8-1/2" x 13-1/2") gilt lettered on the spine, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 10 striking full-page… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,995.12
ONE - A - PENNY. One Hundred Poems
by PINCH, Esther
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1932)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 59.97
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(Madison, CT): (The Tyndall Press), (1932). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth-backed boards (4-3/4" x 6-1/4") printed on various color papers with the endpapers designed by the author. Copy #785 of 950 printed on a hand-press operated by the author's nephew.
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SGD 59.97
GEORGIUS AGRICOLA DE RE METALLICA TRANSLATED FROM THE FIRST LATIN EDITION OF 1556...
by HOOVER, Herbert Clark and HOOVER, Lou Henry
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- Used - Largely unopened, usual offsetting to endpapers with postage stamp of Hoover on front pastedown; minor soiling to vellum. About
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1912
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,278.75
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London: Published for the Translators by The Mining Magazine, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Largely unopened, usual offsetting to endpapers with postage stamp of Hoover on front pastedown; minor soiling to vellum. About Fine. Original full vellum (9-1/4" x 13-1/4") with four raised spine bands, the spine lettered and decorated in black. Printed by Albert Frost & Sons, Rugby,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,278.75
A LOST LADY
by CATHER, Willa
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- Used - Paper split to rear hinge, slightly to front, covers tight and firm; rubbing to boards with faint stain to spine. About Very Goo
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- 1923
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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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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Hardcover. Paper split to rear hinge, slightly to front, covers tight and firm; rubbing to boards with faint stain to spine. About Very Good in a Fair slipcase with the bottom edge missing and the top edge mostly detached. Cloth-backed boards with printed spine label and an extra label tipped to rear… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 855.75
SUN
by LAWRENCE, D. H
- Condition
- Used - Some scattered foxing. About Fine in glassine and a Near Fine case covered in gold paper with silk ties
- Edition
- First Unexpurgated Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,711.50
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Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1928. First Unexpurgated Edition. Softcover. Some scattered foxing. About Fine in glassine and a Near Fine case covered in gold paper with silk ties. White printed wrappers (6-1/4" x 9-1/4") printed in red and black in glassine dustwrapper and original gold foil case. Frontispiece after a color drawing by the author. One of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,711.50
MAX WEBER
by [WEBER, MAX] CAHILL, Holger
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- Used - Contents clean, many tissue guards present. Minor wear to spine tips. Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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New York: Downtown Gallery, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean, many tissue guards present. Minor wear to spine tips. Very Good. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in brown cloth with silver lettering. Illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies with an ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH by Weber, this is copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,283.62
PICTURE BOOK
by CHARLOT, Jean
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- Used - About Fine in a Good example of the uncommon dustwrapper with wear along the spine and edgewear
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,278.75
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New York: John Becker, 1933. First Edition. wraps. About Fine in a Good example of the uncommon dustwrapper with wear along the spine and edgewear. Jean Charlot. Quarto (8-3/4" x 11") in printed wrappers with dustwrapper. Inscriptions by Paul Claudel translated onto English by Elise Cavanna. Illustrated with 32 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS drawn directly onto the plates by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,278.75
PICTURE BOOK II. Original Lithographs and Captions
by CHARLOT, Jean
- Condition
- Used - Mostly unopened; minor wear to spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,711.50
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Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1973. First Edition. wraps. Mostly unopened; minor wear to spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Jean Charlot. Quarto (8-3/4" x 11") in illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with 32 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Copy #240 of 1000 copies SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist and the printer, Lynton R. Kistler.
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SGD 1,711.50
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA'S NIGHTMARE
by RUSSELL, Bertrand and ERNI, Hans
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- Used - Fine in a Very Good clamshell box with staining on the front cover
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1970)
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 7,701.75
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(Zurich): (Ernst Scheidegger), (1970). First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Very Good clamshell box with staining on the front cover. Hans Erni. Folio (11-1/4" x 17") consisting of loose sheets in original white parchment wrappers, the upper wrapper embossed with a design from an original bronze by the artist, housed in a parchment-backed woodgrain clamshell box. A fable… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 7,701.75
PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES (Number 21 of the YES! CAPRA CHAPBOOK SERIES)
by CARVER, Raymond
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1974
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,711.50
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Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Pictorial boards. Illustrated with block prints by Marcia/Maris. A short story, Carver's third book, preceded by two collections of poems; hence, his first book of fiction. Of only 75 numbered and hardbound copies SIGNED by the author on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered but designated as… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,711.50
THE LAY SCRIPTURE. Or, A Draft for a Preface to a Textbook of Physics
by THEMERSON, Stefan
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- Used - Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 513.45
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London: Anthony Froshaug, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Franciszka Themerson. Slim, stiff wraps with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper cover and frontispiece by Franciszka Themerson. A long poem on physics and metaphysics. Copy #57 of 120 printed. With ink note on limitation/copyright page, likely by Stefan Themerson: "Copy of 1 part ex [?] for 2/a to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 513.45
THE GOLDEN HOUSE
by RYKWERT, Joseph
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- Used - Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1951
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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[London]: Anthony Froshaug, 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper. Edward Wright. Slim, stiff wraps with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper cover and frontispiece by Edward Wright. Poems. Copy #23 of 258 printed. With ink note on limitation/copyright page, likely by the publisher: "This typographical specimen, in/exchange [?]."
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SGD 427.88
THE ORDEAL OF WOODROW WILSON
by HOOVER, Herbert
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- Used - Fine in a close to Fine pictorial slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1958)
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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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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine pictorial slipcase. Copy #264 of 500 of the special presentation edition SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. The only instance of a former U. S. President writing a book about another former President.
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SGD 2,567.25
THREE ACES. Jim Todd's Episode in Social Euchre. A Poem and A Denial
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - The front and rear leaves detached and loose; the fragile paper chipped at the bottom edge with the detached pieces present and
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- First Edition
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- (1929)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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(Westport, CT): (Robin and Marian MacVicars), (1929). First Edition. Wraps. The front and rear leaves detached and loose; the fragile paper chipped at the bottom edge with the detached pieces present and not affecting any text. Good only but quite uncommon. Stiff rust-colored stapled wraps printed in black; [8] pages including covers, the rear cover blank. Stated limitation… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
A SHROPSHIRE LAD and LAST POEMS
by HOUSMAN, A. E
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- Used - Contents bright and fresh. Dark stain to the spine extending a bit to the front cover; about a 1/4" chip to the head of the spin
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- First Edition
- Published
- (1929)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,836.25
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(Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire/London): (The Alcuin Press, published by The Richards Press Limited), (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. Contents bright and fresh. Dark stain to the spine extending a bit to the front cover; about a 1/4" chip to the head of the spine just slightly affecting the lettering. Very Good and possibly unique. Publisher's pigskin leather (6-1/4" x 9-3/4")… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,836.25
NUDE WITH FLOWERED HAT
by CASTELLON, Hilda
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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First Edition. Print. Fine. Original lithograph (13" x 20", image size 10-1/8" x 16") printed on B F K Rives paper. Copy #32 of only 35 SIGNED, titled, and numbered in pencil below the image by the artist. Hilda Castellon, wife of the famous Spanish American printmaker, Federico Castellon, was a talented artist whose work, based on personal… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 427.88
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
by DARROW, Clarence
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- Used - Bookplate on front pastedown; scattered marginal pencil marks in margins. Small tear at top front corner of the spine, minor chi
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1932
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 3,080.70
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New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown; scattered marginal pencil marks in margins. Small tear at top front corner of the spine, minor chipping to spine label with some light soiling to the spine. Very Good. Large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-5/8") bound in publisher's cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with a color… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,080.70
HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME
by MARTIN, Fletcher
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- Used - Old tape along the outer edges on the verso. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.02
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[Associated American Artists]. First Edition. Print. Old tape along the outer edges on the verso. Near Fine. Original lithograph (12" x 15", image size 10" x 13-1/2") SIGNED by the artist in pencil at the lower right. Published by the Associated American Artists. Fletcher Martin (1904-1979) gained a reputation for his paintings of the San Francisco waterfront, rodeos,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 599.02
AFTER SUCH PLEASURES
by PARKER, Dorothy
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- Used - Internally clean and bright; spine is heavily darkened, the lettering barely readable, with the foxing spreading a bit to the fr
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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New York: Viking, 1933. First Edition. hardcover. Internally clean and bright; spine is heavily darkened, the lettering barely readable, with the foxing spreading a bit to the front cover. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. A collection of short stories. Copy #25 of only 250 SIGNED by the author.
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SGD 1,283.62
FILM NOIR
by GIOIA, Dana
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2014
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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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(West Chester): Aralia Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Black morocco-backed gray boards with a printed paper label on the front cover. Of a total of 156 copies printed, this is copy "O" of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by the author.
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SGD 214.01
