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TRAVELS THROUGH CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1806, 1807, & 1808. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND ANECDOTES OF SOME OF THE LEADING CHARACTERS IN THE UNITED STATES
by LAMBERT, John
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- Used - Later bookplates to pastedowns; some offsetting to maps and plates, scattered few stains, folding map with a patch on verso caus
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- Second Edition
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- 1813
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1813. Second Edition. Hardcover. Later bookplates to pastedowns; some offsetting to maps and plates, scattered few stains, folding map with a patch on verso causing an area of browning near stub. Overall Very Good. First Issue (with title page dated 1813) of this Corrected and Improved Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2")… Read more about this item Item Price
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENERY OF SOUTH AFRICA
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- Used - Images generally clean with some foxing to margins and to tissue guards; hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding rubbed and w
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- Second Edition
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- 1880
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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n.p.: Sam Alexander, 1880. Second Edition. Hardcover. Images generally clean with some foxing to margins and to tissue guards; hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Binding rubbed and worn but still quite presentable. Very Good. Quarto (9" x 11-1/2") in publisher's gilt-decorated morocco leather, with modern rebacking retaining most of the original spine and tinted lithographic title page with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,283.62
NEILONDE. AN EGYPTIAN SCRAP BOOK
by [BURGESS, George Henry]
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- Used - Bright, close to Fine example of a scarce travel book
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- First Edition
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- [1860]
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,283.62
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Dublin & London: William Robertson/Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1860]. First Edition. Hardcover. Bright, close to Fine example of a scarce travel book. Oblong folio (14-3/4" x 10") bound in publisher's gilt-lettered and blindstamped flexible bright blue cloth. With illustrated title page and 19 pages, each with multiple illustrations with captions and tissue guards.
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SGD 1,283.62
AN ACCOUNT OF THE EMPIRE OF MAROCCO, AND THE DISTRICT OF SUSE. Compiled from Miscellaneous Observations Made During a Long Residence in, and Various Journeys Through, these Countries, to Which is Added an Account of Timbuctoo, the Great Emporium of Central Africa
by JACKSON, James Grey
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- Used - Slight offsetting from plates to text, otherwise quite clean and fresh; minor rubbing to joints. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1809
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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London: Printed for the author by W. Bulmer & Co., 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight offsetting from plates to text, otherwise quite clean and fresh; minor rubbing to joints. Near Fine. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in full early calf leather with blind-stamped borders to covers, gilt-lettered and blind-stamped spine with five raised bands, all edges decorated; xvi,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN NORTHERN AFRICA, IN THE YEARS 1818, 19, AND 20; ACCOMPANIED BY GEOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF SOUDAN, AND OF THE COURSE OF THE NIGER. With a chart of the routes, and a variety of coloured plates, illustrative of the costumes of the several natives of Northern Africa
by LYON, Captain G(eorge) F(rancis)
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- Used - Title page and dedication page with dampstaining and restoration; plates with fine contemporary coloring, one with a closed tear
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- First Edition
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- 1821
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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London: John Murray, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. Title page and dedication page with dampstaining and restoration; plates with fine contemporary coloring, one with a closed tear to margin not affecting the image. Hinges starting, covers still firm; rubbing and fading to spine. Very Good. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2") bound in full polished calf leather by Casa Calero Madrid… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
AN HISTORICAL, TOPOGRAPHICAL, AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA. With An Appendix, Containing a brief and comprehensive Sketch of The Present State of Mexico and South America, and also of the Native Tribes of the New World
by MACKENZIE, Eneas
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- Used - Long tear to map with no loss; text and plates generally clean. Backstrip slightly lifted with minor split to front hinge and co
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- First Edition
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- [1819]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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Newcastle upon Tyne: MacKenzie and Dent, [1819]. First Edition. Hardcover. Long tear to map with no loss; text and plates generally clean. Backstrip slightly lifted with minor split to front hinge and cover just a tad loose; small gouge to leather on spine. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") in 19th-century black calf-backed marbled boards; xv, (1), (9)-712… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN THE EMPIRE OF MOROCCO, UPON THE DEATH OF THE LATE EMPEROR MULEY ISHMAEL; Being a most exact Journal of what happen'd in those Parts in the last and part of the present Year. With Observations Natural, Moral and Political, Relating to that Country and People
by BRAITHWAITE, Captain [John]
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing; Leaf L2 (pages 147-148) lacking and supplied in a neat manuscript hand, the same hand that supplied the
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- First Edition
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- 1729
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 5,990.25
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London: J. Darby and T. Browne, 1729. First Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing; Leaf L2 (pages 147-148) lacking and supplied in a neat manuscript hand, the same hand that supplied the additional material at the end. Wear to joints, especially the front which is just showing signs of splitting but covers still firm. Very Good. Large octavo (5-3/4"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5,990.25
A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD: But Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, From the Year 1772, to 1776
by SPARRMAN, Andrew
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- Used - Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some
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- Second Edition
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- 1786
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some staining and several tears with no loss. Bindings firm but leather rubbed. Very Good. Two quarto (8" x 10") volumes bound in later half… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL ... OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT...
by TAYLOR, Bayard (editor)
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- Used - Minor foxing to a few plates; frontispiece lacking in the second volume, present but detached in the third volume. Covers rubbed
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- First Edition
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- [1875]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.72
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New York: Appleton & Company, [1875]. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing to a few plates; frontispiece lacking in the second volume, present but detached in the third volume. Covers rubbed with wear to corners and spine ends with text block detached from covers in the third volume. Good, incomplete set with handsome plates. Two (of 3) folio (9-3/4"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 256.72
MEINE REISE IM DEUTSCHEN VATERLANDE, aus Thüringen ins Riesengebürge zu den Elbquellen und durch Böhmen ins Erzgebürge; über Erfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Bautzen, Görlitz, Bunzlau, Warmbrunn, Hirschberg, Arnau, Turnau, Prag und Töplitz bis Freyberg
by GUTS MUTHS, Johann Christoph Friedrich
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- Used - Clean and complete with all endpapers and blanks. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1799
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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Breslau, Hirschberg und Lissa in Südpreußen: Johann Friedrich Korn, 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean and complete with all endpapers and blanks. Near Fine. Contemporary marbled boards with later cloth tape over the spine; [vi], 260 pages. Scarce account of travels in 18th century Germany.
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SGD 427.88
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 34.23
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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 34.23
A TOUR PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1795-6, THROUGH THE TAURIDA, OR CRIMEA, THE ANTIENT KINGDOM OF BOSPHORUS, THE ONCE-POWERFUL REPUBLIC OF TAURIC CHERSON and all the other countries of the North Shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the Peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ... Described in a Series of Letters to her Husband, the Editor, Matthew Guthrie...
by GUTHRIE, (Mrs. Maria)
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- Used - Moderate foxing; library bookplate and small stamp on the front pastedown with red ink stamps on the dedication page. No other l
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- First Edition
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- 1802
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 855.75
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London: T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate foxing; library bookplate and small stamp on the front pastedown with red ink stamps on the dedication page. No other library markings but for white numbers on the spine. Large folding map with several splits and a small piece detached but present. Binding firm. Good. Quarto… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 855.75
THE BERMUDA ISLANDS. An account of their Scenery, Climate, Productions, Physiography, Natural History and Geology, with Sketches of their Discovery and Early History, and the changes in their Flora and Fauna due to Man
by [BERMUDA] VERRILL, Addison
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- Used - Front wrap and endpaper detached
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- First Edition
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- 1902 [1903]
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 770.18
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New Haven, CT: Published by the author., 1902 [1903]. First Edition. Softcover. Front wrap and endpaper detached. Octavo (6-1/8" x 9-1/2") in original printed green wraps; x, 548 pages. Illustrated with 40 plates and over 250 cuts in the text. A detailed history of the island including detailed accounts of flora, fauna, and climate.
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SGD 770.18
A PICTURESQUE TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND, BRABANT, AND PART OF FRANCE; Made in the Autumn of 1789. Volume I only of II
by IRELAND, Samuel
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- Used - Slight foxing to some plates with offsetting to facing text pages. Joints split but covers secure holding by cords; small piece
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- First Octavo Edition
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- [1790]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.72
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[London]: [T & I Egerton], [1790]. First Octavo Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to some plates with offsetting to facing text pages. Joints split but covers secure holding by cords; small piece of leather lacking from spine. Good. Octavo (6" x 9") in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with a heavily gilt-decorated spine; xvi, 213, [1] pages. The complete first… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 256.72
JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE, AND SOME OF THE GREEK ISLANDS, IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1833
by (CRUIKSHANK, George) AULDJO, John
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- Used - Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near F
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- First Edition
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- 1835
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 855.75
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near Fine. George Cruikshank. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with modern calf rebacking; xii, 259, [1] pages. Illustrated with 2 text engravings after William Gell… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 855.75
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VOYAGES FROM MONTREAL ON THE RIVER ST. LAURENCE, THROUGH THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, TO THE FROZEN AND PACIFIC OCEANS; IN THE YEARS 1789 AND 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country
by MACKENZIE, Alexander
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- Used - Lacking the half title, as usual. Minor occasional foxing; some offsetting from portrait to title page and on maps which, except
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1801
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 12,836.25
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London: Cadell & Davies, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Lacking the half title, as usual. Minor occasional foxing; some offsetting from portrait to title page and on maps which, except for one neat repair and two minor marginal closed tears are fine; slight bowing of boards. A very attractive, Near Fine example of this important text. Large quarto (8-1/4"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,836.25
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THE RHINE, ITALY, AND GREECE. In a series of drawings from nature by Colonel Cockburn, Major Irton; Messrs. Bartlett, Leitch, and Wolfensberger
by WRIGHT, G. N
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- Used - Plates very clean with tissue guards present. Binding tight with possible repair; hinges rubbed. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- [1840]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 855.75
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London & Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co, [1840]. First Edition. Hardcover. Plates very clean with tissue guards present. Binding tight with possible repair; hinges rubbed. Very Good. An early issue with just Fisher listed as publisher. Two quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") volumes bound together in contemporary half green morocco leather and cloth with morocco corners, all edges… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 855.75
ART, LIFE, AND NATURE IN JAPAN
by ANESAKI, Masaharu
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- Used - Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 34.23
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Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Illustrated with photographs.
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SGD 34.23
ON A MEXICAN MUSTANG, THROUGH TEXAS, FROM THE GULF TO THE RIO GRANDE
by SWEET, Alex E. & KNOX, J.Armoy
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- Used - Hinges neatly reinforced; early owner ink stamp on front blank. Light soiling to covers. Very Good and increasingly uncommon in
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1883
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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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Hartford: S. S. Scranton & Company, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges neatly reinforced; early owner ink stamp on front blank. Light soiling to covers. Very Good and increasingly uncommon in this condition. Decorated mustard cloth with fancy gilt designs on the front cover and spine; 672 pages. Illustrated with many plates and facsimiles. Sixguns 2174; Adams HERD 2217:… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 214.01
LA TOURAINE
by HALLAYS, Andre
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- Used - Minor soiling to some page edges. Near Fine in a slightly worn cloth folder. Obviously scarce
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 599.02
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Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1930. First Edition. wraps. Minor soiling to some page edges. Near Fine in a slightly worn cloth folder. Obviously scarce. Folio (mostly 9-3/4" x 13-1/4' with some leaves smaller) consisting of loose signatures within printed wraps and in a decorated cloth folder; (viii), 244, (4) pages. Copy #4 of only 5 copies… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 599.02
