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GENESIS
by McCURDY, Michael
- Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [1967]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 2,567.25
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[Boston]: [Hillside Press], [1967]. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Chapters 2 & 3 of Genesis from the Old Testament. Folio (13- 1/8" x 16-1/8") bound in quarter blue patterned cloth and light blue-gray Fabriano paper boards (without label on front cover). Designed, illustrated with ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, and hand-printed on double-fold Japanese Masa paper by Michael McCurdy, his… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,567.25
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[THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD]
by (EICHENBERG, Fritz) [DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor]
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine case
- Published
- [1982]
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 3,423.00
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[New York]: [Limited Editions Club], [1982]. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine case. Fritz Eichenberg. Complete collection of 10 SIGNED wood engravings (7-3/4" x 11-3/4") by Fritz Eichenberg used to illustrate the Limited Editions Club edition of Dostoevsky's THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, here presented as loose engravings individually SIGNED and numbered 7 of only 25 sets produced. Laid… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,423.00
TEN WOOD ENGRAVINGS FOR THE OLD TESTAMENT
by EICHENBERG, Fritz
- Condition
- Used - One engraving, And in Her Mouth Was an Olive Leaf," with crease down left margin. About Fine in a Near Fine case
- Published
- [1954]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 5,990.25
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[New York]: [Spiral Press], [1954]. Hardcover. One engraving, And in Her Mouth Was an Olive Leaf," with crease down left margin. About Fine in a Near Fine case. Fritz Eichenberg. Portfolio of 10 SIGNED wood engravings (9-1/4" x 16") by Fritz Eichenberg contained in 3 paper folders, all housed in a stiff board folder with title and list… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5,990.25
POEM UPON THE LISBON DISASTER
by VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet De
- Condition
- Used - Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Light marking to cloth along spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Lynd Ward. Quarto in cloth-backed boards. Of 200 numbered copies of this special edition, this copy not numbered but marked "O.S.," out-of-series. Illustrated with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward. SIGNED by artist Lynd Ward, Anthony Hecht, the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 171.15
THE ADVENTURES OF SIMPLICISSIMUS: Portfolio of 36 SIGNED Prints
by EICHENBERG, Fritz
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine clamshell box
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 4,278.75
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Fritz Eichenberg. Copy #12 of only 20 portfolios (out of a total edition of 50) with 18 final proofs on Torinoko handmade paper and 18 first proofs on Mohawk Superfine paper, each SIGNED by the artist and numbered. Each print is loose in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,278.75
THE FIRST TEN: A PENMAEN BIBLIOGRAPHY
by PEICH, Michael (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- 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, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Michael McCurdy. Embossed blue cloth. Copy #21 of only 100 numbered copies of the deluxe edition (from a total edition of 600) SIGNED on the colophon page by Peich, Michael McCurdy, and four others associated with the press. Illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.43
AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS
by PEATTIE, Donald Culross
- Condition
- Used - Spine a little darkened. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 77.09
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Washington: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Spine a little darkened. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Asa Cheffetz. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A beautiful edition of this famous work with a new introduction… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 77.09
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
by MALORY, Sir Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Foxing to first and last few pages, heaviest to pastedowns and endpapers, then very light. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 513.45
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Foxing to first and last few pages, heaviest to pastedowns and endpapers, then very light. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 513.45
THREE PLAYS OF HENRIK IBSEN. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. THE WILD DUCK. HEDDA GABLER
by IBSEN, Henrik
- Condition
- Used - About Fine in the uncommon acetate dustwrapper and a Near Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 256.72
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Oslo: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. About Fine in the uncommon acetate dustwrapper and a Near Fine slipcase. Fredrik Matheson. Tall octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") bound in half polished tan sheepskin and boards with sheepskin corners. Translated by William Archer and others and revised by Archer; introduction by John Gassner. Copy #887 of 1500 with illustrations cut in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 256.72
THE ADVENTURES OF SIMPLICISSIMUS
by GRIMMELSHAUSEN, Johann von
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 214.01
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Folio (9-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in natural-color, blind-stamped coarse-weave linen imported from the Netherlands; 386 pages. Translated and introduced by John Spielman. Illustrated with 18 dramatic full-page wood-engravings and numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Fritz Eichenberg. Copy #1168 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 214.01
THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK
by SHAKESPEARE, William
- Condition
- Used - A beautiful book, often found quite worn because of the nature of the pigskin binding, this copy is in above average condition,
- Published
- [1933]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 1,026.90
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[High Wycombe]: [Limited Editions Club], [1933]. Hardcover. A beautiful book, often found quite worn because of the nature of the pigskin binding, this copy is in above average condition, with mild darkening and light wear to the spine ends and corners. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with the beginning of splits and an inch gouge along the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,026.90
THREE PLAYS OF HENRIK IBSEN. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. THE WILD DUCK. HEDDA GABLER
by IBSEN, Henrik
- Condition
- Used - Spine with some rubbing but quite supple. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase with splits at the top and bottom
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 128.43
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Oslo: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Spine with some rubbing but quite supple. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase with splits at the top and bottom. Fredrik Matheson. Tall octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") bound in half polished tan sheepskin and boards with sheepskin corners. Translated by William Archer and others and revised by Archer; introduction… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.43
AN ALMANAC FOR MODERNS
by PEATTIE, Donald Culross
- Condition
- Used - Adhesive remnant from a bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine darkened. Very Good in an intact, Very Good slipcase
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.58
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Washington: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Adhesive remnant from a bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine darkened. Very Good in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Asa Cheffetz. Large octavo (7-1/8" x 9-1/4") bound in full spring-green linen with a tree stamped in black at the center of the front cover and gilt decorations surrounding it, 340 pages. A… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
THE STORY OF REYNARD THE FOX
by GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 111.32
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in natural linen and decorated boards. Translated into English verse by Thomas James Arnold with an introduction by Edward Lazare. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 111.32
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
by MALORY, Sir Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Wear to the head of the spine of the second volume with slight loss of cloth. Still Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 684.60
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Wear to the head of the spine of the second volume with slight loss of cloth. Still Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 684.60
THE BIRDS AND BEASTS OF SHAKESPEARE
by (CHELONIIDAE PRESS) SHAKESPEARE, William (ROBINSON, Alan James)
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a clamshell box, a beautiful book
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 21,393.75
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(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1990. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a clamshell box, a beautiful book. Alan James Robinson. Folio (10-3/8" x 15-7/8"), the exact untrimmed size of the First Folio of 1623, bound by Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton in full gilt-lettered rust morocco, with marbled endsheets by Faith Harrison, in a custom cloth clamshell box with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 21,393.75
LE MORTE D'ARTHUR. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR & OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
by MALORY, Sir Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Tasteful bookplates on each front pastedown. Splits to slipcase but complete and attractive. About Fine in a Good or better slip
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 770.18
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplates on each front pastedown. Splits to slipcase but complete and attractive. About Fine in a Good or better slipcase. Robert Gibbings. Three tall quarto (7-3/4" x 12-3/4") volumes bound in half blue linen and armorial-decorated boards. Illustrated with handsome wood engravings by master engraver Robert Gibbings who also designed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 770.18
THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
by ASSISI, Saint Francis of
- Condition
- Used - Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown; slight sunning to spine. Slipcase with dampstaining to back edge. A Near Fine example
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 427.88
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown; slight sunning to spine. Slipcase with dampstaining to back edge. A Near Fine example of this beautifully printed book in a Very Good slipcase. Paoli Molnar. Quarto (8-1/8" x 11-5/8") bound in cloth specially woven in blue and tan by Fortuny of Venice. The first… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 427.88
THREE PLAYS OF HENRIK IBSEN. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. THE WILD DUCK. HEDDA GABLER
by IBSEN, Henrik
- Condition
- Used - Touch of rubbing to the spine tips. About Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1964
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Oslo: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Touch of rubbing to the spine tips. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fredrik Matheson. Tall octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") bound in half polished tan sheepskin and boards with sheepskin corners. Translated by William Archer and others and revised by Archer; introduction by John Gassner. Copy #333 of 1500 with illustrations cut… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 273.84
THE STORY OF REYNARD THE FOX
by GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von
- Condition
- Used - Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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SGD 85.58
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Fritz Eichenberg. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in natural linen and decorated boards. Translated into English verse by Thomas James Arnold with an introduction by Edward Lazare. Copy #1307 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg and SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.58
