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Album da cidade do Rio de Janeiro: Homenagem à visita de S. M. o Rei Alberto I ao Brazil 1920
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 657.84
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Rio de Janeiro: Pimenta de Mello & C., 1920. First Edition. Very good. An attractive promotional book illustrated with more than fifty views of Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding countryside printed in duotone; each image is faced with a decorative ad page for a Rio-based business. The album presents a very interesting snapshot of the commercial culture… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 657.84
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[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai
by Kawamura, Tetsutaro
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 1,562.37
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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Good. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country.
"Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus unskilled, urban… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,562.37
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Father, Dear Father [Signed, Numbered, with a Drawing]
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
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- Used - Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 2,466.90
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New York: Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Copy 1 of 151 signed copies illustrated with an original drawing, in this case a portrait of Bemelmans' poodle Little Bit, who accompanied the author-artist and his teenage daughter on the tour of Europe recounted in this comic memoir.
247 pages; illustrated from Bemelmans' line drawings. Bemelmans… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,466.90
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The Donkey Inside [Signed, Publisher's Copy]
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
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- Used - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 2,878.05
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New York: Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The limited edition, featuring an original watercolor, of this travelog of a trip to Ecuador made on commission from magazines. Illustrated with four double-page color plates by the author (who is probably best known for his Madeline series of picture books).
There were 175 signed copies… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,878.05
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S.O.S no Amerika
by Kimura, Ki (Takeshi)
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 1,233.45
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Tokyo: Chikura Shobo, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A Japanese literary critic and novelist comments on American life based on a year-long tour of the country, visiting Japanese American communities during the Great Depression.
Kimura and two friends pooled their money and bought a Ford, ultimately putting 15,000 miles on the odometer before selling it… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,233.45
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[The Secret of Going to America] Tobei no hiketsu
by Katayama, Sen
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- Used - Very good
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- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 2,055.75
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Tokyo: Tobei Kyokai, 1906. Trade paperback. Very good. Third edition. "An updated and expanded guide to America which has information on employment, the Texas Japanese rice colony, and a special section on women. The 54-page appendix consists of basic English."-A Buried Past, 118.
This is one of many guides to studying and immigrating to the United… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,055.75
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[Diary of a Tour of the United States and Europe] Obei man'yu nisshi
by Otani, Kahyoe (also Romanized Kahei)
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 1,233.45
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Yokohama: (the author / Tokyo Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha Yokohama Bunsha), 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A privately printed version of the diary kept by Otani Kahyoe, the president of the Japan Central Tea Traders' Association. "Mr. Otani visited America and Europe in 1899-1900, when he represented both the Tokyo and Yokohama Chambers of Commerce at the Philadelphia… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,233.45
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[Guide to Current Jobs in North America] Saikin katsudo hokubei jigyo annai
by Kawamura, Tetsutaro
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- Used - Very good
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1906
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 4,933.80
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Tokyo: Hakubunkan, 1906. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good/Very good. A scarce and interesting look at a Japanese laborer's view of the possibilities of working in America at the height of Japanese immigration to this country.
"Based on the author's 4-year personal experience in America, this book presents facts on labor conditions and wages by skilled versus… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,933.80
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[Illustrated Journey Around the World] Eiri sekai shuyu-ki
by Gulick, O. H. [Orramel Hinckley]
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- First Edition
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- 1883
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 657.84
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Kobe, Japan: Beikoku Haken Denkyoshi Jimukyoku [American Board of Missionaries], 1883. First Edition. Good. A Christian missionary provides an illustrated travelog of the Holy Land, Europe, and the United States for Japanese audiences.
Gulick, born in Hawaii (1830-1923), was stationed in Japan from 1870 to 1892. In the early 1880s, he made an extended tour of… Read more about this item Item Price
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[English as She Is Spoke] The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English in Two Parts
by Twain, Mark (introduction); Carolino, Pedro
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- Used - Very good
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- First US edition
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- 1883
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 822.30
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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. Fonseca and Carolino's inadvertent masterpiece has been called many things... "Perhaps the worst foreign phrasebook ever written" ... A book of "miraculous stupidities." "The most ludicrous foreign attempt ever made to teach our language." Most often under the title English as She Is Spoke...the mid-nineteenth-century… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 822.30
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[News from America] Tobei tsushin
by Miura, Tetsuzo
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- Used - Good
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- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 411.15
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Sakata, Japan: Sakata Nihon Kirisuto Kyokai [Sakata Japanese Christian Church], 1928. Hardcover. Good. A short travelog of a Japanese Christian minister's visit to the United States to attend the World Sunday School Convention, in July 1928. Miura gives a brief report on the convention and then details his travels, visiting cities and natural landmarks, as well as Japanese… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 411.15
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For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut
by Carpenter, Scott and Kris Stoever
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- Used - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 156.24
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Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A memoir of one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, co-written with his daughter. First edition (first printing, with a line of letters ending in A). With light shelf wear, thus a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed, "For Ashton, Eric, and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 156.24
![[Chasing the Aurora Borealis] Kyokko o tadzu nete](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/504/764/1555764504.0.m.jpg)
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[Chasing the Aurora Borealis] Kyokko o tadzu nete
by Tsukamoto, Keijuro
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1921
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 411.15
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Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A young Japanese adventurer's account of a six-month trip from Seattle, to northern Canada, through Alaska, and back, chasing the aurora borealis in 1919. At the beginning, he claims scientific credentials, only a spirit of adventure and a desire to wander. He wrote the book during the trip and the introduction… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 411.15
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Paradise [Proof]
by McMurtry, Larry
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- Used - Fine
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- 2001
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- Trade paperback
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 82.23
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Fine. This is a proof copy, issued in printed yellow wrappers prior to the first edition.
Paradise is one of McMurtry's late, enigmatic non-fiction books, here described on the dust jacket as "an inviting travel book [about a voyage to Tahiti] and an insightful reflection on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 82.23
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Paradise [Signed, Numbered]
by McMurtry, Larry
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 328.92
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New York and Archer City, TX: Simon and Schuster and Three Dog Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is one of 50 numbered copies, signed by McMurtry, and issued by his local bookstore. For a number of years, Three Dog Books put out these limited editions using the trade edition of the book to which they added… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 328.92
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On Board Noah's Ark
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
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- Used - Very good
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- Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 411.15
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New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Travelog of the author's cruise through Monte Carlo, Portofino, Leghorn, the Bay of Naples, Capri, and Corsica. Illustrated throughout the text and with four full-color plates.
Bemelmans, best known for his Madeline series of picture books, also wrote novels and nonfiction books. First edition (first printing).… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 411.15
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The Donkey Inside
by Bemelmans, Ludwig
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- Used - Near fine
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- Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 822.30
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New York: Viking Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A travelog of a trip to Ecuador made on commission from magazines. Illustrated with four double-page color plates by the author (who is probably best known for his Madeline series of picture books). First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 822.30
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The Cruise of the Snark
by London, Jack
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- Used - Very good
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- Good
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- First Edition
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- 1911
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 4,933.80
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. London's popular account of an ill-fated two-year voyage to the South Pacific in a poorly-built 43-foot sailboat.
BAL 11929. 340 pages, plus a color frontispiece. Illustrated with more than 100 half-tone photographs. First edition (first printing, with no later printings indicated). A very good copy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 4,933.80
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Burma and the Burmans; or, "The Best Unopened Market in the World
by Colquhoun, Archibald Ross
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- 1885
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 822.30
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London: Field and Tuer and Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1885. First Edition. Very good. Scottish-South African explorer Archibald Colquhoun "traversed through the unknown lands of western China and scampered along the jungle-covered middle stretches of the Mekong River. When he returned to London he lectured widely and wrote... Burma and the Burmans... He had one message: All that… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 822.30
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[Traveler's Guide Book to Europe and America] Obei shisatsu annai
by Hayashi, Tomihei
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1920
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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SGD 2,055.75
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Tokyo: Beikoku Jitsugyo Shisatsudan, 1920. First Edition. A business-oriented travel guide to the United States with additional sections devoted to Europe, South America, and Cuba. The book offers advice on obtaining permission to travel (a somewhat difficult endeavor given anti-Japanese sentiment in the US), information on traveling by rail across America, recommended hotels for entrepreneurs and wealthy travelers, manners… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,055.75
