Biography - Miscellaneous from Godley Books
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Cheshire's Famous : A Comprehensive Guide To Celebrity Cestrians
by Burrows, Bob
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good (+)
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- First Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardcover
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- 9781859833971
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 16.02
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Derby: Breedon Books, 2004. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or rubbed with very minor creasing to upper edge. 192pp. An account of the many famous people who came from or… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.02
Mossley's Extraordinary Women
by Wild, Alison and Howard, Shirley
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2018
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- Paperback
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 17.32
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Mossley, Tameside: Mossley Civic Society, 2018. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 46pp. Concise biographies of forty three women from Mossley in Tameside who have made significant contributions either in the town itself or outside it. Each… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 17.32
Goodwin Wharton
by Clark, J. Kent
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1989
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- Paperback
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- 9780747405504
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 11.69
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London: Cardinal, 1989. No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers, none to slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, indents to rear and no bumping to corners. 391pp. Goodwin Wharton was the most unfortunate member of the politically powerful and influential Wharton family in the 17th century.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11.69
Ethel & Ernest : A True Story
by Briggs, Raymond
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780224046626
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 40.69
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 104pp. The moving story of the lives of his parents, told in cartoons in the inimitable… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 40.69
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Essays of Elia : To which are added Letters, and Rosamund, A Tale. (Lord Mayor-elect Thomas Dakin's copy)
by Lamb, Charles
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- Used - Good
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- 1835
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- Hardcover
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 129.86
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Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1835. Name/date to front end paper. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Clean very tight foxed pages with unmarked boards, rubbed leather corners and board edges. Ribbed leather spine with one compartment of spine strip missing although title present and intact. Front board hinge a little fragile. … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 129.86
Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice : The Memoirs of Alfred Plumley 1880-1892
by Wilkins, David (editor)
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- Used - Very Good (+)
- Published
- 2017
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- Paperback
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- 9780750969932
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 11.69
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Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2017. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Discovered after he died, this is Alfred Plumley's memoirs of his youth. Born in Someset in 1874, he went on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11.69
Beau Brummell : His Life and Letters
by Melville, Lewis
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- Used - Good (+)
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1924
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- Hardcover
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 129.86
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London: Hutchinson & Co, 1924. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with lightly marked/sunned boards, very sunned spine, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 313pp. Biography of George Bryan (Beau) Brummell (1778-1940), an important figure in Regency England and an arbiter… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 129.86
The Royds of Rochdale
by Whitworth, G. T.
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2011
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- Paperback
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- 9780946571338
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 173.15
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G. T. Whitworth, 2011. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 157pp. Fascinating social history of the Royd family, from the 14th century to date. The account begins in Soyland above Rishworth/Ripponden and covers many… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 173.15
Women of Substance (Signed By Author and other)
by Barnes, Tess
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
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- 9780955810404
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 43.29
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Tess Barnes, 2008. Inscribed by Tess opposite title page and signed by Sophie Grigson to her portrait. No other marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 112pp. With concise portrats of and interviews with fifty significant women of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 43.29
Famous Men : Biographical Sketches
by The Editor
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- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 12.99
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London: W & R Chambers Ltd, 1900. Tech school presentation plate inside front board. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A well read copy with dull unmarked boards, dusty page edges, one loose soiled page and no bumping to corners. ca 500pp. Nineteen biographical sketches including… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12.99
The Elements of Success : Illustrated in the life of Amos Lawrence, and Others. A Book for Young Men
by The Editor
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1887
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- Hardcover
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 51.94
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London: Gall and Inglis, 1887. Presentation plate inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked bevelled edge boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. The very attractive front cover and spine are gilt, red… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 51.94
Cass
by Cass Pennant
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781903402030
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 9.09
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London: Blake Publishing, 2000. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, two small indents to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very faint creasing to upper edge. 239pp. Autobiography of one of the hardest men in Britain,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 9.09
Vintage 1930: Story of a Twentieth Century Woman (Signed By Author)
by Patricia Lowther
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good (+)
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781846241352
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 25.97
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Brighton, England: Book Guild Ltd, 2007. Signed 'Best Wishes (name crossed out) Regards Pat Lowther' No other marks or inscriptions. Appears unread. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.97
Aiming High (Signed By Author)
by Geoff Lenthall
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2015
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781517067038
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 8.57
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The Author, 2015. Flat signed by author to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 226pp. A biography of a very full life, including his time in the RAF and as… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 8.57
Lark in Smoke
by Winterbottom, Vera
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- Used - Fine
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 12.55
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Saddleworth: Runninghill Publications, 1963. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with chips and small tears to upper and lower edges. 27pp. Local history in the author's biography set in a Lancashire cotton town beneath the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12.55
Girl in the Dark
by Anna Lyndsey
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2015
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781408858264
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 8.57
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London: Bloomsbury Circus, 2015. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked white cloth boards, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Matt black dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 243pp. The author's memoirs of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 8.57
Lady Sackville
by Alsop, Susan Mary
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 16.45
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Newton Abbott: Readers Union, 1979. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to top of slightly sunned spine. 275pp. Biography of Victoria Sackville-West who grew… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.45
The World of William Wickham : The Biography and the Photography of a Remarkable Victorian
by Ward, Kenneth
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780950714103
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 9.00
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Havant: Ian Harrap, 1981. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 119pp. Biography of William Wickham, born in 1849 who was a vicar and an… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 9.00
Eduard VII and Seine Zeit
by Maurois, Andre
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1933
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 27.27
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Munchen: Verlag R. Piper & Co, 1933. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked coarse linen cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Very clear lettering/embossing to front and spine. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a little rubbing to upper and lower edges and sunning to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.27
Truevine: An Extraordinary True Story of Two Brothers and a Mother's Love
by Beth Macy
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2016
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781447278078
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- 1
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Hyde, Cheshire, GBR
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SGD 15.50
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London: Macmillan, 2016. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 420pp. The story of two brothers from Truevine, Virginia who were supposedly kidnapped in 1899 by the circus and put to work as circus freaks, entertaining as… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 15.50