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King Leopold's Dream Travels in the Shadow of the African Elephant
by Gavron, Jeremy
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679419983
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 5.41
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 288pp. No name, no book-plate, etc. Small closed tear to lower edge of dust-jacket and some soiling to outer joints of cloth, else a clean, sound very good or better copy.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5.41
Edgar Rice Burroughs The Man Who Created Tarzan 2 Vols
by Porges, Irwin
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 0345251318100
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 34.26
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1976. Oversize trade paperbacks. 1,310pp., Index. Illustrated. Housed in original publishers cardboard slipcase illustrated with cover of "Tarzan of the Apes" on one side and "The Synthetic Men of Mars" on the other. No name, no book-plate, etc. Books are clean, square and show only a hint of edgewear. Slipcase is… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.26
A Spider and a Pig
by Morley, Carol
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- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 10.96
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Hardcover, laminated pictorial boards in matching pictorial dustjacket. Dustjacket retains original price. First American edition. Color illustrations throughout by author. The adventures of a young spider and a champion truffle-snuffling pig on the island of Silkythread in the Sasparilla Sea. Very fine in fine dustjacket.. First Edition. Pictorial Laminated… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 10.96
Poetry of Byron
by Arnold, Matthew [ed.]
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 10.96
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Londion: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1981. Light beige linen covers with paper spine label. Backstrip age darkened and spine label toned and slightly chipped. Indentation on front board extending approxiam tely 3 1/4" down from top of cover. Cloth is dented, not torn. Preface and several poems show pencil underlining and marginalia. Else a tightly bound, internally clean copy. Good..… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 10.96
Tidewater Maryland Its History, Its Tradition, Its Romantic Plantation Mansions and the Celebrated Personages Who Give it Glamour
by Wilstach, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 13.70
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New York: Tudor Publishing Co, 1945. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth in dustjacket. Illustrated with photographs. Map endpapers. Dustjacket moderately worn and lacking 2" peice at bottom of backstrip. Very good in good jacke t.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 13.70
The Historical Importance of Nassau County
by Merritt, Jesse
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 102.79
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Farmingdale, Nassau: At the Sign of the Turf and Twig A slim volume bound in black cloth. Illustrated with twp photographic plates. Signed by author on titlepage. The Clamdiggers Edition, one of 80 copies on rag paper. Number obscrued on limitation page. Small news clipping concerning author laid-in. Very good+.. Signed by Author. Limited. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.79
Kathrina A Poem
by Holland, J.G
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1892
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 8.22
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New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1892. Small 12mo, green cloth ruled in gold, with small cameo head in white on front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with an etching by A.M. Turner. Mild shelf-wear to rear board. A nice, tight, very good copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 8.22
Revolt in the Desert
by Lawrence, T.E
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 47.97
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American edition. Hardcover, terra cotta cloth stamped in black. Illustrated with portraits and pictorial endpapers. Fold-out map at rear. Very good.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 47.97
The Home of Fadeless Splendor or the Diary of a Pilgrimage to Palestine
by Whittingham, George Napier, Illustrated by B.C. Boulter
- Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 10.96
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New York: E.P. Dutton No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth. Foreword by Major General Sir Arthur Wigram Money. Illustrated with 16 etchings and maps by B.C. Boulter. Spine lightly faded, else very good.. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 10.96
Stories in Stone: Telling of Some of the Wonderlands of Western Americana and Some of the Curious Incidents in the History of Geology
by Lee, Willis T
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 13.70
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New York: D.Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1928. Dark blue cloth, illustrated with photographs. Owners name and date [1929] written on front fly. Cloth slightly dusty else a very good copy. Much on the geology found in the newly established National Parks of the United States.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 13.70
The Queen of the Pirate Isle
by Harte, Bret, Illustrated by Kate Greenaway
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 27.41
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London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1955. White cloth stamped in black with pictorial color pastedown, in original pictorial dustjacket. Jacket shows wear and is stained, especially on rear panel. Original 75pence sticker still affixed to inner dust-jacjet flap. Illustrated throughout with lovely color vignettte drawings by Kate Greenaway. Warne re-issued this title in 1955, though this edition is somewhat… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.41
Spain A Study of Her Life and Arts
by Tyler, Royall
- Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1909
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 41.12
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London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. Red cloth stamped with gold lettering, sans dustjacket. Ilustrated with plans and with many reproductions from photographs, plus a large map in color on rear endpapers. Top edge gilt. Mild age soiling and corners bumped. else a very good copy.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 41.12
Where it All Comes True in Scandinavia the Experiences and Observations of Betty and Mary as Related By Their Aunt
by Laughlin, Clara E
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 13.70
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1929. Hardcover, red cloth sans dust-jacket. Illustrated with boldly colored frontispiece, vignette drawings throughout text and map endpapers. A travel book divided into three sections, each examining the customs, history, attractions and people of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. No name, no book-plate, etc. Light mottling to cloth, especially along fore-edge of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.70
Samuel Johnson
by Wain, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 10.96
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New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Hardcover in dustjacket. Illustrated. A very good+ clean copy in lightly edgeworn good dustjacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 10.96
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
by Gray, Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1884
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 27.41
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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Stiff color printed wrappers lacking paper backstrip. Illustrated with drawings by Harry Fenn on nearly every page. Onion skin tissue guard for frontispiece has toned both title-page and frontis. Printed on stiff card stock. All edges gilt. A sound copy, even lacking backstrip. All pages firmly attached and very little… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.41
Queen Victoria
by Strachey, Lytton
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1921
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 5.48
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1921. Later printing of Strachey's biography of Queen Victoria. Hardcover,. Illustrated with 9 plates. A good, clean reading copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 5.48
Cromwell and Other Poems
by Drinkwater, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1913
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 13.70
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London: David Nutt, 1913. Red cloth sans dust-jacket. 110pp. 2 pages of adverts appended at rear. Quite small book-plate inside front cover, with smaller booksellers label at bottom of page. Cloth finger soiled and end-papers toned. else near fine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 13.70
Paddington Takes the Air
by Bond, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 20.49
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1971. Bright redish-orange cloth in original non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with vignette drawings by Peggy Fortnum. Small retail price sticker on rear dustjacket panel, faded to white. Fine in very good jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Peggy Fortnum. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 20.49
Joe Dimaggio the Hero's Life
by Cramer, Richard Ben
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684853918
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 13.70
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. First printing with number line intact. Hardcover in non-price-clipped dust-jacket. Illustrated with photographs. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else no name, no book-plate, no other marks. A fine copy in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
SGD 13.70
Toledo: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the "City of Generations"
by Calvert, Albert F
- Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1907
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, USA
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SGD 130.20
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London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. Full brown coarse grain publisher's leather, decorated in gilt on backstrip to imitate raised spine. Marbled endpapers. Book consists of 169 pages of text followed by 511 numbered plates, some containing more than one image. All edges gilt. A title in the 'Spanish Series', published at the Bodley Head.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 130.20