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Photograph of Kay Boyle and Her Son, Ian Savin Franckenstein
by Abott, Berenice
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- Used - Silver gelatin print, lightly toned
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- 1945
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- Photographer's stamp on verso. 10 x 8 inches
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 1,711.50
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1945. Photographer's stamp on verso. 10 x 8 inches. Silver gelatin print, lightly toned. Photographer's stamp on verso. 10 x 8 inches. An outtake from the sitting that enshrined Boyle in the National Portrait Gallery. That image shows Boyle reading to the two children she had with Joseph Freiherr von Franckenstein, while this one shows Boyle and her… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,711.50
Edward Fitzgerald's translation into English quatrains of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur: a definitive text carefully selected from his five differing versions rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald
by Khayyam, Omar
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- Used - Yellow morocco. Fine in fine chemise and slipcase
- Edition
- Number 947 of 1500 copies signed by the Artist
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- 1935
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- Decorated, designed and Illuminated by Valenti Angelo. 1 vols. Small 12mo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 342.30
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Number 947 of 1500 copies signed by the Artist. Decorated, designed and Illuminated by Valenti Angelo. 1 vols. Small 12mo. Yellow morocco. Fine in fine chemise and slipcase. Number 947 of 1500 copies signed by the Artist. Decorated, designed and Illuminated by Valenti Angelo. 1 vols. Small 12mo. Item Price
SGD 342.30
The Comforts of Human Life; or Smiles and Laughter of Charles Chearful And Martin Merryfellow. In Seven Dialogues
by [Heron, Robert]
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- Used - Contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards. Rubbed, snag at head of spine and rubbing to outer edge. Ticket of B. & J.F.
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- First edition
- Published
- 1807
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- With tri-fold hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, I.H. Green fect. [xi], 226 pp. 1 vols. 12mo
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 376.53
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London: Printed For Oddy And Co., By J. and W. Smith, 1807. First edition. With tri-fold hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, I.H. Green fect. [xi], 226 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards. Rubbed, snag at head of spine and rubbing to outer edge. Ticket of B. & J.F. Meehan, Export Booksellers, Bath; bookplate of George Monkland,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 376.53
The A.C. Williams Co. Manufacturers of Hardware House Furnishing Specialities and Toys. [At head of title:] Forty-sixth edition
by (Toys)
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- Used - Card wrappers with some soiling to cover, inside pages are bright and illustrated throughout; overall very good
- Published
- 1910
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- 131 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 410.76
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Ravenna, Ohio: The Republican Publishing Co, 1910. 131 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Card wrappers with some soiling to cover, inside pages are bright and illustrated throughout; overall very good. 131 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early American iron toy mail-order catalogue. Adam Clark Williams of Chagrin Falls, Ohio founded his company in 1886 on the heels of his father's… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 410.76
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Murder in the Cathedral
by Eliot, T.S.
- Condition
- Used - Original printed wrappers. Light spotting to endleaves; pale toning to edges of wrappers
- Edition
- FIRST (ACTING) EDITION. One of 750 copies printed and distribute
- Published
- 1935
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- 38pp. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 1,369.20
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Canterbury: H. J. Goulden, 1935. FIRST (ACTING) EDITION. One of 750 copies printed and distributed at performances at Canterbury Cathedral in May 1935. 38pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Light spotting to endleaves; pale toning to edges of wrappers. FIRST (ACTING) EDITION. One of 750 copies printed and distributed at performances at Canterbury Cathedral in May 1935. 38pp. 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,369.20
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Shakespeare, William
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- Used - Publisher's Original tan cloth, gilt-lettered and stamped. . Very Good
- Edition
- First Rackham Trade Edition
- Published
- 1908
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- Forty full-page color illustrations mounted on tan paper, numerous drawings in black and white. . 134, [2]pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 684.60
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London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co, 1908. First Rackham Trade Edition. Forty full-page color illustrations mounted on tan paper, numerous drawings in black and white. . 134, [2]pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Publisher's Original tan cloth, gilt-lettered and stamped. . Very Good. Rackham, Arthur. First Rackham Trade Edition. Forty full-page color illustrations mounted… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 684.60
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The Picture of Dorian Gray * A Working Script for the stage from the Novel by Oscar Wilde with original images & notes on the text by Jim Dine
by (Dine, Jim) Wilde, Oscar
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- Used - Snakeskin print leather binding near fine on text volume and portfolio volume, matching box and heart cover with some fading, ot
- Edition
- Edition C, with six loose lithographs, signed duplicates of thos
- Published
- 1968
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- Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio (18.1 x 13 inches)
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 9,584.40
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London: Petersburg Press, 1968. Edition C, with six loose lithographs, signed duplicates of those bound in the book, and four signed etchings, this copy 100 of 100, lacking two of the prints. Illustrated by Jim Dine. 2 vols. Folio (18.1 x 13 inches). Snakeskin print leather binding near fine on text volume and portfolio volume, matching box and heart… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 9,584.40
The Color Printer. A Treatise on the Use of Colors in Typographic Printing
by Erahart, J.E.
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- Used - Publisher's blue cloth with emblem of three ink balls on front cover and spine, spine sunned, almsot Very Good
- Published
- 1892
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- 137pp. 166 colors, hues, tints and shades produced by a mixture of two colors each. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 1,369.20
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Cincinnati, Ohio: Earhart & Richardson, 1892. 137pp. 166 colors, hues, tints and shades produced by a mixture of two colors each. 4to. Publisher's blue cloth with emblem of three ink balls on front cover and spine, spine sunned, almsot Very Good. 137pp. 166 colors, hues, tints and shades produced by a mixture of two colors each. 4to. St.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,369.20
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Doubletakes
by Unterberg, Susan; Henri Cole [foreword]
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- Used - Lime green cloth boards with brown titles stamped on front and spine, fine in burgundy cloth board publisher's slipcase; a near
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- First edition; 350 published, of those 100 are signed and number
- Published
- 1999
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- Unpaginated. Single-sided full color plates throughout separated by die-cut leaves. Oblong quatro
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 410.76
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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. First edition; 350 published, of those 100 are signed and numbered. This is 40, signed by the artist on colophon. Unpaginated. Single-sided full color plates throughout separated by die-cut leaves. Oblong quatro. Lime green cloth boards with brown titles stamped on front and spine, fine in burgundy cloth board publisher's slipcase;… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 410.76
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Black Photographers' Annual. Preface by Toni Morrison. Introduction By Clayton Riley
by Crawford, Joe, editor
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- Used - Pictorial wrappers. Some creases on upper cover. B. Dalton Bookseller stamp on ffep
- Published
- 1973
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- Illus. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 410.76
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[Brooklyn, NY]: Black Photographers' Annual, 55 Hicks Streewt, 1973. Illus. 4to. Pictorial wrappers. Some creases on upper cover. B. Dalton Bookseller stamp on ffep. Illus. 4to. Item Price
SGD 410.76
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The Book of Olga
by Rheims, Bettina, and Catherine Millet
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- Used - Near fine in cloth covered boards
- Edition
- Signed, limited, edition, number 174 of 1000 copies
- Published
- 2008
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- 154 pp. Folio
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 2,053.80
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Köln: Taschen, 2008. Signed, limited, edition, number 174 of 1000 copies. 154 pp. Folio. Near fine in cloth covered boards. Signed, limited, edition, number 174 of 1000 copies. 154 pp. Folio. Bettina Rheims' photo fantasia about Russian socialite Olga Rodionova. Item Price
SGD 2,053.80
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The Charming Views in the Land of the Rising Sun
by (Japan) Ogawa, K. , F.R.P.S, & Mataro Crizuka
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- Used - Publisher's decorated green silk-covered boards with titles and decorations in gold embroidery, fine silk-backed endpapers decor
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- 1904
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- Illustrated with photos by Ogawa. 177 ff. 1 vols. Oblong folio
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 3,765.30
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[Tokyo: K. Ogawa, 1904. Illustrated with photos by Ogawa. 177 ff. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Publisher's decorated green silk-covered boards with titles and decorations in gold embroidery, fine silk-backed endpapers decorated with gold, inner hinges strengthened, bound at the spine with cream ribbon in Japanese style. Green calf backed folding box. Illustrated with photos by Ogawa. 177 ff.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,765.30
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More Men of Mark
by Coburn, Alvin Langdon
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- Used - Beige linen quarter backed cloth boards with gilt titles on recto, light soiling to boards with some rubbing at edges, light fox
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- First edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's collected photogravures
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- 1922
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- With 33 tipped-in monochrome photogravure plates with tissue guard. 15 pp. introductory text by Coburn. 1 vols. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 2,738.40
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London: Duckworth & Co, 1922. First edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn's collected photogravures of authors and artists. With 33 tipped-in monochrome photogravure plates with tissue guard. 15 pp. introductory text by Coburn. 1 vols. 4to. Beige linen quarter backed cloth boards with gilt titles on recto, light soiling to boards with some rubbing at edges, light foxing to paste… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,738.40
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Autograph Letter Signed, "With all affectionate wishes, Jackie," to Berenice Abbott ("Dear Berenice")
by Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
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- Used - Fine. Matted, glazed, and framed in silver
- Published
- 1980
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- One leaf, recto only, on Kennedy Onassis' 1040 Fifth Avenue stationery. Paired with black-and-white print of Yousuf Karsh's July
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 3,423.00
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New York, 1980. One leaf, recto only, on Kennedy Onassis' 1040 Fifth Avenue stationery. Paired with black-and-white print of Yousuf Karsh's July 1957 photographic portrait of Kennedy Onassis; original franked mailing envelope held loosely in sleeve on verso. 8vo. Fine. Matted, glazed, and framed in silver. One leaf, recto only, on Kennedy Onassis' 1040 Fifth Avenue stationery. Paired… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,423.00
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My Scottish Sketch Book
by Edwards, Lionel
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- Used - Original quarter vellum and green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt. Fine
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- First Edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist
- Published
- 1929
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- Illustrated with 16 colored tipped-in plates. 32 pp. 1 vols. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 753.06
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London: Country Life Ltd, 1929. First Edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with 16 colored tipped-in plates. 32 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original quarter vellum and green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt. Fine. First Edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with 16 colored tipped-in plates. 32 pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 753.06
Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. By the Author of "Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour," "Jorrocks's Jaunts," Etc. Etc.
by [Surtees, Robert Smith]
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- Used - Bound in near contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. Nice copy
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- First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface
- Published
- 1854
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- Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-colored steel engravings, and numerous wood engravings in the text by John Leech. 55
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 273.84
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-colored steel engravings, and numerous wood engravings in the text by John Leech. 550pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in near contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. Nice copy. Leech, John. First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 273.84
Photographs of nebulae and clusters made with the Crossley reflector; Publications of the Lick Observatory, Volume VIII
by Keeler, James Edward
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- Used - Publisher's pebbled cloth some wear at upper cover
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1908
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- 46pp. of text. 70 full-page photographic plates
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 1,643.04
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Sacramento: University of California publications; Publications of the Lick Observatory; W.W. Shannon, Superintendant of StatePrinting, 1908. First Edition. 46pp. of text. 70 full-page photographic plates. Publisher's pebbled cloth some wear at upper cover. First Edition. 46pp. of text. 70 full-page photographic plates. DSB VII, 270-71 Item Price
SGD 1,643.04
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Men of Mark. A Gallery of Contemporary Porraits distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, Law, Medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper, F.S.A.
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- Used - Original uniform green gilt-decorated cloth
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1876
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- 252 mounted woodburytype photographic mounted portraits (36 to each volume). 7 vols. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 4,107.60
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London, 1876. First Edition. 252 mounted woodburytype photographic mounted portraits (36 to each volume). 7 vols. 4to. Original uniform green gilt-decorated cloth. First Edition. 252 mounted woodburytype photographic mounted portraits (36 to each volume). 7 vols. 4to. Item Price
SGD 4,107.60
Hillingdon Hall; or, The Cockney Squire; A Tale of Country Life. By the author of "Handley Cross," &c. In Three Volumes
by [Surtees, Robert Smith]
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- Used - Original cloth spine and baords, title labels for all volumes faded. Bookplate of Edward William Mitchell
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- First edition
- Published
- 1845
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- 312 [32 numbered catalogue at end dated September, 1844]; 324; 296 (296 misnumbered 96), [iv, ads]pp. Printed by Joseph Rogerson
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 342.30
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London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1845. First edition. 312 [32 numbered catalogue at end dated September, 1844]; 324; 296 (296 misnumbered 96), [iv, ads]pp. Printed by Joseph Rogerson, 24, Norfolk Street. 3 vols. 8vo. Original cloth spine and baords, title labels for all volumes faded. Bookplate of Edward William Mitchell. First edition. 312 [32 numbered catalogue at end dated… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
A Survey
by Beerbohm, Max
- Condition
- Used - Publisher's crimson cloth. Fine in green cloth dropbox
- Edition
- First trade edition
- Published
- 1921
- Binding
- 52 plates. viii pp of text. 1 vols. Tall 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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SGD 273.84
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London: William Heinemann, 1921. First trade edition. 52 plates. viii pp of text. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Publisher's crimson cloth. Fine in green cloth dropbox. First trade edition. 52 plates. viii pp of text. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Item Price
SGD 273.84