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PAVLOVSK the Life of a Russian Palace
by Massie, Suzanne
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (-)
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316549707
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 27.44
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Boston: Little Brown, 1990. (USA) 1st printing of the first edition, No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the back panel gloss. Hardcover, 194pp, index, colour and B&W photos. This royal retreat near St.Petersburg ws created by Catherine the Great's son and his wife Maria Feodorovna in the late 18th century. After 1915… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.44
THE MEDITERRANEAN and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II
by Braudel, Fernand; Edtied By Richard Ollard
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060159580
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 49.41
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UK: HarperCollins, 1992. (UK) This is the first printing of the abridged edition by Harper Collins; the book was 1st published in france in 1949; there was a second eidtion of 1966 and an Egnlish transaltion of the second revised edition in 1972. This is anew, one volume abridgement made by the author's English editor, Richard Ollard. No markings,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 49.41
ONE WORLD IN THE MAKING the United Nations
by Carr, William G.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 48.04
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Boston: Ginn and Company, 1946. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name stamp to corner of end paper, no other markings, a hint of rubbing to spine extremities and to cover corner tips, about Very Good used copy; no dust jackt as published. 8.25 x 11.5" red cloth with a design of chain links representing nations united, 100pp, illus end… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 48.04
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles: The Authentic Voices of England from the Time of Julius Caesar to the Coronation of Henry II
by Savage, Anne, Translated and Collated By
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780434982103
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 34.32
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London: Phoebe Phillips / Heinemann, 1982. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's insitial to the endpaper, no other markings, stright fading to cover colour at the extreme top edge, thus Near Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Light red boards, 288pp, index. Maps, B&W and colour photos and illus. Four main texts have been put together into a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 34.32
ROAD THROUGH TIME the Story of Humanity on the Move ((Autographed copy)
by Soderstrom, Mary
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2017
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780889774773
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 24.70
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Regina: University of Regina Press, 2017. (CAD) 1st rpinting. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 231pp, index, a few B&W illus. Accessible and entertaining, Mary Soderstrom begins Road Through Time with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 24.70
SHANGHAI GRAND Forbidden Love and International Intrigue in a Doomed World
by Grescoe, Taras
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2016
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781250049711
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 21.95
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NY: St. Martin's Press, 2016. (USA) 1st printing of the First American edition No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 455pp, index, B&W photos, map. This book gives us a glipse into the life and customs of Shanghai during the 1930's mstly through the eyes of Emily Hahn, a legendary New Yorker journalist. From the jacket: Hahn… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 21.95
PAINTING THE CONQUEST the Mexican Indians and the European Renaissance
by Gruzinski, Serge
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9782080135216
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 53.54
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Paris: Unesco / Flammarion, 1992. (FR) Presumed 1st English language edition. No markings, Fine in Very Good only dust jacket with 1" tear to the top edge of front panel and another tear to the top edge of the back panel. Hardcover, 239pp,index, colour photos of the pages of the codices augmented with smaller B&W illus. The authors examines… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 53.54
SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS a History of Singapore
by Guan, Kaw Chong; Heng, Derek; Borschberg, Peter; Yong, Tan Tai
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 2019
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9789814828109
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 27.44
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Singapore: National Library Board, 2019. (SING) 2nd printing of second edition 2019. No markings, Fine. Wraps with flaps, 314pp, index, Colour and B&W illus, maps and photos. This is a history of Singapore from the 14th century to the present day, an accessible read drawing on the latest archeological discoveries and illustrated with more than 200 artefacts. (2.7 JM LVR… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.44
THE EMPRESS AND MRS. CONGER the Uncommon Friendship of Two women and Two Worlds (Inscrbed copy)
by Hayter-Menzies, Grant
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2011
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789888083008
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 52.16
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011. (HK) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page with red chop: "To J--- and P----/ wonderful man and wonderful friends/ with love/ Grant", no other markigns, slight bump to lwoer corner of front cover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, xv, 325pp, index, no illus. This… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 52.16
THE QUEEN'S CHAMELEON the Life of John Byrom
by Hancox, Joy
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine (-)
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780224030472
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 21.95
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. (UK) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jacket. Hardcover, 276pp, index, B&W illus. Byrom was an English poet, the inventor of a revolutionary system of shorthand and later a significant landowner. He was possibly a spy and a secret Jacobite who had an affair wit Queen Caroline, wife of George III. Byrom invented… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 21.95
Elizabeth I The World of a Prince: a Life from Contemporary Documents
by Perry, Maria
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 27.44
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London: The Folio Society, 1990. (UK) Presumed 1st edition No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published in about Fine slipcase with a touch of rubbing to corner tips at opening. . Hardcover boards with maroon cloth spine and gold spine title, 352pp, index, mostly B&W illus but colour frontis and some colur plates. (3.0 JM HOJ 303/0. 1st. Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.44
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES a Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
by Strassler, Robert B., Editor; Thucydides
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780684827902
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 25.38
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 1998. (USA) First Touchstone edition. No markings, soft crease to top corner of first few leves, Near Fine. Wraps, 713pp, maps,index. B&W portrait of Thucydides. This is anewly evised edition of the Richard Crawley translation with maps, annotations, appendices and encyclopedic index. This has been praised as the best book, throughly readable, with which… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.38
CITIES: THEN & NOW the World's great Cities Brought to Life in Vivid See-through Reconstructions
by Antinoniou, Jim
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780025024014
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 20.51
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NY: MacMillan, 1994. (USA) 1st printing, No markings, about Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover over mea=tal coil binding, 144pp, colour and monochorme photos and illus. There is usually one scene of the city as it is now with a transparent overlay showing it as it once was. The cities are Paris, San Francisco, Rome, Prague, Jerusalem,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.51
THE PANORAMA OF THE RENAISSANCE
by Aston, Margaret, Editor
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780810937048
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 37.05
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NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. (USA) presumed 1st edition, No markings, Fine in about Very Good dust jacket with small scratch to rear panel just breaking the paper surface, 1/4" tear to head of spine panel of DJ, spot to lower edge of front panel of dustjacket visible only from the back, Boards, 367pp, index, 1000 B&W and colour illus.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 37.05
WHY? The Last Years of the British Columbia Provincial Police 1858-1950 (Signed copy)
by Brown, Don N.
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 2000
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780969904014
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 63.84
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Burnaby: Pacific Forensic Science Consultants, 2000. (CAD) Presumed 1st edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR and dated 2000, no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 132pp, B&W photos and reproductions of newspaper clippings. This is the history of the oldest Territorial Police Force in North America. (1.7 EKN HOZ 403/b5. Signed by Author. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Item Price
SGD 63.84
IN THE RUSSIAN STYLE
by Onasis, Jacqueline Kennedy, Editor; Intro By Audrey Kennett; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1976
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670396962
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 27.44
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NY: The Viking Press, 1976. (USA) 2nd printing of the First edition, No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, Cloth hardcover, 184pp, bibliography, lots of B&W illus and photos augmented with colour photos. Ths is a look at the furnoshings and clothing of the Russian aristocracy from 1700 to 1900. Jacqueline Onasis selected the illustrations which show objects d;art,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 27.44
EL TEMPLO MAYOR
by Portillo, Jose Lopez, and Portilla, Miguel Leon, and Matos, Eduardo
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9789687153001
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 80.86
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Mexico: Bancomer, 1981. (MEX) 1st edition. No markings, hinges fine, there is slight waviness to margins of some of the leaves, thus Good used copy in Good only dust jacket with edge fautls and small tears; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Marron leather, photo end papers, 319pp, list of illus and photos; colour photos and illus, some plan on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 80.86
VOICES FROM THE MING-QING CATACLYSM: China in Tigers' Jaws
by Struve, ;Lynn A., Editor
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780300056792
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- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 78.26
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New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1993. (USA) 1st printing. No mrkings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, x, 303pp, index, line maps, some B&W illus. This fascinating book presents eyewitness accounts of the fall of the Ming dynasty and the conquest of China by the Manchu in the mid 17th century. (1.9 JM HOQ 102/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 78.26
The Medici: A Great Florentine Family
by Brion, Marcel
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780896730731
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 24.70
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NY: Exeter Books, 1980. (USA) 1st American edition; the book was copyright in the UK in 1969. Ownership stamp to front end paper, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket with rubbing to high portions of the DJ. Boards, 216pp, index, 94 plates including 34 in colour. (3.0 JM LVR 206/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 24.70
THE LAST OF THE ROMANOFS
by Rivet, Charles; Translated with an Ntor By Hardress O'Grady
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1918
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN
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SGD 25.92
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London: Constable and Company, 1918. (UK) Stated 1st publication. Owner's name and date to inside front cover, the end papers are toned, Good used copy; no dust jacket. Orange boards,246pp, Frontis and 11 B&W photo plates. The tsar and his court; the Russian government as it was; Russain policy; the Revolution; The Tsar's abdication and arrest; France and Russia. (1.9… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.92