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THE ROMANCE OF EMPIRE (Fine Riviere binding)
by Gibbs, Philip
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1906
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 94.44
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London: Edward Arnold, 1906. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 19cm x 15 Cm. Attractive binding of full red calf leather with gilt decoration to the spine, gilt dentelles, bright gold marbled end papers. All edges marbled.. Stamped, "Riviere & Sons for the army and navy" to the verso of the front free endpaper. Pp. xv, 478; b/w… Read more about this item Item Price
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RULERS OF INDIA LORD LAWRENCE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF INDIA UNDER THE CROWN
by Aitchison, Charles
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Fifth Thousand
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- 1905
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 94.44
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Fifth Thousand. 8vo. pp vi 216 ; fold out map of the Indian Empire. Binding; full calf prize binding by Relfe Brothers, London, with extensive gilt decoration to the spine, board surround, armorial vignette of Malvern College to the front board, red title label. Binding very good with only very light… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 94.44
DRAKE AND SAINT HELENA
by Castell, Robin [ R. Hist. Soc.]
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2004
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780620322423
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 163.12
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St. Helena: The Castell Collection, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 131 pages. b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy, virtually as new.. Item Price
SGD 163.12
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THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE, ITS COLONIES, AND CONQUESTS; from the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the Earth. Including the History and Literature , Philosophy, and The Fine Art. [complete in Four Volumes bound in four]
by Gillies, John. LL. D. F.A.S.
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Second Edition
- Published
- 1787
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 334.83
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London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1787. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo (13 X 21cm). pp. vol. I: xii, 515, engraved frontispiece plate, fold out map; vol. II: viii, 413, fold out map; and vol. III: viii, 522; vol. IV: vii 452, complete index. Finely bound in brown calf, title and vol. no. labels to the spines… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 334.83
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THE WORKS OF HANNAH MORE NEW EDITION AND MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MRS. HANNAH MORE
by More, Hannah and Roberts, William
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- Used - Very Good
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- New Edition
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- 1830
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 798.45
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London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1830. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Edition. 8vo. A new edition with a portrait frontispiece in eleven volumes plus four volumes of her memoirs by William Roberts bound as one uniform set. Fine half leather, crushed Morocco bindings by Morley of Oxford in mid tan and contrasting marble paper covered boards, gilt stamped gibbs… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 798.45
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SUNRISE PENINSULA (Signed By the author)
by Kwok Godfrey Y.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 206.05
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Korea: Privately Printed, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. No date given but appears to be early 1990s. 91 pages; b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good with a little dust soiling, chips and creasing, now protected in a removable sleeve. Hard back binding very good. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, signed and inscribed to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 206.05
AMERICA TO JAPAN [and] JAPAN TO AMERICA [two volume set]
by Russell, Lindsay and Naoichi Masaoka (editors)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1915
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 61.82
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New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. two volumes (see below for full titles); pp. xv, 318 & xii, 235, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of Russell in "America to Japan" and patterned end papers in "Japan to America". Both volumes bound in uniform blue cloth… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 61.82
LIFE AND LETTERS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY
by Glover, Terrot Reaveley
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Reissue
- Published
- 1968
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 13.74
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New York: Russell & Russell, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reissue. 8vo. 398 pages. Original maroon cloth hardback binding, very good and bright with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy.. Item Price
SGD 13.74
AMERICAN ENGLAND An Epitome of a Common Heritage
by Gee, H. LO.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 25.76
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London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 181pages, b/w illustrations, map end-papers. Original dust jacket fair, with some general wear and rubbing to edges, chipped to head/tail of the spine with loss, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good, slightly marked. Contents clean… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.76
THE GENUINE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS: Faithfully Translated from the Original Greek...With Notes Critical and Explanatory. The Whole Illustrated with a Beautiful Set of Copper-plates.
by Josephus, Flavius
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1770
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 412.10
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Birmingham: Christopher Earl, 1770. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. 4to. With 10 (of 12) full page engraved copper-plates.(according to the directions for placing the plates, the frontispiece plate of Josephus and plate 2 Noah's Ark are missing, but both engraved maps are present - A Plan of the Journeys of the Israelites and A Map of the Holy Land). … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 412.10
The Unity of Western Civilization. Essays Arranged and Edited by F. S. Marvin
by Marvin, F. S.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1915
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 41.21
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London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 315. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and armorial block to to front board, very good, gilt bright, minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, prize plate to front paste-down, no foxing or spotting. A very good first edition copy.. Item Price
SGD 41.21
THE ARMENIAN REVIEW On Distorting History A Series Concluded (Winter 1970 Vol. XXII, No. 44-88)
by Papazian, Dr. P.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1970
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- Paperback
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 17.17
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Boston, Massachusetts: Hairenik Association, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Small 4to. 80 pages, original printed card covers. Very good with slight wear only, contents clean and tight, unmarked no inscriptions. A very good copy.. Item Price
SGD 17.17
DIE BRONZESTATUEN AM GRABMAL MAXIMILIANS I
by Oberhammer, Vinzenz
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 20.61
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Germany: Tyrolia - Verlag, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 128 pages; b/w photographs. Original hardback binding, good with a little general wear, rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, foxing to front and back free endpaper and page edges, no inscriptions. A very good copy.. Item Price
SGD 20.61
UNIFORMES ALBUM No 5 Les Armees De L'Histoire
by Various
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 25.76
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Paris: Marengo Publications, 1978. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 4to. approx 240 pages; colour and b/w illustrations. Original hardback binding, very good with a little general wear, spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy.. Item Price
SGD 25.76
Correspondance entre le Comte de Mirabeau et le Comte de la Marck 3 Vols
by De BACOURT, M. AD.
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1851
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 128.78
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Paris: Librairie Ve Le Normant, 1851. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 466 + 354 + 499pp .Modern library binding, cloth with gilt to the spine, includes a shelf number in gilt to the base of the spine, very good. Contents good and tight, book plate of Charles Awdry to the paste down and Exter Library plate to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 128.78
MEN CITIES AND EVENTS
by Beatty-kingston, W. Beatty
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- Used - Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Second Edition
- Published
- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 30.91
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London: Bliss, Sands and Foster, 1900. Book. Fine. Hardback. Second Edition. Large 8vo. 316 pages + adverts. Original green cltoh hardback binding, with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, original black end papers, small bookplate to the front paste-down, no inscriptions. A very good/fine copy.. Item Price
SGD 30.91
SWITZERLAND
by Fox, Sir Frank
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- Used - Good
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Second and Revised Edition
- Published
- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 17.17
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London: A. & C. Black, 1930. Book. Good. Hardback. Second and Revised Edition. 8vo. 197 pages + 32 plates, colour and b/w illustrations. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering, good with some general wear and rubbing to extremities, spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, a little foxing, more pronounced to a few pages. … Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 17.17
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THE LETTERS OF MADAM DE MAINTENON AND OTHER EMINENT PERSONS IN THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV, THE LETTERS OF MADAM DE MAINTENON AND OTHER EMINENT PERSONS IN THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV TO WHICH ARE ADDED SOME CHARACTERS
by Maintenon, Madam De
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- Used - Very Good
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- First English Edition
- Published
- 1753
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 106.46
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London: Printed for J. Robinson, 1753. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo. pp.viii, 324, [2 adverts]. Contemporary quater plain sheep bindign with original? boards, good with a little general wear and rubbing, front joint cracked to the head, but boards still firmly attached , corners worn and rubbed. Contents good and tight, front blank missing., signature… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 106.46
THE CIVILIZATION OF EUROPE IN THE RENAISSANCE
by Hale, J.R.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780002153393
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 25.76
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London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, book slightly cocked, no inscriptions. A near fine clean copy. Item Price
SGD 25.76
FRANCE IN DEFEAT
by Philip, Percry J.; Rubert Downing (introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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SGD 20.61
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London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 96 pages. Dust jacket very good with slight wear only, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Original hardback binding, very good and bright. Contents good and tight, signature and inscription of E.H.P Edgecumbe to the front end paper, a few lines of fine… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.61