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![U.S. Iana (1650-1950)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/249/310/1539310249.0.m.jpg)
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U.S. Iana (1650-1950)
by HOWES, Wright (1882-1978)
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1978
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- Hard Cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 68.64
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New York: R.R. Bowker Company for The Newberry Library, 1978. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 2nd edition. Revised and Enlarged Edition. [1978 copyright stated] 6-3/8 x 10 inches. 652 pp. Original brown cloth hardcover.A Selective Bibliography of 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating to the Continental Portion of The United States. Full collations are provided, as are annotations… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.64
![Four United States Navy officers during the War of 1812 engravings](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/659/852/1538852659.0.m.jpg)
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Four United States Navy officers during the War of 1812 engravings
by DENNIE, Joseph [Oliver Oldschool] [1768-1812]
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1814
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- No binding
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 102.97
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Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine, 1814. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. Four 1814 engravings from from Port Folio Magazine of United States Navy officers during the War of 1812;#1) Oliver Hazard Perry Esqr. of the United States Navy engraving.#2) Wm. Henry Allen Esq. late of the United States Navy engraving.#3) Richard Dale Esq. late of the United States Navy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.97
![Under the Olive](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/386/543/1503543386.0.m.jpg)
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Under the Olive
by [FIELDS, Mrs. Annie Adams [Mrs. James T. Fields] (1834-1915)]
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1881
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- Hard Cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 686.45
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, 1881. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. QUITE RARE POETRY BOOK BY AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN WOMAN First edition. 3-1/2 x 5-3/8 inches. iv, (2), [3]-317pp. Worn original green cloth with embossed design and gilt logos and type on front and spine. Previous owners names and dates on front endpaper. Good condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 686.45
![Black Gold ; promotional brochure or pressbook early African American cinema](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/850/048/1499048850.0.m.jpg)
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Black Gold ; promotional brochure or pressbook early African American cinema
by NORMAN, Richard Edward (1891-1960) & CRINER, John Lawrence (1898-1965) & BOYD, Kathryn & REYNOLDS, Steve
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- No binding
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- 1
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 178.48
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Florida: The Norman Film Studios, 1928. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. BLACK GOLD WAS AN "ALL COLORED CAST" SILENT FILM PRODUCED IN 1928. First edition. 14 x 22 inches opened flat, (folded size 11 inches long and 3-1/2 inches wide and will be mailed folded size). 4 page multi-panel promotional brochure meant for mailing . With orange,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 178.48
![Erskine Caldwell collection](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/289/519/1471519289.0.m.0.jpg)
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Erskine Caldwell collection
by CALDWELL, Erskine Preston (1903-1987)
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- Used - Good
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- 1979
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- No binding
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 1,544.51
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1979. No binding. Good. Erskine Caldwell was an American novelist and short story writer best known for his novels such as Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre about social problems in the southern United States. Caldwell wrote 25 novels, 150 short stories, twelve nonfiction collections, two autobiographies, and two books for young readers.The collection consists of 12 items… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,544.51
![Sheldon Christian archive from 1922-1935](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/487/336/1453336487.0.m.jpg)
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Sheldon Christian archive from 1922-1935
by CHRISTIAN, Sheldon (1907-1997)
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- Used
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- 1935
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- No binding & hard cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 1,544.51
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1935. No binding & hard cover. Sheldon Christian archives. 1922-1935. Approximately 1,800 pp. These extensive archives contain manuscripts and typescripts of Christian's plays, short stories, news stories, poems, correspondence, diary entries, and ephemera. Much of the material concerns Christian's academic life at Tufts College, his literary pursuits, his editorship of the Tuftonian (1930-1) and the Beacon (Trinidad, British West… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,544.51
![Israelitische Volks - Bibliothek. V. Deutsch = Amerikanische Skizzen für jüdische Auswanderer und Nichtauswander](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/729/937/1428937729.0.m.jpg)
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Israelitische Volks - Bibliothek. V. Deutsch = Amerikanische Skizzen für jüdische Auswanderer und Nichtauswander
by ANON
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- Used - Fair
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1857
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- Hard Cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 343.22
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Leipzig: Oskar Leiner, 1857. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. RARE JUDAICA BOOK First edition. 1857. Israelite People's Library. V. German = American sketches for Jewish emigrants and non-emigrants. Text in German.(2),[3]-108pp, 4-3/4 x 7-1/4 inches. Original printed blue boards and paper over spine almost worn away. Exlibris book With two old stamps on title-page ("Eigenthum des jüdisch-theol. Seminars… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 343.22
![Black Gold Three Sheet large poster (41x81 inches) (3 original flat sections)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/669/949/1424949669.0.m.jpg)
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Black Gold Three Sheet large poster (41x81 inches) (3 original flat sections)
by NORMAN, Richard Edward (1891-1960) & CRINER, John Laurence, American, (1898-1965) & BOYD, Kathryn, (1897-1965) & REYNOLDS, Steve, (1892-1945)
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1928
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- No binding
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- 1
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 1,029.68
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[Florida]: Norman Studios, 1928. 1st Edition. No binding. Good. & TATUM, Lee B., (1861-1933). QUITE SCARCE LARGE EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY EPHEMERA POSTER First edition. Norman Studios bright graphics film large stone litho poster for the movie called "Black Gold" with an all coloured cast. Nice stone litho promotional theatre and promotional poster of 3 sheet poster printed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,029.68
![Zane Grey large collection of 89 letters and ephemera](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/190/1399190148.0.m.0.jpg)
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Zane Grey large collection of 89 letters and ephemera
by GREY, Zane (1872-1939)
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- Used - Good
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- 1936
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- No binding
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 7,207.72
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1936. No binding. Good. Zane Grey (1872-1939) was a prolific American author who idealized the American frontier, best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Old West.This is a unique and varied collection of archival documents which offers a vista into Grey's popularity as a best-selling author and celebrity of legendary status. The collection… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 7,207.72
![A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family bound with five other 18th and 19th century Quaker publications](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/642/559/1389559642.0.m.jpg)
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A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family bound with five other 18th and 19th century Quaker publications
by GILBERT, Benjamin, (1711-1780) (subject) & [WALTON, William (1740-1824)]
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- Used
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1817
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- Hard Cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 411.87
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London: Reprinted and sold by James Phillips, London, 1817. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. 6 QUAKER PUBLICATIONS BOUND TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK Together six 18th and 19th century Quaker publications bound in 1 vol., occasional spotting, light browning, #1 - A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family; who were surprised by the Indians, and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 411.87
![Edwin Markham Ephemera collection II](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/578/217/1381217578.0.m.jpg)
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Edwin Markham Ephemera collection II
by MARKHAM, Edwin (1852-1940) & HAMILTON, Florence (née Danforth, (1873-1968)
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- Used
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- various
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- 1943
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- No binding & soft cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 2,306.47
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1943. various. No binding & soft cover. A collection of 147 mostly unique ephemera items dating from 1892 to 1943, specifically approximately 70 leaflets and chapbooks, approximately 50 letters, 11 broadsides, 11 photos, 3 manuscripts/typescripts, 1 scrapbook, and 1 book.Edwin Markham (né Charles Edward Anson Markham, (1852-1940) was an American poet, Poet Laureate of Oregon, best remembered for his… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,306.47
![Very early Declaration of War on Great Britain by USA and many related articles published in The Weekly Messenger, June 26, 1812](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/823/232/1315232823.0.m.jpg)
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Very early Declaration of War on Great Britain by USA and many related articles published in The Weekly Messenger, June 26, 1812
by The Weekly Messenger newspaper
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1812
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- No binding
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 137.29
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Boston: The Weekly Messenger newspaper, 1812. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. VERY EARLY PRINTED COPY OF THE US DECLARING OF WAR ON BRITAIN This June 26, 1812 The Weekly Messenger newspaper contains a declaration of war by James Madison dated 18 June 1812, and a proclamation by Madison confirming war, dated 19 June 1812. The United States… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 137.29
![Catalogue No. 16 [June, 1903] Goodspeed's Book Shop Autographs](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/421/838/1294838421.0.m.jpg)
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Catalogue No. 16 [June, 1903] Goodspeed's Book Shop Autographs
by GOODSPEED, Charles Eliot (1867-1950)
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- Used
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- 1st Edition
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- 1903
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- Self-cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 130.43
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Boston: Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1903. 1st Edition. Self-cover. First edition. 5-7/8 x 9-1/8 inches. 16pp. self cover, stapled. Compliments of ???? hand-written on top left corner. Very early and thus quite scarce Autographs catalogue, #16, June 1903, published by Goodspeed's Book Shop in Boston. Content is 11 pages of 394 autographed items, 6 books ads on 4 pages and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 130.43
![The Pilgrim Fathers. Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Lowell, December 22, 1876](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/647/924/862924647.0.m.jpg)
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The Pilgrim Fathers. Oration Delivered Before the City Council and Citizens of Lowell, December 22, 1876
by GOODWIN, John A. (John Abbot) (1824-1884)
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- Used - Good
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- 1st
- Published
- 1877
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- Soft Cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 48.05
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Lowell, Mass: Printed by Order of the City Council; Penhallow Printing Co, 1877. 1st. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. 50pp. Paper covers and a couple of small library stamps including one on the title page. The front paper wrap separated otherwise good condition.Very scarce booklet in any condition. This oration contains many facts of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 48.05
![Bonded Indebtedness of the Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages of State of New York](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/541/560/862560541.0.m.jpg)
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Bonded Indebtedness of the Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages of State of New York
by CALKINS, Hiram (collected and compiled by)
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1873
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- Soft Cover
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 68.64
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Albany: The Argus company, printers, 1873. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Good. First edition. 5-1/4 x 9 inches. [1]-69 p. Original booklet re-covered in flowered paper bound cover. Original paper wraps chipped missing some paper along borders, no type affected. Internally quite clean. Gift inscription of "Compliments of J.M. Patterson Jr. neatly written on the wrap cover. Overall good… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.64
![An Act for Providing Support for the Poor](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/361/599/780599361.0.m.1.jpg)
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An Act for Providing Support for the Poor
by British Government - Act of Parliament
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1780
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- No binding
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 68.64
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[London]: British Government, 1780. 1st Edition. No binding. Very Good. EARLY BRITISH LEGAL ACT RELATING TO THE POOR [MASSACHUSETTS?] 11 x 7 -1/4 inches, 2 original pages [ 1 leaf], with a complete Act and Law regarding how those found to be poor in the town or village. Light age-toning, some foxing, otherwise very good condition.Circa 1780. Believed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 68.64