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SCENES OF CHILDHOOD
by Warner, Sylvia Townsend
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- Used - Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket
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- [1982]
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670620432
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SGD 15.10
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New York: The Viking Press, [1982]. Hardcover. Very Good in unclipped and slightly worn dust jacket. 8.75 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches. A compilation of reminiscences from the New Yorker by the once-celebrated English writer; published posthumously; 177 pages Item Price
SGD 15.10
INVENTING WONDERLAND: THE LIVES AND FANTASIES OF LEWIS CARROLL, EDWARD LEAR, J.M. BARRIE, KENNETH GRAHAME AND A.A. MILNE
by Wullschlager, Jackie
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- Used - Near Fine in dust jacket
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- [1996]
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684822860
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SGD 13.72
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New York: The Free Press, [1996]. Hardcover. Near Fine in dust jacket. 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches. First American Edition; First Printing The story of five boys who didnât grow up and the literary revolution they created: Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J.M. Barre, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne; includes notes, bibliography, and an index in its 228… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.72
FAMOUS LONG AGO: MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES WITH LIBERATION NEWS SERVICE
by Raymond Mungo
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- Used - Better than Very Good in wrappers; previous owner name on first free endpaper
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- [2012]
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- Paperback
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- 9781558499478
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SGD 8.23
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Amherst MA: University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]. Paperback. Better than Very Good in wrappers; previous owner name on first free endpaper. 5.5 x 0.68 x 8.51 inches. New Paperback Edition Originally published in 1970 this edition has a new introduction by John McMillian and a new epilogue by the author; it remains one of the few enduring memoirs… Read more about this item Item Price
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FROM PARLOR TO PRISON: FIVE AMERICAN SUFFRAGISTS TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES
by Gluck, Sherna B. (editor)
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- Used - About Very Good in wrappers
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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- 9780394716428
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Los Altos Hills, California, USA
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SGD 8.23
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New York: Vintage Books / Random House, 1976. Paperback. About Very Good in wrappers. 8 x 5.25 x .8 inches. First Edition Stated Five Suffragists (Sylvie Thygeson, Jessie Haver Butler, Miriam Allen deFord, Laura Ellsworth Seiler and Ernestine Hara Kettler) tell their stories; 285 pages including chronology and selected bibliography Item Price
SGD 8.23
SLEEPING WHERE I FALL: A CHRONICLE
by Coyote, Peter
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- Used - Very Good in dust jacket; a bit edgeworn; dogear on page 88; sticker on rear of dj; a few pencil marks on bottom of text block
- Published
- [1998]
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- Hardcover
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- 9781887178679
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SGD 17.84
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Washington D.C.: Counterpoint, [1998]. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; a bit edgeworn; dogear on page 88; sticker on rear of dj; a few pencil marks on bottom of text block. 6.75 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches. Second Printing Coyoteâs record of the tribes of free people he lived and interacted with; 367 pages including index Item Price
SGD 17.84
STIEG LARSSON: THE REAL STORY OF THE MAN WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
by Pettersson, Jan-Erik
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- Used - Very Good in dust jacket; ex-library with the usual labels, markings but no pocket.
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- 2011
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- Hardcover
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- 9781402789403
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SGD 6.85
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New York: Sterling Publishing, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; ex-library with the usual labels, markings but no pocket.. 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches. First American Edition Stieg Larsson's former publisher reveals the real man behind the bestselling Millennium Trilogy. Item Price
SGD 6.85
THEY HANGED MY SAINTLY BILLY
by Graves, Robert
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- Used - Very Good in wrappers; text block edges a bit dirty.
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- [1980]
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780897330299
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SGD 5.48
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Chicago: Academy Chicago Limited, [1980]. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; text block edges a bit dirty.. 5.5 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches. Robert Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner...a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people...but was he a poisoner? Item Price
SGD 5.48
LAWRENCE AND THE ARABS
by Graves, Robert
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- Used - Very Good in wrappers; top edge a bit dirty.
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- 1991
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- Paperback
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- 9781557783387
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SGD 20.59
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New York: Paragon House, 1991. Paperback. Very Good in wrappers; top edge a bit dirty.. 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches. First Paperback Edition A close friend, Graves had Lawrence's permission and cooperation in this biography written in 1927; includes an index; 454 pages. Item Price
SGD 20.59
ROBERT GRAVES: THE ASSAULT HEROIC 1895-1926
by Graves, Richard Perceval
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- Used - Very Good in dust jacket; top of dj frayed and dirty.
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780297789437
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SGD 8.23
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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good in dust jacket; top of dj frayed and dirty.. 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches. Item Price
SGD 8.23
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QUERIDA UAKAMALA
by Hopkins, Elena
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- Used - Near Fine in wrappers
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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Los Altos Hills, California, USA
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SGD 34.33
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LaVergne TN: Self Published, 2010. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers. 8.5 x 5.5 x .2 inches. Author's second chapbook on the subject following My Panama Item Price
SGD 34.33
A BOOK OF REASONS
by Vernon, John
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- Used - Fine
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- 1999
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- PB
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- 9780395944776
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SGD 21.29
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. PB. Fine. small 8vo. Advance Reading Copy Item Price
SGD 21.29
44: DUBLIN MADE ME
by Sheridan, Peter
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- Used - Near Fine in wrappers; corners worn
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- [1999]
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- Paperback
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- 9780670885145
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SGD 15.11
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New York: Viking, [1999]. Paperback. Near Fine in wrappers; corners worn. Trade Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proofs Coming of age in the 1960s in Dublin; this advance copy by the famous theatre director documents a time gone by Item Price
SGD 15.11
THE JOURNEY TO STELLA: A.D. 1710-1713
by Swift, Jonathan
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- Used - Very Good in red cloth; spine faded; text clean and unmarked; a very few pages with bent bottom corners.
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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SGD 13.72
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London: G. Bell and Sons, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good in red cloth; spine faded; text clean and unmarked; a very few pages with bent bottom corners.. 6.6 x 4.3 x .8 inches. Part of Bohn's Popular Library; Dean Swift's correspondence with his friend, Esther Johnson, whom he called Stella and whom he may have secretly married. Item Price
SGD 13.72
BORN ON BROADWAY
by Osborne, Richard
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- Used - Very Good in chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; price stickers on spine and first free endpaper.
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- [1980]
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- Hardcover
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Burlingame CA: Bock Publishing, [1980]. Hardcover. Very Good in chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; price stickers on spine and first free endpaper.. 9.25 x 6.25 x .75 inches. Memoir of a life in show business; signed by the author on the front free endpaper with an inscription: Jan 1985 To Dan With all best wishes. Item Price
SGD 13.72
AMAZING GRACE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SURVIVOR
by Halloran, Grace
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- Used - Almost Very Good in wrappers; edges dirty; small stain on top edge; front wrap wrinkled at top corner; text clean and unmarked.
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- 1993
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781880823057
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SGD 82.41
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Georgetown MA: North Star Publications (MA), 1993. Paperback. Almost Very Good in wrappers; edges dirty; small stain on top edge; front wrap wrinkled at top corner; text clean and unmarked.. 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches. First Printing A pioneer in helping those, like herself and her son, who are afflicted with the incurable, degenerative eye disease Retinitis… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 82.41
ZAPATA OF MEXICO
by Newell, Peter E.
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- Used - About Very Good in worn wrappers
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- [1979]
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780904564242
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SGD 10.98
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Orkney UK: Cienfuegos Press, [1979]. Paperback. About Very Good in worn wrappers. 9.5 x 6 x .5 inches. Cover illustration by Flavio Costantini; an anarchist view of the revolutionary whose influence continues to this day Item Price
SGD 10.98
GETTING TO KNOW THE GENERAL: THE STORY OF AN INVOLVEMENT
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Near Fine in dust jacket
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671541606
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SGD 16.47
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. Hardcover. Near Fine in dust jacket. 9.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches. First American Edition Vintage Greene as he recounts his relationship with General Torrijos of Panama Item Price
SGD 16.47
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AUTHORS: ROBERT SOUTHEY
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - Very Good in slightly worn, faded, yapped suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; detached silk ribbon bookmar
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- 1900
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- Leather
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Los Altos Hills, California, USA
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SGD 48.07
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East Aurora NY: Roycrofters, 1900. Leather. Very Good in slightly worn, faded, yapped suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; detached silk ribbon bookmark; some transference from illuminated letters on to facing page throughout.. 6 X 8 X .35 inches. Limited Edition numbered 578 of 940 copies Signed by Hubbard; frontpiece protrait of Southey… Read more about this item Item Price
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LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF ENGLISH AUTHORS (NEW SERIES; VOL. VI, BOOK 1)
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - Very Good in worn, faded, yapped green suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; silk ribbon bookmark
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- 1900
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- Leather
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Los Altos Hills, California, USA
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SGD 64.55
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East Aurora NY: Roycrofters, 1900. Leather. Very Good in worn, faded, yapped green suede; top edge gilt with deckled fore and bottom edges; silk ribbon bookmark. 6 X 8 X 1 inches. Limited Edition numbered 661 of 947 copies Signed by Hubbard and illuminator Maud Baker; contains Hubbard's take on William Morris, Robert Browning, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Burns,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 64.55
GARCIA LORCA
by Honig, Edwin
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- Used - Very Good in edgeworn and chipped dust jacket
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- [1944]
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- Hardcover
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SGD 24.71
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Norfolk CT: New Directions Books, [1944]. Hardcover. Very Good in edgeworn and chipped dust jacket. 7.25 x 5 x .8 inches. This study of Spain's great modern poet is the fourth volume in the Makers of Moder Literature series; includes selected bibliography and index Item Price
SGD 24.71