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Nuova Raccolta....Della Citta Di Firenze
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - Approximately 11 1/2 x 8 ”; publisher’s wrappers, the front of which is printed and illustrated with an engraved scene of Fl
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- n.d. [c.1845]
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 6,161.40
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Florence, Italy: Francesco e Giuseppe Peinder, n.d. [c.1845]. Approximately 11 1/2 x 8 ”; publisher’s wrappers, the front of which is printed and illustrated with an engraved scene of Florence; cloth spine (possibly renewed at an early date); excellent condition. Consisting of 20 exceptional vibrant and detailed aquatints. A fine memento of the Grand Tour, which took the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 6,161.40
Album De Naples 1845
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - Approximately 9 1/2 x 8 1/4”; full pebble grained red morocco; covers lined and titled in gilt; all edges gilt. Excellent cond
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- 1845
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- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 2,259.18
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Naples, Italy (presumably): no publisher, 1845. Approximately 9 1/2 x 8 1/4”; full pebble grained red morocco; covers lined and titled in gilt; all edges gilt. Excellent condition. This album consists of 18 aquatints of southern Italian life. Even had this not been titled so, it is clearly a Grand Tour souvenir, an expensive and beautiful object typical of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,259.18
Les Glanes: Album
by SAZERAC, H.L. (PRESUMABLY THE EDITOR)
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- Used - First Edition (presumably). Consisting of text and 19 engravings (some full page, others two on a page) of places, scenes, relig
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- n.d. [c.1850]
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 684.60
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Paris: H. Mandeville, n.d. [c.1850]. First Edition (presumably). Consisting of text and 19 engravings (some full page, others two on a page) of places, scenes, religious and secular (gleanings to be sure); minor foxing. Bound in an exceptional 19th century publisher’s cloth binding, approximately 8 1/2 x 10 3/4”; possibly but almost imperceptibly rebacked; decorated in blind and in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 684.60
Aesop’s Fables...With Plates and Decorations by Stephen Gooden
by AESOP
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- Used - First Edition, thus. Publisher’s vellum with gilt lettering and decoration; minor smudging and wear; small label inside the ba
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- 1936
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 1,198.05
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London: Harrap, 1936. First Edition, thus. Publisher’s vellum with gilt lettering and decoration; minor smudging and wear; small label inside the back cover; very nearly a fine copy in a lightly worn publisher’s slipcase. One of 525 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Item Price
SGD 1,198.05
Le Reve. Illustrations by Louis Icart
by ZOLA, EMILE
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- Used - Publisher’s wrappers; very minor foxing; fine in a very good publisher’s slipcase and chemise. Limited to 3000 copies; Icart
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- 1946
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 342.30
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Monte Carlo: Editions du Livre, 1946. Publisher’s wrappers; very minor foxing; fine in a very good publisher’s slipcase and chemise. Limited to 3000 copies; Icart’s illustrations are in color. Item Price
SGD 342.30
Letters to Miss Margaret Brooks
by BARTLETT, GEORGE A
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- Used - First Edition. Original illustrated paper-covered boards; a bit rubbed; very good. Each page of text features an illustration by
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- n.d. [ca. 1899]
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 136.92
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No place of publication: privately printed, n.d. [ca. 1899]. First Edition. Original illustrated paper-covered boards; a bit rubbed; very good. Each page of text features an illustration by Gordon Grant, primarily of lighthouses in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Item Price
SGD 136.92
The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg. Including the Story of Reynard the Fox
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - First Edition. “With Twenty Illustrations, Drawn from the Stuffed Animals Contributed by Herrmann Ploucquet of Stuttgart to th
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- 1851
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 547.68
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London: David Bogue, 1851. First Edition. “With Twenty Illustrations, Drawn from the Stuffed Animals Contributed by Herrmann Ploucquet of Stuttgart to the Great Exhibition. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; some spotting; shaken; very good. The illustrations (frogs, cats, weasels, etc.), including the fold-out frontispiece, are black and white. Item Price
SGD 547.68
Woodcuts: Examples of the Work of Claire Leighton. With an Introduction by Hilaire Belloc
by LEIGHTON, CLARE
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- Used - First Edition. One of 450 numbered copies signed by the artist. Small folio; very slight foxing of the endpapers; fine in a chip
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- 1930
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 547.68
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London: Longmans, Green, 1930. First Edition. One of 450 numbered copies signed by the artist. Small folio; very slight foxing of the endpapers; fine in a chipped and wrinkled dust jacket. Item Price
SGD 547.68
A Selection of War Verse with Illustrations on Wood by F.O.C. Darley
by VARIOUS AUTHORS
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- Used - Originally issued in 1864; publisher’s cloth; foxed; very good. With seven illustrations by Darley.
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- 1866
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 136.92
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New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1866. Originally issued in 1864; publisher’s cloth; foxed; very good. With seven illustrations by Darley. Item Price
SGD 136.92
Billy Popgun. Illustrated by the Author
by WINTER, MILO
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- Used - First Edition; limited issue; one of 350 numbered copies. Publisher’s quarter vellum and boards; small stain at the foot of th
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- 1912
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1912. First Edition; limited issue; one of 350 numbered copies. Publisher’s quarter vellum and boards; small stain at the foot of the spine, else very slight wear. Item Price
SGD 171.15
A Young Man’s Fancy
by PHILLIPS, COLES
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- Used - First Edition. Aside from a little spotting, a fine copy in a dust jacket with very minor wear. Uncommon in this condition.
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- 1912
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 444.99
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. First Edition. Aside from a little spotting, a fine copy in a dust jacket with very minor wear. Uncommon in this condition. Item Price
SGD 444.99
The “Halls”
by SCOTSON-CLARK, G.F
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- Used - First Edition. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; some cloth foxing; very good. With an introductory essay by George Gamble, descr
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- n.d. (c.1900)
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 136.92
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, n.d. (c.1900). First Edition. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; some cloth foxing; very good. With an introductory essay by George Gamble, describing the music hall artists, “...mostly, a music-hall artiste is a person who has to roar, bellow, screech, caterwaul for supremacy throughout a mere orchestral free-fight...” The 24 illustrations are very much in the style of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 136.92
Among Us Cats
by HILL, W.E
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- Used - First Edition. Front hinge cracking; some cloth wear; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed "To Fran Russell from Bill Hill/ D
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- 1926
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 342.30
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1926. First Edition. Front hinge cracking; some cloth wear; very good. Presentation copy; inscribed "To Fran Russell from Bill Hill/ December, 1926." Below the inscription, the author/illustrator has drawn three cats dressed in evening wear, captioning below, " 'Tom, I've seen Grant's Tomb, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Niger [sic] Clubs and the Woolworth… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 342.30
Cheddar Gorge: A Book of English Cheeses. With Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard
by SQUIRE, JOHN (ED.)
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- Used - First Edition; American issue. Very good to fine in a dust jacket with a few interior tape mends.
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- 138
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 136.92
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New York: Macmillan, 138. First Edition; American issue. Very good to fine in a dust jacket with a few interior tape mends. Item Price
SGD 136.92
Ups and Downs on Land and Water
by HOPPIN, AUGUSTUS
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- Used - First Edition. Oblong folio; publisher’s illustrated cloth; some cloth wear; shaken; a good to very good copy. Humorous cartoo
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- 1871
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 89.00
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Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. First Edition. Oblong folio; publisher’s illustrated cloth; some cloth wear; shaken; a good to very good copy. Humorous cartoons of European travel. Item Price
SGD 89.00
The Face in the Pool: A Faerie Tale
by ST. JOHN, J. ALLEN
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- Used - First Edition. Very uncommon, especially when complete; the color plates are often lacking; publisher’s pictorial cloth; very
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- 1905
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1905. First Edition. Very uncommon, especially when complete; the color plates are often lacking; publisher’s pictorial cloth; very minor rubbing; on the better side of very good. Item Price
SGD 273.84
Lyrics Pathetic and Humorous From A to Z
by DULAC, EDMUND
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- Used - First Edition. Neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper: only the slightest wear; an unusually fine, attractive copy.
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- 1908
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 889.98
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London: Frederick Warne, 1908. First Edition. Neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper: only the slightest wear; an unusually fine, attractive copy. Item Price
SGD 889.98
The Princess. With Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy
by TENNYSON, ALFRED
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- Used - First Edition thus. Aside from some offsetting and two small scrapes on the front endpaper, a fine copy in the scarce dust jacke
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- 1911
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 171.15
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1911. First Edition thus. Aside from some offsetting and two small scrapes on the front endpaper, a fine copy in the scarce dust jacket, which, while very good, has numerous old interior tape mends. Item Price
SGD 171.15
An Old Sweetheart of Mine. Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy
by RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB
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- Used - First Edition Publisher’s pictorial cloth; an exceptionally bright, fine copy, likely preserved by the now damaged, but early
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- 1902
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- 1
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 89.00
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Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1902. First Edition Publisher’s pictorial cloth; an exceptionally bright, fine copy, likely preserved by the now damaged, but early or original unprinted tissue dust jacket. BAL 16657, noting that this is an expanded version of an earlier piece. The prolific Riley and Christy are out of fashion, but are nevertheless charming and highly evocative of an earlier… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 89.00
Moss Rose Album
by ANONYMOUS
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- Used - First Edition (presumably). Publisher’s leather, decorated in blind and in gilt. Spine worn, foxing; overall very good. Illust
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- n.d. [c. 1859]
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Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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SGD 239.61
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No place of publication: J.C. Riker, n.d. [c. 1859]. First Edition (presumably). Publisher’s leather, decorated in blind and in gilt. Spine worn, foxing; overall very good. Illustrated with five hand colored floral plates and a title page printed in gilt. A typical gift book, with many of the blank leaves filled in by the recipient’s friends and acquaintances. Item Price
SGD 239.61
