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Report from the Committee Appointed to enquire into the State and Condition of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, and of the Trade carried on there. Together with an Appendix. Reported by Lord Strange 24th April 1749.
by Lord Strange (interviews)
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- Used - Very Good+
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- 1749
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 23,980.25
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42.5cm by 22.5cm, pp215-286, rare, first edition, second issue published in 1749 same year as first issue, plain white paper covers have light foxing, small repair foredge of title page otherwise bright, unmarked, Sabin 33548. Item Price
SGD 23,980.25
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The History of Kentucky including an account of the Discovery-Settlement-Progressive Improvement-Political and Military Events-and Present State of the Country. In two Volumes ... Vol. I.
by MARSHALL, Humphrey
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- Used - Good-
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- 1812
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 3,425.75
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21.5cm by 13.5cm, 407pp, the first edition and Vol. 2 never printed, lacking plate illustration, contemporary full calf covers heavily worn, spine label faded, foxing throughout, some pages more than others, page edges darkened, lower corner rear endpaper torn off, previous owners name (in pencil-looks like Benjamin Johnson?)on front paste-down and title page, page 75 badly faded for some reason,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,425.75
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Memoir of Keopuolani, late Queen of the Sandwich Islands.
by RICHARDS, William
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- Used - Good-
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- 1825
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 3,425.75
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17.5cm by 10.5cm, vii, paginated 9-55, first edition of the first biographical account of the first Christian convert in the Hawaiian Islands, with a Letter of Provenance from Mauna Kea Galleries, the book was formerly in the collection of John Dominis Holt, stapled booklet, two woodcut text illustrations, original printed wrappers detached, front cover heavily chipped about edges, title page… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,425.75
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Four Brothers in Blue; or, Sunshine and Shadows of the War of the Rebellion: A True Story of the Great Civil War from Bull Run to Appomattox.
by CARTER, Captain Robert G.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1913
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 2,740.60
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xiii, 509pp, 4to, original blue cloth shows light signs of wear, spine faded, unmarked. Item Price
SGD 2,740.60
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Pioneer Days on Puget Sound.
by DENNEY, Arthur A.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1888
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 1,712.88
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17cm by 12cm, 83pp, errata slip, inscribed to Irving A. Brooks and signed by the author on the flyleaf, some wear to brown cloth covers, titles in black on front panel, light pencil notations flyleaf and paste-down, unmarked. Item Price
SGD 1,712.88
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My Life on the Plains or Personal Experiences with Indians.
by CUSTER, Gen. G. A.
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1874
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 1,164.76
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24cm by 16cm, 256pp, 8 illustrations including tissue-guarded portrait of Custer, light wear to original cloth, spine faded and library numbers in black, blindstamp of Seneca Free Library on title page otjetwise no markings, front panel very bright, paste-down pages bubbling up near hinge, rear flyleaf creased and small hole, binding tender but still square and firm, occassional smudge. Item Price
SGD 1,164.76
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (12 Volumes)
by GIBBON, Edward
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- Used - Good+
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- 1823
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 445.35
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21.5cm by 14cm, 12 volumes complete, frontispiece portrait Volume 1, two folding maps one with a number of brown spots the other near fine, boards rubbed, edgeworn,spines also, dark spots on paste-down pages appears to be where glue was applied to leather turn-ins, unmarked otherwise. Item Price
SGD 445.35
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Correspondence of Lieut.-General The Hon. Sir George Cathcart, K. C. B., Relative to his Military Operations in Kaffraria, until the Termination of the Kafir War, and to his Measures for the Future Maintenance of Peace on that Frontier, and the Protection and Welfare of the People of South Africa.
by CATHCART, Sir George
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1857
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 308.32
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22cm by 13.5cm, xiii, 401pp, seven maps near fine, five folding, some colour, full polished tree calf, gilt still bright, spine rubbed and chipped, marbled page edges and endpapers, previous owners name and bookplate otherwise unmarked. Item Price
SGD 308.32
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Macedonia
by BRAILSFORD, H. N.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1906
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 363.13
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22.5cm by 14.5cm, 340pp, first edition, illustrated, light wear to blue cloth, gilt titles, small amount of writing on front paste-down and flyleaf and one small sticker otherwise unmarked, frontispiece lightly discoloured, folding map. Item Price
SGD 363.13
Odessa
by HERLIHY, Patricia
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1991
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 47.96
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411pp, 2nd printing, corners bumped, name and address written on rear flyleaf otherwise unmarked. Item Price
SGD 47.96
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A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia.
by HARIOT, Thomas
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- Used - Very Good+
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- Limited
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- 1903
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 171.29
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22.5cm by 17.5cm, xiii, 48pp, Dodd, Mead & Company's Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books, Historical Series, No. 1, limited to 520 copies, light wear to covers, unmarked. Item Price
SGD 171.29
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History of Manitoba from the Earliest Settlement to 1835 and from 1835 to the Admission of the Province into the Dominion by Charles R. Tuttle.
by GUNN, Hon. Donald
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1880
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 342.58
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22cm by 15.5cm, 482pp, light wear to covers which are very bright, front hinge weak, no loose pages, pen mark on rear pastedown otherwise unmarked. Item Price
SGD 342.58
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(Two volumes bound as one) The Russians of the South. and Russia and Turkey (from the Geographical Dictionary of J. R. McCulloch)
by BROOKS, Shirley ; McCULLOCH, J. R.
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- Used - Very Good-
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- 1854
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 130.18
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17.5cm by 12.5cm, 147, 73 [6]pp, two volumes bound together, both 1854, 1/4 leather, marbled paper covered boards, covers show light wear, 6 pages ads at back, some pencil marks and spotting first few pages otherwise unmarked. Item Price
SGD 130.18
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The Constitutional HIstory of England
by HALLAM, Henry
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1891
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 130.18
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17.5cm by 13cm, 419, 468, 455pp, full leather, gilt spine decorations and titles, marbled endpapers and page edges, neat ownership in ink at top of title pages otherwise unmarked. Item Price
SGD 130.18
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Mein Kampf von Adolf Hitler
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1939
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 616.64
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705pp with plus ads, in GERMAN, blue leather sword on front cover, special edition, previous owners name otherwise unmarked. Item Price
SGD 616.64
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The Looking-glass : being a true report and narrativeof the life, travels and labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a clored clergyman; Embracing a period of time from the year 1812 to 1854, and including his visit to Western Africa.
by PETERSON, Rev. Daniel H.
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- Used - Good-
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- 1854
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 1,164.76
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illustrated with frontispiece and 7 other engravings, covers near very good condition, tight and square gilt still quite bright front and rear panel, faded along spine, endpapers and flyleaves darkened and a 2 inch stain mark starting with front flyleaf continues for 10 pages, at rear a smaller stain continues for a few pages from rear flyleaf, frontispiece affected by… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,164.76
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Histoire de la Louisiane, Contenant la Decouverte de ce vaste Pays
by LE PAGE, M. (du Pratz)
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- Used - Good-
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- 1758
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 342.58
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Library rebind, a few library stamps, a few blindstamps, missing two folding maps, contains 34(missing probably 4 or 5)in text illustrations and a fold out Plan of 'Nouveau Orleans', volume one spine cracked within, no missing text pages, general wear, in french. Item Price
SGD 342.58
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Illustrated History of Oklahoma,
by ROCK, Marion Tuttle
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- Used - Good+
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- First
- Published
- 1890
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 746.81
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Original decorative cloth binding faded and worn along spine, nice decorative endpapers, all edges gilt, front hinge cracked but holding, no loose or missing pages, tissue-guarded illustrations, unmarked, rare. Item Price
SGD 746.81
United Empire Loyalists, A Guide to Tracing Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada.
by MERRIMAN, Brenda Dougall
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 2006
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 89.07
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almost new Item Price
SGD 89.07
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The Aftermath (The World Crisis 1918-1928)
by CHURCHILL, Wnston
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- Used - Good+
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- No dustjacket
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- 1929
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Ottawa, Ontario, CAN
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SGD 157.58
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502pp, faint pencil crayon on flyleaf otherwise unmarked, covers and gilt stamped titles bright and clean, first Canadian edition, no dustjacket. Item Price
SGD 157.58
