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A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Snicket, Lemony
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Volumes 6-13 are first edition, first printing
- Published
- 1999-2006
- ISBN
- 9780064407663
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 116.04
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A full set of the Lemony Snicket masterpiece. Perhaps not quite a masterpiece like the Mona Lisa, or the Roman aqueducts, or a really well-prepared filet mignon, but the best he's ever done (or so it's been said, perhaps even by Daniel Handler). Anyway, volumes six through thirteen are first editions with complete number lines. Some volumes… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 116.04
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Dick Deadeye
by Searle, Ronald and Jeremy Hornsby
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First American edition, second printing
- Published
- 1975
- ISBN
- 9780151256006
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 20.54
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Red fabric covered boards with gilt print on the spine, showing very little wear and one small stain on the front. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked, except for the owner's name on the front endpaper. The endpapers are decorated with more of Searle's drawings, featuring Little Buttercup on the front and the Major General on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Complete Molesworth
by Willans, Geoffrey and Ronald Searle
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1985
- ISBN
- 9781851450015
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 30.81
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Little wear. The spine has a pair of creases, but remains square. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Observations from the consummate blockhead, Nigel Molesworth, on life in the English boarding school of the 1950s. Magnificently illustrated by the brilliantly comic artist Richard Searle. Item Price
SGD 30.81
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The Rose and the Ring, or, The History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo
by Thackeray, W. M. and M. A. Titmarsh
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1855
- ISBN
- 9781546639855
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 19.85
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Very little wear. Looks to be a print-on-demand edition of a story in the public domain. "Set in the fictional countries of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, the story revolves around the lives and fortunes of four young royal cousins, Princesses Angelica and Rosalba, and Princes Bulbo and Giglio." (Taken from the back cover.) Contains some of the illustrations from… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 19.85
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Pioneer, Go Home!
by Powell, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 54.43
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Book shows little wear. Pale green boards with dark green print on the spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. A couple of owner's names inside the front cover. The dust jacket shows a fair amount of wear and tear, mainly at the corners and the top and bottom of the spine. Not price clipped.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 54.43
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Put out More Flags
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Published
- 1977
- ISBN
- 9780316926157
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 13.01
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This book shows very little wear, the dust jacket has a few minor blemishes at the corners. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1942, this reprint was issued in 1977. Item Price
SGD 13.01
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The Wise Virgins
by Woolf, Leonard
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 2003
- ISBN
- 9781903155332
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 27.38
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No noticeable signs of wear other than a tiny bit of shelf wear at the lower front right corner. Plain gray dust jacket over equally plain gray paperback cover. A very nice book that appears to be unread. Persephone Books # 43. If you are afraid of Virginia Woolf, give her hubby Leonard a try. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Little World of Don Camillo
by Guareschi, Giovanni
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1977
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 20.54
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No dust jacket, no wear. Looks almost like new. Originally published in 1950, this 1977 reprint was limited to 300 copies. A collection of humorous and satirical short stories first published elsewhere. It's all explained in the first chapter. As you can imagine from a print run of just 300 copies, this is a rare… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fool
by Moore, Christopher
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2010
- ISBN
- 9780060590321
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 9.24
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Trade paperback. Small amount of wear at the edges and corners. Spine is uncreased and the pages are clean and tight. Moore's irreverent take on Shakespeare's King Lear, as told by the jester. Item Price
SGD 9.24
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Candide, or Optimism
by Voltaire
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- first
- Published
- 1966
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 8.22
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Trade paperback, this is a scholarly work offering background and criticism. The text of the satire Candide runs the first 80 pages of this 194-page text. Voltaire's satire skewers religion, theologians, governments, armies, philosophies, and philosophers. Edited by Robert M. Adams, this is a stated first edition. The original story was first published in 1759.
There are chips… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Handful of Dust
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2001
- ISBN
- 9780760725177
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 6.85
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Little wear. Originally published in 1934. Described as parts tragedy, comedy and irony, with a major dose of cynicism. The breakdown of a marriage equates to the breakdown of society and expresses Waugh's feeling about the breakdown of his own marriage. Pages are clean tight and unmarked. Item Price
SGD 6.85
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Sense and Sensibility
by Austen, Jane
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1995
- ISBN
- 9780451187901
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 3.77
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Movie tie-in release. Little wear. A single spine crease corresponds to the section of photos from the movie. A small piece (1 cm x 0.5 cm) missing from the edge of the back cover. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1811. Item Price
SGD 3.77
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Vanity Fair
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 2003
- ISBN
- 9781593083656
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 7.87
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Very little wear. Owner's name inside front cover. Deckle-edged pages are clean, tight and intact. A Barnes and Noble reprint of a novel first published in 1848. This book will ship at over two pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price. Item Price
SGD 7.87
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Reservations Recommended
by Kraft, Eric
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1990
- ISBN
- 9780517572337
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 11.98
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Very little wear. Pages are clean, tight and bright. Matthew Barber is a toy company executive by day, and an acerbic, womanizing restaurant critic by night. Described as a "...wickedly nasty parody of reviewing and the motives of reviewers..." Item Price
SGD 11.98
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A Handful of Dust
by Waugh, Evelyn
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 2014
- ISBN
- 9780316926058
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 5.48
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Little wear. Pages are clean and tight and the spine has just one crease. Originally published in 1934, this edition was released in conjunction with the release of a movie based upon the book. A satire on upper class British life where the characters all seem to have money, but little else. Item Price
SGD 5.48
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Twain, Mark
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1963
- ISBN
- 9780451524751
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 3.42
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Very little wear, no spine crease. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Originally published in 1889. From the 21st printing, so published much more recently than 1963. Item Price
SGD 3.42
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Pride and Prejudice
by Austen, Jane
- Condition
- Used - Poor
- Published
- 2016
- ISBN
- 9780486284736
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 2.40
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Trade paperback. Cover is well worn, with creases, rubs and a tear, yet the spine lacks creases. Pages are soft yet intact, with a very small amount of underlining and margin notes. Item Price
SGD 2.40
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Evelina or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World
by Burney, Fanny
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1965
- ISBN
- 9780393002942
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 5.82
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Little wear. One shallow spine crease. Pages are tight and bright, with a scattering of highlighting and margin notes. Originally published in 1778, and popular ever since. This book carries a date of 1965, but is the 8th printing and has an ISBN, so obviously was printed somewhat later than that. Item Price
SGD 5.82
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What to Expect When Your Wife is Expanding
by Hill, Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780836280180
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 6.85
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Trade paperback. Very little wear. 144 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. No spine creases. A satirical look at what you should know when dealing with someone else's pregnancy, like, say, your wife's. Just so there is no confusion, the covers are clearly marked, in a red banner, as "A Parody". Item Price
SGD 6.85
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The Secret Agent
by Conrad, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1986
- ISBN
- 9780140432282
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Olympia, Washington, USA
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SGD 3.08
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Very little wear. 269 pages are clean, tight and bright, although a few have been dog-eared. Originally published in 1907. Described as a "black satire on English society", "ironic" and as "darkly comic". My first reaction (and my daughter's, almost simultaneously) was "so he DID write something other than Heart of Darkness. (Turns out, quite… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3.08