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Bedside Guardian 36: Ken Livingston Introduces a Selection from the Guardian 1986-1987.
by W.L. Webb, [Editor].
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- First Edition (1987), so stated.
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- 1987.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780002179829
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- 1
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SGD 5.35
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London, UK Collins , 1987. Hardcover First Edition (1987), so stated. First Edition (1987), so stated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows only the expected light tanning to the text pages; else flawless; the binding remains square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5.35
A Roundup of Cowboy Humor.
by Ted Stone, (Editor).
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- Used
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- First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a c
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- 1995.
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- Paperback
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- 9780889951419
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 20.08
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Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Red Deer College Press: Roundup Books, 1995. Paperback First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition (1995), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.08
Confucius Saw Nancy and Essays About Nothing.
by Lin Yutang.
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- Used
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- 1936.
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- Hardcover
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 321.21
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Shanghai, China The Commercial Press, Ltd., 1936. Hardcover Ex-LIBRARY, in heavy rust-toned Newark, NJ library rebinding, with the usual marks, stamps, and treatments of such. Else, Very Good: shows just light wear to the extremities; moderate rubbing to the panels; the text pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging; the binding remains square and secure; the text is… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 321.21
Fish Whistle: Commentaries, Uncommentaries, And Vulgar Excesses.
by Daniel Pinkwater .
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- Used
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- First Edition (1989), First Printing stated.
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- 1989.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780201517897
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 16.33
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Reading, MA Addison-Wesley , 1989. Hardcover First Edition (1989), First Printing stated. First Edition (1989), First Printing stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: The Book shows indications of careful use: the binding is very slightly cocked; a few flecks of foxing at the fore-edge; minimal shelving wear to the lower extremities; the text… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.33
Esquire's World of Humor: Hilarious Cartoons, Criticism, Photos, Essays and Fiction by the World's Great Funnymen.
by Editors of Esquire Magazine.
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- First Edition UK (1965), so stated.
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- 1965.
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 33.46
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New York, NY Arthur Barker, 1965. Hardcover First Edition UK (1965), so stated. First Edition UK (1965), so stated. Very Near Fine in Very Good to Very Good+ DJ: The Book is near flawless, if not quite "fresh", showing a single minor flaw (see below); the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The DJ… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 33.46
Womens Comic Visions.
by June Sochen (Editor).
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (1991), not directly stated, but First Printi
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- 1991.
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- Paperback
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- 9780814323083
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 33.46
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Detroit, MI Wayne State University Press, 1991. Paperback First Edition Thus (1991), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First Edition Thus (1991), not directly stated, but First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: the front panel of the wrapper covers wants to curl up ever so… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 33.46
I Think, Therefore I Laugh .
by John Allen Paulos .
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- Used
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- First Edition Thus (1990), First Printing indicated by a complet
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- 1990.
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- Paperback
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- 9780679729549
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 20.08
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New York, NY Random House: Vintage, 1990. Paperback First Edition Thus (1990), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. First published in hardcover in 1985. First Edition Thus (1990), First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: a small spot of roughness at the lower frong panel, where a sticker has been… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.08
Naked.
by David Sedaris .
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- Used
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- 1997.
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- Audio Cassette
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- 9781570424816
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 20.08
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New York, NY Time Warner Audio, 1997. Audio Cassette Two Audio Cassette Tapes in Excellent Confition. They have been played, but show no sign of it. These are housed in a blue, white and grey heavy cardstock case which shows just a touch of wear to the corner tips and the mildest rubbing to the panels (Very Good+… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.08
Maine: a State of Ruggedness (Cobb's America Guyed Books).
by Irvin S. Cobb.
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- Used
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- First Edition; First Printing indicated by the "GDH" c
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- 1924.
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- Hardcover
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 20.08
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New York, NY George H. Doran , 1924. Hardcover First Edition; First Printing indicated by the "GDH" colophon under the copyright date on the copyright page. First Edition; First Printing indicated by the "GDH" colophon under the copyright date on the copyright page. Very Good in Very Good DJ: Both book and DJ show indications of moderate… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.08
The Years with Ross.
by James Thurber.
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- Used
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- First Edition [1963], unstated, in accordance with Penguin's
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- 1963.
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- Paperback
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Harmondsworth, Middlesex, UK Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback First Edition [1963], unstated, in accordance with Penguin's customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition [1963], unstated, in accordance with Penguin's customary practice at the time of publication. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: slight spine lean; light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing and some… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.08
Sheldon and Mrs. Levine, An Excruciating Correspondence.
by Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein.
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- Used
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- First Edition [1994]; First Printing indicated by a full number
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- 1994.
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- Hardcover
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- 9780843136685
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 40.15
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Los Angeles, CA Price Stern and Sloan, 1994. Hardcover First Edition [1994]; First Printing indicated by a full number line. SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHORS on title page (signatures only). First Edition [1994]; First Printing indicated by a full number line. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 40.15
All Abroad.
by Edmund Swinglehurst.
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- Used
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- First Edition [1958], unstated.
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- 1958.
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 25.16
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London, UK Max Parrish, 1958. Hardcover First Edition [1958], unstated. First Edition [1958], unstated, in accordance with Parrish's customary practice. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: The Book shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities; a couple of stains along the front inside gutter; the binding leans slightly, but remains perfectly… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 25.16
L'italia dei peccatori (Italian Text).
by Enzo Biagi.
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- Used
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- First Edition [1991], so stated.
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- 1991.
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- Hardcover
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 53.54
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Milan, Italy Rizzoli Libri, 1991. Hardcover First Edition [1991], so stated. First Edition [1991], so stated. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Both book and DJ show only minute indications of use. The Book shows just a hint of wear to the lower front corner tip; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 53.54
I'm So Sorry Little Man I Thought You Were a Hand-Puppet: 250 Cartoons by A. Weldon.
by Andrew Weldon .
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- Used
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- First Edition Thus [2002]; First Printing indicated.
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- 2002.
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- Paperback
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- 9781865087825
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 19.27
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Crows Nest, Australia Allen & Unwin, 2002. Paperback First Edition Thus [2002]; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus [2002]; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very light use: faint patch of soiling at the bottom of the front panel; former owner's gift inscription at the front endpaper; binding shows barely discernible lean, but… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 19.27
Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences.
by Barbara Holland .
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- Used
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- First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated.
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- 1996.
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- Paperback
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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New York, NY HarperCollins: HarperPaperbacks, 1996. Paperback First Edition Thus; First Printing indicated. First Edition Thus [1996]; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows only light tanning to the pages, but especially deep at the insides of the front and rear cover panels; the pale yellow background field has been sunned at the backstrip, blanching it… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.08
'Soupsongs' / 'Webster's Ark'.
by Blount Roy Jr.
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- Used
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- First Edition; First Printing indicated.
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- 1987.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395430071
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 11.24
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Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin , 1987. Hardcover First Edition; First Printing indicated. First Edition; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Fine DJ: The Book shows a small, rectangular rubber-stamped mark at the lower free endpaper, with whatever message it carried rubbed out; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. The… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 11.24
Hopalong-Freud and Other Modern Literary Characters.
by Ira Wallach.
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- Used
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- First Ed, unstated.
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- 1951.
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 33.46
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New York, NY Henry Schuman, 1951. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Very Good+ in Good only DJ: Book shows indications of careful use; just a touch of wear to extremities; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows wear to the extremities and loss to chipping at the heel of the backstrip and at the head… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 33.46
Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten.
by Oliver Herford.
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- Used
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- First Ed USA, so stated.
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- 1993.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780847817078
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 16.33
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New York, NY Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. , 1993. Hardcover First Ed USA, so stated. First Ed USA, so stated. Very Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ: Book shows a several faint "lines" in the lamination at the rear panel [this appears to be a production flaw rather than due to wear]; binding square and secure; text clean.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.33
My Discovery of England.
by Stephen Leacock.
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- Used
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- First Ed USA; unstated.
- Published
- 1922.
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 7.22
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New York, NY Dodd Mead & Company, 1922. Hardcover First Ed USA; unstated. First Ed USA; unstated. Good: Shows significant indications of use. Binding shows slight spine lean; moderate wear to extremities; pages have tanned a bit, with age. Several tiny white spots. Binding remains secure; text clean. Former owner's tasteful bookplate at front free endpaper.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 7.22
Here's Misery!: A Book of Burlesques.
by E.V. Knox [Evoe].
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- Used
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- First Ed, so stated.
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- 1928.
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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SGD 100.38
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London, UK Methuen & Company, 1928. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Very Good+ in Good+ DJ: Book shows indications of very careful use; just a touch of wear to the extremities; former owner's inked name at the front free endpaper; heavy foxing at the bottom edge; much sparser foxing at the fore-edge; top edge… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 100.38