Illustrated Literature from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
by Alfred W. Pollard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1917
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Full blue cloth; gilt particulars to front and spine. Complete with 16 colored plates with tissue guards. Hinges and gutters firm. Minor wear to cloth on head and tail (see image). Occasional foxing and toning to tissue guards not affecting plates, otherwise a nice copy without previous owners' names or defacements.
7 x 8.5 in Item Price
SGD 273.84
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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods [Signed]
by Richard Wagner; Translated by Margaret Armour; Arthur Rackham
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,095.36
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Signed by Arthur Rackham and limited to 1,150 copies, of which this is number 272. Complete with 30 tissue-guarded tipped-in colored plates, including the frontis. Full vellum with gilt particulars to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Missing remnant to tail of spine (see image) and lacking silk ties. Minor foxing to tissue guards. Small abrasion to bottom left… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,095.36
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Tales of Mystery & Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1935
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 410.76
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Red leatherette with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. A total of twelve colored plates by Arthur Rackham with tissue guards, as well as numerous black/white illustrations throughout. Attractive skeleton endpapers. Small book club stamp to rear endpaper. Wear to head and tail of spine, as well as to front hinge (see images). Overall a clean… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 410.76
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Tales from Shakespeare [Signed]
by Charles and Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1909
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,369.20
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Limited to 750 large paper copies, of which this is number 49, Signed by Rackham to the limitation page. White cloth covered boards with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. 13 tipped-in colored plate, including the frontispiece and the plate facing page 16 titled Puck, which appears only in this edition. No tissue guards except opposite title page. Toning… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,369.20
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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance [Signed]
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 164.30
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Signed by Moser to title page. Quarter white cloth with black paper boards, and an accompanying dustjacket wrapped in mylar. No previous owner's names or other markings. Miniature Doubleday sticker to rear of jacket.
7.25 x 11 in Item Price
SGD 164.30
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Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London with a Complete Catalogue
by Natalie Rothstein, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1990
- ISBN
- 9780821218129
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.38
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Red cloth board with gilt particulars to spine; pictorial dust jacket; housed in pictorial paper slipcase . The book states that there are 473 illustrations, of which 371 are in full color. No previous owners' names or other markings. 9.75 x 13.75 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a very large & heavy book. Item Price
SGD 205.38
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The Prize Ring
by Bohun Lynch
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 136.92
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Half vellum over decorative boards and a circle with the title to the top right corner and gilt text to spine. Top edge gilt. Both full color chromolithographs and black and white illustrations throughout; 40 plates, most of which have tissue guards. Envelope with two letters, one hand-written from cartoonist Lank Leonard and the other an anonymously typed letter. No… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 136.92
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by George Bicknell (Ed.), Eighth Grade class of a Sullivan, Indiana schoolhouse
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Published
- 1903
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Sewn paper wraps with original reproduction of a stained glass window to front wrap. Printed at the Sullivan Democrat press under the printer Bill Macy. Colophon states: "The book was planned by George Bicknell, everything in it was written by the children and was published without any corrections. The books were hand-colored, hand-folded and hand- sewed by the children." #… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 273.84
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"Ask Mamma;" or The Richest Commoner in England.
by Robert Smith Surtees
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1858
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 335.45
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Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to boards, and five raised bands, gilt particulars, and two dark green skiver labels to spine. Original endpapers. Original hand-coloring to 13 hors texte plates, and 69 black and white plates throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 335.45
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali (SIGNED)
by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (Trans.)
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1946
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,074.82
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SIGNED by Dali and dated 1945 to limitation page; limited to 1000 copies, this being #194. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckle fore-edge. Housed in a black paper-covered slipcase with askew red label to front. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. A mixture… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,074.82
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A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. (3 Volumes - Complete)
by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1821
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,095.36
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Full gilt ruled calf; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine; gilt rule to board edges. Previously the personal copy of Edward Bellamy with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Beautifully illustrated throughout with hors texte plates as well as vignettes; occasional tissue guards, although some image transfer where tissue guards not present. Vol. 1: xxv, [v], 462 pp, lxxix,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,095.36
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Lincoln the Litigant
by William H. Townsend, Introduction by William E. Barton
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Published
- 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 123.23
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Limited to 1050 copies. Blue paper wraps and label with text to spine. Paper dust jacket. Housed in black paper slipcase with a label with text to spine. Deckle edges. Sur blanc black and white plates throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Losses to dust jacket, primarily at spine; wear to slipcase with closed tears at edges… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 123.23
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Celebrating the Past Defining the Future
by Citigroup Inc.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- ISBN
- 9780615560540
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 273.84
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Blue paper boards with silver text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No slipcase. Silver endpapers. Chronicles the history of Citi Bank and Travelers Group which converged into Citigroup in 1998 and later became Citi in 2011. Copiously illustrated with full color photographs and artwork throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards, primarily at corners and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 273.84
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Lincoln in Illinois
by Octavia Roberts
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1918
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 136.92
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Copyright page states: "This special large-paper edition is limited to one thousand copies." Tan paper boards with illustration to front board, and caramel cloth spine with gilt particulars. Tan dust jacket with illustration and text. Sur blanc plates with tissue guards throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings, save for a small note to front pastedown ("abt 1945"). Very… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 136.92
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The Adventures of King Pausole
by Pierre Louys
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Published
- 1926
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 150.61
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Limited to 990 copies, this being #295. Vibrant blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Deckled edges. All 10 color sur blanc plates throughout, some with silver and majority in duo-tone printing. Previous owner's name (John Donald Hotchkiss) to front pastedown, otherwise no other names or markings. Bumping to head and tail of spine, and very… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 150.61
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Babar Visits Another Planet
by Laurent de Brunhoff
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 102.69
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Pictorial glossy paper boards with text; pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Full color illustrations throughout. Early edition with $3.95 price to dust jacket flap. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light creasing to dust jacket, and soiling to dj and boards (see image). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.69
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No Roses for Harry!
by Gene Zion
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.38
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Pictorial paper boards with black cloth spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Illustrations in black, green, and yellow color palette throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light wear to jacket (see image). 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. Item Price
SGD 205.38
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The Colonial Furniture of New England, A Study of the domestic furniture in use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
by Irving Whitall Lyon
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Third Revised Edition
- Published
- 1925
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.38
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Green cloth boards with gilt decoration and text to front board and spine; deckled edges. 113 sur blanc illustrations with tissue guards throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light wear to boards, and light sunning to spine (see image). Small book seller's ticket to front pastedown (Cleveland Antiquarian Books). 8 x 11 inches. Shipped… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 205.38
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Tiwimuta Vol. 1 (Inaugural Edition)
by Andre Walker (Founder and Editor) et al.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,916.88
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Unique 3-dimensional pictorial metal boards with hinged metallic spine. Housed in blue and white cloth case with plastic window on blue case lid. Scarce. Unnumbered copy of 1200 as it has a label stating this was a display copy. Includes Editor's letter in glassine envelope. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Wear to case with… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,916.88
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Haiti, la Terre, les Hommes et Les Dieux
by Alfred Metraux
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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SGD 89.00
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Cream cloth boards with red debossed text to front board and spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Black and white photography throughout, as well as 3 full color illustrations. French text throughout. Previous owner's inscription to 3rd free page, otherwise no other names or markings. Closed tears to dust jacket and wear to mylar (see image). Spotting to exterior… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 89.00