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The Diary of T. E. Lawrence, 1911
by Lawrence, T. E
London: Corvinus Press, 1937 First edition, limited issue of 203 copies of which only 150 were for sale. This copy is number 35, marking it one of 40 printed on handmade Medway paper and bound in vellum. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs by T. E. Lawrence. Publisher's full vellum, lettered in gilt to front board and spine, stamped in gilt with publisher's device to rear board, two white silk ties, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; housed in the original white protective slipcase....
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SGD 6,893.50
Their Wedding Journey
by Howells, W. D
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition. 12 mo. 7-3/8" x 5-1/8. Three quarter tooled brown leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Small red leather heart motif used on front cover and spine. This may be a unique binding, signed on inside of front cover GAZ (?). Tipped in the back is the original cloth binding, complete, the front cover, back and spine. It doesn't look like a salesman's sample copy. Previous owner's names and inscriptions on prelims. Overall a...
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SGD 67.00
![Les flottes de guerre au combat. De la Guerre de Sécession à la Grande Guerre (1861-1914). [Tome I only]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/776/616/255616776.0.b.jpg)
Les flottes de guerre au combat. De la Guerre de Sécession à la Grande Guerre (1861-1914). [Tome I only]
by Wilson, H.W
Paris: Payot, 1928. First edition. Three quarter black morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in. A very good+ copy, spine ends rubbed, foxing to endpapers, leaves just browning.. 444 pp. Illus. with 12 b/w photos and 16 plans. 8vo. Collection de mémoirs, études et documents pour servir a l'histoire de la guerre mondiale.
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SGD 62.04
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by Robert Browning, designs and decorations by Harry Quilter
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Number 97 of 400 of the Japanese Vellum Edition De Luxe. Folio. Signed by Harry Quilter. and subscribed to Sir William Henderson. Illustrated.. Color frontispiece and one another plate printed on silk by Lemercier. Illustrated with b.w. designs/decorations throughout. Gilt decorated front board with two ornamental pewter inlays. Decorative front end papers. Some soiling to front and rear cover. Front board has a split has a 2.5-inch split at bottom...
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SGD 682.46
Vers un équilibre nouveau. Forces et faits éconimiques. Angleterre. États-Unis. Allemagne. Les réactions. La France. L'équilibre prochain crise économique et crise spirituelle
by Lacoin, Maurice
Paris: Payot, 1933. First edition. Three quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Near fine copy with very minor scuffing on backstrip, leaves just browning. A beautiful binding.. 327 pp. pp. Illus. with 2 b/w graphs. 8vo.
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SGD 68.94
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope.
by Pope. Alexander
Edinburgh.: William P. Nimmo, 1880. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. contemporary red half leather with marbled boards, spine heavily decorated in gilt with five raised bands, illustrated, 448 pages, prize bookplate to inside front cover for best Latin Scholar, extremities a little rubbed otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.
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SGD 43.12
MISSEL ROMAIN
by Misal
Dijon: Roux-Marchet. Printed by Firmin-Didot, 1901. Fine. 512p. Every page illustrated with large historiated borders. Bound in full medium blue crushed morocco with curvilinear edges with gilt borders formed of flowers and trailing vines, silk doblures and endpapers, fancy dentelles, a.e.g. Initials "M.P" on upper cover.
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SGD 241.27
Tom Brown's School Days. By an Old Boy. New Edition with Illustrations By Arthur Hughes And Sydney Prior Hall.
by Hughes. Thomas
London: Macmillan & Co, 1874. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. contemporary full black leather hardcover,spine with five raised bands decorated in gilt and original red leather label lettered in gilt,illustrated,368 pages,school prize inscription,some internal browning,extremities a little rubbed otherwise very good.
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SGD 60.37
JAPAN, a history in books.
by Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair "Japan Year
Tokyo: Executive Committee of the Frankfurt Book Fair, 1990. Book. Fine. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, paperbound with dust jacket, gilt wraps, 159 pages, illustrated, (numerous full color illustrations, Includes index. Japanese books from the earliest to the present. Illustrations include, scrolls, Buddist texts, illuatrated books, scientific works, novels. a bright copy. a very large folio measuring 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, ( 36.5 x 26 cm) will require extra post. Size: Foilio, (37 cm.).
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SGD 206.80
The Bridge of Lost Desire
by Delany, Samuel R. with Illustrations by Gregory W. Frux
Ultramarine Press, 1987. First. Hardbound. fine as issued. here offered is copy "F". one of 10 copies signed by Delany finely bound in full leather by Denis Gouey. 310 pp. [7 illustrations are included in this the limited edition. The Arbor House edition is not illustrated].
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SGD 1,034.02
THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON
by Day, Thomas
London: Longman, Rivington, Duncan, Whittaker, et. al, 1844. A new edition revised throughout. Slight wear to board edges, contents just mildly aged, two bookplates, near fine. A new edition revised throughout" iv, 452p. Illustrated with woodcuts after Harvey. Bound in quarter red morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and richly gilt panels.
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SGD 275.74
THE LIFE OF EDWARD FITZGERALD
by Wright, Thomas
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First American edition. Small scuff to paper on rear of Vol. I, else fine. First American edition. Two volumes. xxiv, [25-28], 29-328p; v iii, [9-10], [11]-301p. Handsomely rebound in half maroon morocco with marbled sides, t.e.g., the spines with gilt titles. Includes facsimile of Fitzgerald's commonplace books.
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SGD 344.68
The Poems of John Keats
by John Keats
New York: Brentano's, 1920. Leather Bound. Very Good. New York: Brentano's, 1920. Leather Bound. H: 8 D: 6.25 W: 1.25. 2 Volumes. John Keats, The Poems of John Keats. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco. Linen boards. Decorative gilt tooling on spine. Raised bands.....
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SGD 1,309.76
James Francis Edward - The Old Chevalier
by COSWAY-STYLE BINDING; BAYNTUN (RIVIÈRE), binders; HAILE, Martin
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. 'The Old Pretender' A Fine 'Extra-Illustrated' Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN (RIVIÈRE), binders. HAILE, Martin. James Francis Edward - The Old Chevalier. With 11 photogravure illustrations. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. First edition. Octavo (9 5/8 x 6 inches; 218 x 152 mm.). [i]-xii, [xiii, list of illustrations], [xiv, blank], 1-479, [1, printers imprint] pp. Title-page printed in black and red. Eleven (on ten) photogravure...
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SGD 15,855.05
TRILBY, A NOVEL
by Du Maurier, George. (George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier 1834 - 1896)
London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1895. First illustrated edition. Paper crack to gutter of first signature not affecting binding, else exceptionally fine. First illustrated edition. x, 447p. (v, ads). With 121 full page and in-text illustrations by the author. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full deep dark blue morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and panel ornamentation, the covers with a simple border rule and a small repeating geometric rule, simple dentelles. The...
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SGD 827.22
DIE KUNST DER HOCHRENAISSANCE IN ITALIEN
by Schubring, Paul
Berlin: Im Propylaen, 1926. First edition. Fine.. First edition. 615p. Many illustrations, including 54 color plates mounted on heavy stock with tissue guards. Small 4to. Bound in fine blue/black morocco with gilt spine, satin finish sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Copy presented to E.H. Wilkins, President of Oberlin College, from a group of students, signed by each student, with calligraphed and illuminated presentation plate by C.L. Ricketts.
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SGD 241.27
Roger Tory Peterson Field Guides Birds of Britain and Europe
by Peterson, Roger Tory; Mountfort, Guy; Hollom, P.A.D
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Anniversary Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, Collector's Lifetime edition bound in genuine dark blue leather lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gilt. 261 pages with numerous annotated maps and Index appended. Bound-in silk ribbon marker, smyth sewn binding and archival quality paper mark this as quality Eastern Press book. Illustrated with 96 colored plates, in addition to multiple...
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SGD 41.36
BALLADS
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Edinburgh: Smith, Edler, & Co, 1879. Spine just the faintest shade lighter, paper clip rust on flyleaf, all else fine and bright. xii, 323p. Illustrated by the author, Mrs. Butler, George Du Maurier, John Collier, H. Furniss, G. G. Kilburne, M. Fitzgerald, and J. P. Atkinson. Every page with a single line border with corner pieces. Bound by Bayntun in Half golden tan crushed morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, a.e.g., the spine with simple gilt titles.
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SGD 379.14
POEMS
by Cowper, William
London: Joned and Company, 1824. Printed by Andrew & John M. Duncan, Printers to the University, Glasgow. Frontispiece and engraved title mildly foxed, all else about fine. Printed by Andrew & John M. Duncan, Printers to the University, Glasgow. 32mo. (3 3/4"). xv, 428p. Engraved frontispiece and engraved title-page. Bound in full calf with marbled text block edges, the spine with maroon title label gilt, the panels and large raised bands also gilt, the covers with a series on frames in gilt and in...
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SGD 344.68
Messeniennes et Poesies Diverses. Onzie'me Edition.
by Delavigne. Par. M. Casimir
Paris: Ladvocat, 1824. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. TWO VOLUME BOUND IN ONE, original quarter green leather hardcover with spine heavily decorated in gilt, steel engraved illustrations, 195 & 199 pages, all page edges gilt, A LOVELY CLEAN AND COMPLETE COPY.
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SGD 34.50
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan
by Sheridan, Philip Henry
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888 Two volumes. Illustrated with numerous portrait plates (including frontispiece portraits at beginning of both volumes) and maps. First editions, first printings. Publisher's dark green cloth, with rider on horseback stamped in gilt to front boards, lettered in gilt, band of military stars in gilt to spines, and floral endpapers; near fine set, with light toning to spines, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, a hint of rubbing to boards, very bright...
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SGD 758.28
Three Tales
by Gustave Flaubert
Easton Press, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. CN: Easton Press, 1978. Introduction by Guy de Maupassant and illustrated by May Neama. Bound in blue leather with all edges gilt. Fine.
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SGD 41.36SGD 28.95
The Cruise of Admiral D. G. Farragut, Commanding the European Squadron in 1867-68 in the Flag-Ship Franklin. Our Admiral's Flag Abroad
by Montgomery, James Eglinton, A.M
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1869. Small 4to. 7-1/8" x 9-3/4." 463 pp. All edges gilt. Specially bound in blue leather binding with green leather medallion stamped in gold, signed H. Bühler, Froschaugasse 20, 8001 Zurich. Engraved title page. Tipped in frontispiece is a real sepia-tone photograph of David Farragut with his signature on the mounting paper underneath the photo. A few faint finger smudges and a touch of light foxing on engraved title page. Former owner's name on front fly-leaf. Fly-leaf...
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SGD 379.14
Just So Stories for Little Children
by Rudyard Kipling
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1902. First Edition. Leather Bound. Very good/Very good. Rudyard Kipling. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1902. Rudyard Kipling. First Edition. Leather Bound. H: 9 1/4", D: 7, W: 1 1/8. 1 Volume. Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories for Little Children. First Edition. Bound in full.....
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SGD 3,446.75
