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Ein Erntelied (A Harvest Song)

Ein Erntelied (A Harvest Song)

by Madeleine, Marie [Manuscript Poem]

Paper with additional horizontal center fold, small fold tear. Erasure marks in the upper right corner on the first side. Signature with small ink smudge. Very good manuscript work from this protagonist of the Decadent movement. JBS-127. [Manuscript Poem]   Marie Madeleine  "Ein Erntelied" ("A Harvest Song")   c.1905 Manuscript poem by Marie Madeleine, the subject of Ronald K. Siegel's 2016 book The Priestess of Morphine: The Lost Writings of Marie-Madeleine in the Time of Nazis. Folded paper... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,379.30
Documents Relating to the Purchase and Exploration of Louisiana.

Documents Relating to the Purchase and Exploration of Louisiana.

by Jefferson, Thomas & Dunbar, William

Boston.: Houghton Mifflin & Company., 1904. "I. The Limits and Bounds of Louisiana by Thomas Jefferson. II. The Exploration of the Red, the Black, and the Washita Rivers. By William Dunbar." First publication of these items, "Printed from the original manuscripts in the American Philosophical Society Library." See Howes L-498. This is #252 in a limited edition of 550 copies. Very good condition in publisher's blue cloth, with extra spine label tipped onto back endpaper.. 24 cm. 45, 189, 76 pp. b/w... Read more about this item
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SGD 344.82
Albert Einstein, an almost complete collection of his publications and two original manuscripts, Catalogue 278

Albert Einstein, an almost complete collection of his publications and two original manuscripts, Catalogue 278

Hardcover. Near Fine. Interlibrum, Buchantiquariat, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, March 1979; 8vo, pp [126]; tipped in frontispiece being a coloured reproduction of a painting of Einstein by Hans Erni, the image reproduced on the front cover; 356 separate items are listed and there are numerous illustrations throughout, many of title pages but also of other material; the catalogue is a supplement to the Interlibrum series, Printing and the Progress of Man; price list loosely inserted; boards covered with very... Read more about this item
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SGD 128.71
Intimacy: The Noble Adventure

Intimacy: The Noble Adventure

by Rosenthal, Don

Chelsea, VT: The Noble Adventure. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. Plastic comb binding. B0006PC1II . Typescript for the author's 1999 book. Clean and sound; 8 1/2" x 11"; 192 pages .
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SGD 68.96
South Africa's 800 : The Story of South African Volunteers in Israel's War of Birth (Revised and reprinted, November 2003)

South Africa's 800 : The Story of South African Volunteers in Israel's War of Birth (Revised and reprinted, November 2003)

by Katzew, Henry

South African Zionist Federation, 2003. Revised Edition . Softcover. Very Good. Compiled and produced by Maurice and Marcia Ostroff from Henry Katzew's original manuscript. Edited by Joe Woolf. Revised and Reprinted edition, November 2003. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 382 pages and Photo Album 58 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binging is excellent. R* 16/06/2022 GK.... Read more about this item
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SGD 78.62
1867 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY 2 related life insurance documents original

1867 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY 2 related life insurance documents original

by Atlas Assurance Company, London, England

[1867 BRITISH INSURANCE DOCUMENT, 2 RELATED DOCUMENTS] 1867 ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY, 2 related documents concerning life insurance policy for John Watkins Freeman, (i) letter dated 16th Nov. 1867 with letterhead Atlas Assurance Office, Life Department, London, typescript with blanks filled in by hand pinned to (ii) handwritten notice to the Atlas Assurance Office from the "Solicitors of said Mary Ann Freeman"; NOTES: ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY was a British life and fire insurance company established at the... Read more about this item
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SGD 82.76
Holograph Note Signed

Holograph Note Signed

by Salter, James

(np): (np) Aprx 9x12 inch 20 lb green stock dated "August 4 Bridgehampton." "Yes, it is a nice collection. A pleasure to sign. My regards to Ms Mason." Salter has signed with his initials "J.S" Folded in half with beginning toning at extremities. Very Good condition.. Signed. Unbound. Very Good/Not Issued.
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SGD 131.03
Autograph Musical Scores in the Coolidge Foundation Collection

Autograph Musical Scores in the Coolidge Foundation Collection

by Library of Congress Music Division

Washington, D.C.: Self, 1950 30 pp. Wear and scuffing to wraps.. Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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SGD 13.93
9 Letters Between Sisters and Cousins, Wheelers and Spragues, Massachusetts 1819-1852

9 Letters Between Sisters and Cousins, Wheelers and Spragues, Massachusetts 1819-1852

A series of nine letters from 1819-1852 from a Massachusetts family. In summary discussions include wanting to become a teacher to teach her siblings, a healing water in short supply to cure a little boys eye disease, the price of wheat, concerns about scarlet fever, the cost of a home ($400), a hard cough that may take a relative and the passing of a family member. The correspondence are both between cousins or siblings discussing their everyday lives. The majority of the correspondence is a set of... Read more about this item
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SGD 482.76
THE YEAR OF DECISION (Atomic Energy Show, 3 versions including original ribbon script with handwritten editjng and director annotations)

THE YEAR OF DECISION (Atomic Energy Show, 3 versions including original ribbon script with handwritten editjng and director annotations)

by Mavor Moore, scriptwriter; Gerlad Kean, producer/director handwritten editing and annotations

[1950 UNITED NATIONS ORIGINAL RADIO SCRIPTS ON ATOMIC ENERGY WITH SOME EINSTEIN CONTENT / HANDWRITTEN PRODUCER/DIRECTOR GERALD KEAN EDITING AND TIMING NOTES] THREE VERSIONS: THE YEAR OF DECISION [Atomic Energy Show] written by Mavor Moore, starring John Garfield, United Nations Radio in association with the Mutual Network, Sunday, June 18, 1950, (:00-10:00 PM EDST (Final pre-broadcast script), Director…Mavor Moore, Producer…Gerald Kean…Composer-Conductor…Louis Applebaum, in upper right corner in... Read more about this item
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SGD 827.58
DYING

DYING

by Arnzen, Michael A

San Francisco: Tachyon Publications, 2003. "Comedic horror chapbook. Sixteen poems written as 'household tips for serial killers,' in the vein of Martha Stewart Living magazine." INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MICHAEL ARNZEN: "House work---It's a bad thing! Michael A. Arnzen." [search our listings for more items by Michael Arnzen including original manuscripts and signed items]. SIGNED. First Printing. Wraps. Fine - As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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SGD 20.62
THE DECORATED LETTER

THE DECORATED LETTER

by Alexander, J. J. G

George Braziller. Good with no dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0807608947 . E--Wear and rubbing to covers. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .
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SGD 17.86
Tales of Pollux the Rabbit

Tales of Pollux the Rabbit

by Anonymous. [H]

Cloth. Very Good. Imaginative, whimsical verse and illustrations of an upper crust rabbit, Pollux, and his frivolous cares and activities. N.d., early 20th century and World War One era. Oblong 4to, 24.5 by 30 cm. 21 pp. (and leaves) of original pen and ink and watercolored drawings. Each page has a mounted illustration, with inked verse next to it, poking fun at Pollux's dress, his vanity, his helplessness, his manners, etc. Other characters include Jenkins, card players, a pining woman, all... Read more about this item
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SGD 2,413.78
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; DINAH SHORE AND OTHER CAST SIGNED; ORIGINAL WWII U.S. RADIO PLAY ADAPTATION ANNOTATED DIRECTOR COPY] “FEMME OU DEMON” — from the Universal Pictures “DESTRY RIDES AGAIN”, 1945

DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; DINAH SHORE AND OTHER CAST SIGNED; ORIGINAL WWII U.S. RADIO PLAY ADAPTATION ANNOTATED DIRECTOR COPY] “FEMME OU DEMON” — from the Universal Pictures “DESTRY RIDES AGAIN”, 1945

by Jacques Surmagne

[1945 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; DINAH SHORE AND OTHER CAST SIGNED; ORIGINAL WWII U.S. RADIO PLAY ADAPTATION ANNOTATED DIRECTOR COPY] "FEMME OU DEMON" — from the Universal Pictures "DESTRY RIDES AGAIN" [the movie title for the release to the English-speaking market, "Femme…" is the movie title in French for the international market release in 1939], original ribbon radio script for the U. S. Office of War Information (OWI) WWII program, heavily annotated by director Gerald Kean whose name is in red pencil... Read more about this item
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SGD 758.62
Collection of Four Postcards Written By Charles Edwin Gatliff, (1882-1959) Member of the Australian 4th Lighthorse Regiment, to His Brother Henry Ernest Gatliff, Mosman, Sydney Australia 1917 -1918.

Collection of Four Postcards Written By Charles Edwin Gatliff, (1882-1959) Member of the Australian 4th Lighthorse Regiment, to His Brother Henry Ernest Gatliff, Mosman, Sydney Australia 1917 -1918.

by Charles Edwin Gatliff (1882-1953)

In these postcards, Gatliff writes about his many crossings of the English Channel, the most recent in a 'heavy swell,' time spent at Paris Plage, 'a popular seaside resort with sandy beach not shingles,' Stonehenge, which he can seee 'quite plainly from the door of my hut.' Postcards depict Le Havre (x2), Paris Plage and Stonehenge. Charles Edwin Gatliff also fought in the Boer War with the Scots Mounted Railway Guards and The Canadian Scouts.. Good. Manuscript.
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SGD 56.58
ONCE UPON A TIME original radio script in French, World War II United States Office of War Information, radio script adaptation of popular movie, with signatures of John Loder, Mischa Auer, Denise Vernac, and other cast

ONCE UPON A TIME original radio script in French, World War II United States Office of War Information, radio script adaptation of popular movie, with signatures of John Loder, Mischa Auer, Denise Vernac, and other cast

by Gerald Kean, director

[WWII US OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION RADIO PLAY WITH 'CHINESE SPOT' IN CHINESE PICTOGRAMS INSERTED]; SCRIPT IN FRENCH; RARE CAST SIGNATURES WWII ERA] ONCE UPON A TIME original radio script in French, World War II United States Office of War Information, Voice of America, French Project, Hollywood, French language half-hour radio script adaptation of the 1944 Columbia Pictures movie of the same title signed by Jon Loder and other cast members as required for payment…the radio play was intended to be... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,103.44
Pen - Original Poem by a Teenager

Pen - Original Poem by a Teenager

by A.G. Wilcox

[West Virginia?], 1914. Very good to fine; some light toning and dust soiling, creased where previously folded.. A charming original manuscript poem in blue ink titled "Pen", signed by A.G. Wilcox: "Pen is a thing that they write with Pen is a thing that will brake[sic] Pen is a thing to keep in the house..." Concludes with "Pen is a thing that they write loveletter [sic] with. Pen is a sharp thing" Wilcox was born in 1895, and would have been around 19 around the time this was written. He lived in... Read more about this item
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SGD 206.89
NICK, GENTLEMAN DETECTIVE (AFTER THE THIN MAN), from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture “After the Thin Man”

NICK, GENTLEMAN DETECTIVE (AFTER THE THIN MAN), from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture “After the Thin Man”

by unnamed, Robert Riskin association

[THIN MAN RADIO SCRIPT, WORLD WAR II OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, FRENCH TEXT] NICK, GENTLEMAN DETECTIVE (AFTER THE THIN MAN), from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture "After the Thin Man", RECORDED AT: Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, DATE: DECEMBER 22, 1944, TIME: 1 P.M. TO 7 P.M., (for) United States Government, Office of War Information (Overseas), Hollywood, Calif., U.S.A., N. Y. Radio Program Bureau, French Hollywood Unit, typescript manuscript heavily annotated with text and... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,655.16
CHEW AND OTHER RUMINATIONS

CHEW AND OTHER RUMINATIONS

by Arnzen, Michael A

Pueblo, CO: Mastication Publications, 1991. "Arnzen's first poetry collection, self-published under Arnzen's imprint, Mastication Publications. Showcases artwork by five artists. Run of 234 copies (numbered on inside back cover)." Out-of-print. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MICHAEL ARNZEN: "Enter a room of tongues...Michael A. Arnzen." [search our listings for more Michael Arnzen including original manuscripts and signed items] . SIGNED. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine - As New.... Read more about this item
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SGD 26.14
The original manuscript draft of the most important work about the history of Bulak press, Tarikh Matba'at Bulak prepared by the author in 1936 to be presented to the faculty of literature in the Egyptian University in Cairo, for the MA. degree

The original manuscript draft of the most important work about the history of Bulak press, Tarikh Matba'at Bulak prepared by the author in 1936 to be presented to the faculty of literature in the Egyptian University in Cairo, for the MA. degree

by Abu-l Futouh Ahmad Ridwan (1908 - 1982)

long 4to, 30. 192ff, with 26, 16ff appendix. WITH UNPUBLISHED PARTS. The most important of the specific history of Bulak press which later printed in Bulak printing house in 1953 as: تاريخ مطبعة بولاق و لمحة في تاريخ الطباعة في بلدان الشرق الأوسط Unique manuscript of the author.
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SGD 48,275.50
Catalogue 2: The Editions Originales of the World-Famous French Classics of the XVIth to the XVIIIth Centuries; Association Books from Erasmus to Boswell, Very Choice Elzevirs, Exquisite Mosaic Armorial and Embroidered Bindings, Authors' Original Manuscripts Etc.

Catalogue 2: The Editions Originales of the World-Famous French Classics of the XVIth to the XVIIIth Centuries; Association Books from Erasmus to Boswell, Very Choice Elzevirs, Exquisite Mosaic Armorial and Embroidered Bindings, Authors' Original Manuscripts Etc.

by Michelmore, G., & Co

London: G. Michelmore & Co, 1921. First edition. Soft cover (yapped). Good (base of spine chipped, short tears to yapp edges). 191p (251 items) + several pls. of bindings, a few in color and/or folding. Bookseller catalogue, with occasional pencil checkmarks. One large folding color plate shows an elaborate embroidered 18th-century Italian binding made for a cardinal. Two color plates show mosaic bindings by Padeloup. Laid in: June 1921 postcard offering one-third off the catalogue prices.
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SGD 23.45
Mel Bay presents Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, Volume Two.

Mel Bay presents Harmonic Mechanisms for Guitar, Volume Two.

by Van Eps, George

Pacific, Missouri:: Mel Bay Publications, 1981.. Paper covers; spiral bound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covers with a metal spiral binding; the covers (especially front cover) are ragged at the ends; Good condition.. about 12 inches tall by 10 inches wide . Description: From the foreword: ''All of the voices in a passage or progression, long or short, must be thought of as melodic lines that have to make harmonic sense and become musically believable, even though the lines may contain notational... Read more about this item
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SGD 34.48
The Duck and the Kangaroo

The Duck and the Kangaroo

by Lear, Edward

Thin brown wraps with silver lettering on front. Facsimile of handwritten and hand illustrated poem with accompanying text by Philip Hofer. Edition of five hundred printed by The Harvard Printing Office.
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SGD 89.65
Gebett Buch

Gebett Buch

by Stark, Joseph

Wellrichstait (?), Germany , 1768. Full Calf. Card stock slipcase. . Very Good. As fine a folk art Gebetbuch manuscript as one is bound to find, with its artist's identity given and precisely dated to the mid-eigtheenth century. 12mo. 16 by 10 cm. Three title pages, two frontises, 213 pages paginated. 21 pages which are fully painted, or essentially so, with many other pages with substantial illustration, including ornate decorative motives, painted cameos, etc. The style is peasant Rococo,... Read more about this item
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SGD 7,930.97
1942 WORLD WAR II MILITARY AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION ARTICLE

1942 WORLD WAR II MILITARY AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION ARTICLE

by Arthur Cassandre

[1942 WORLD WAR II MILITARY AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION; ARTHUR CASAGRANDE; RARE ARTICLE] PROPOSED SOIL CLASSIFICATION FOR AIRFIELD PROJECTS by A. Casagrande, Cambridge, Mass., Sept 5. 1942, in upper right corner U. S. Engr. Off., Division Engr., North Atl. Division, NA 6790, NAD 36/1, 10/8/42, New York, NY, light purple mimeograph pages, 8 pages of text, 8-1/2" x 11", single space, followed by 1 page fold out chart Table 1 –Soil Classification for Airfield Projects, 4 page carbon copy, single space letter... Read more about this item
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SGD 344.82
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