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A Heifer of the dawn ... / translated from the original manuscript [or rather, written] by F.W. Bain

A Heifer of the dawn ... / translated from the original manuscript [or rather, written] by F.W. Bain

by Bain, F. W. (Francis William) (1863-1940)

London : James Parker, 1904. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xiv, 60, [1] p. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Legends, Hindu. Folklore; Hindu. Stories, Hindu. Folk tales. Mythology; Hindu.
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SGD 40.97
Ancient History of Caledonia. Written by St Chaldean, and the other Saints of the Chaldean Faith, And chiefly by the Johnstones, who held the Royal Pen for Many Hundred Years, Translated From The Latin. With a Copious Index.

Ancient History of Caledonia. Written by St Chaldean, and the other Saints of the Chaldean Faith, And chiefly by the Johnstones, who held the Royal Pen for Many Hundred Years, Translated From The Latin. With a Copious Index.

by M’Laren, Duncan

Dunning: John M’Laren, 1874. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. iv, 133, [1]. Original green cloth, printed paper label to spine. Poor-quality paper toned and spotted, some staining to edges of last few leaves. Extremities bumped, label somewhat rubbed. A little pencil underlining. A highly fanciful provincially-printed history of Scotland, beginning in ancient Egypt and taking in the building and destruction of Troy, the voyage to Scotland by descendants of Lazarus to found Montrose, finishing in 1286... Read more about this item
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SGD 163.62
15th century Latin Manuscript leaf on vellum (framed)

15th century Latin Manuscript leaf on vellum (framed)

1470. Conditie: 8 . Framed 15th Century Latin leaf on vellum. With initial heightened in gold. Seize manuscript: Height: 16 cm Width: 11 cm. Professionally framed with a walnut wooden frame. UV resistant glass and acid free passe-partout. Not dated, date is an estimate. Folio
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SGD 243.72
GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, 1929

GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, 1929

by Theron J. Damon

[THERON J. DAMON GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES, SOME WITH HIS NOTES, 1929] GROUP OF 17 PHOTOGRAPHS OF TURKISH ANTIQUITIES SENT TO THERON J. DAMON by a Turkish / Constantinople antiquities dealer, some with Damon notations in reply to the dealer and/or dealer's notations for Damon, in 1929 Damon opened a Near Eastern antiquities shop in New York City after years of diverse activities in Turkey and the surrounding region including teaching at Robert College in Constantinople (see Notes... Read more about this item
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SGD 204.86
Navigation

Navigation

by Glaister, W. M

England, 1813. Half Calf. Marbled Boards. . Very Good. An exceptional manuscript on the basics of scientific navigation -- navigation using trigonometry and other mathematical principles -- that is either a very fine student notebook, the draft of a proposed textbook, or perhaps both. The writing is done in a meticulous calligraphic cursive hand, and there are many illustrations, the most outstanding being the beautiful watercolor of a ship on the title page. Also special is a fold-out manuscript... Read more about this item
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SGD 3,755.67
The natural history of Wiltshire / by John Aubrey, F.R.S. (written between 1656 and 1691.) Ed., and elucidated by notes, by John Britton. Pub. by the Wiltshire Topographical Society

The natural history of Wiltshire / by John Aubrey, F.R.S. (written between 1656 and 1691.) Ed., and elucidated by notes, by John Britton. Pub. by the Wiltshire Topographical Society

by Aubrey, John (1626-1697)

London : Printed by J.B. Nichols and son, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Physical description: xii, 132 p. ; 30 cm. Title vignette. With reproduction of t.-p. of the original manuscript: Memoires of naturall remarques in the county of Wilts: to which are annexed, observables of the same kind in the county of Surrey, and Flyntshire. By Mr. John Aubrey, R.S.S. 1685. Extracts (pertaining to Wiltshire)... Read more about this item
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SGD 204.86
British New Guinea

British New Guinea

by Thomson James Park

32 Fleet St London; 221 Queen St Brisbane: George Philip & Son; Alexr. Muir & Morcom, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 230x165x30mm. Contains, Illustrations. 230x165x30mm+1026g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . George Philip & Son; Alexr. Muir & Morcom. 32 Fleet St London; 221 Queen St Brisbane. 1892. First Edition. . . Pp xxvii 336. Original red cloth over bevelled hard boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt vignette and decorative rule to front cover, decorative... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,110.95
John Knatchbull.

John Knatchbull.

by RODERICK, COLIN

(Sydney), Angus & Robertson, (1963).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. (x), 278; endpapers, 16 b/w. f/p. plates, references, bibliography, index, original black cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket with minor chipping and scuffing, otherwise a very good copy.
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SGD 16.91
Archive Of Annotated Photographs, Books, Letters, Documents,  Correspondence And Ephemera By Or About Medical Missionary To Tibet Albert Leroy Shelton And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton

Archive Of Annotated Photographs, Books, Letters, Documents, Correspondence And Ephemera By Or About Medical Missionary To Tibet Albert Leroy Shelton And His Wife Flora Beal Shelton

by Albert Leroy Shelton, Flora Beal Shelton, Dorris E. Shelton Still, Dorothy Shelton Thomas, Dr. Wiliam Hardy, Various Chinese, Tibetan, British And American Officials

Sociology And Social Research (1938), Dorris Shelton Still (1939), John Day (1942), John Day (Circa 1960), Synergy Books (1989), Correspondence 1987-1996), 1903. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Original Photographs 1903-1922 Including Many Negatives (Most Annotated), Copies Of Photographs (Most Annotated), Original Documents, Newspaper Clippings, Books By And About Him 1912-2004, Etc. . Archive Of Photographs And Correspondence In Tibet, By Albert Leroy Shelton ("Als"), Medical Missionary... Read more about this item
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SGD 17,071.25
1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL

1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL

[1958 ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC UNITED NATIONS REPORT INTERPOL] ILLICIT TRAFFIC — MEMORANDUM BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION FOR 1958, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fourteenth Session, Item 4 of the provisional agenda, United Nations document E/CN. 7/369 [published for general distribution] 18 March 1959, English [original in French], 68 pages, staple bound by 2 staples at left edges of pages, mostly charts and tables with details of arrests according to type of narcotic, country where... Read more about this item
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SGD 170.71
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763. Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with introduction and notes

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763. Now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with introduction and notes

by Pottle, Frederick A

William Heinemann Ltd., Melbourne, London, Toronto, 1950. First printing thus. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Good+. 8vo.. B/w frontispiece.. Good+. Unclipped dust jacket discoloured and torn around the edges, and foxed. Internally fine apart from some very faint spotting to the endpapers. 370pp.
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SGD 9.64
Calendar from a Book of Hours; in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

Calendar from a Book of Hours; in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment

ILLUMINATED CALENDAR FROM A PARISIAN PRAYER BOOK. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, France (likely Paris), c. 1400-1420. Dimensions 155 x 107 mm. 12 folios on parchment, (collation, one quire of twelve leaves), ruled in plummet, written in a gothic quadrata bookhand in black and red ink on 17 long lines, with 12 illuminated initials in burnished goldleaf on grounds of blue and purple with white tracery, with ivy leaf foliate and floral ornament in goldleaf extending into margin in the upper... Read more about this item
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SGD 12,974.15
C. C. Rogers (C. C. Vyvyan,  Clara Coltman [Colton] Rogers), Autograph Letter Signed to Douglas Hyde, First Irish President, with presentation copy to him of Gwendra Cove, in Jacket by Gwen Dorrien-Smith.

C. C. Rogers (C. C. Vyvyan, Clara Coltman [Colton] Rogers), Autograph Letter Signed to Douglas Hyde, First Irish President, with presentation copy to him of Gwendra Cove, in Jacket by Gwen Dorrien-Smith.

by Rogers, C.C. (Lady Vyvyan)

Truro, Cornwall: Jordan's Bookshop, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dorrien-Smith. ALS (Autograph Letter Signed): Tipped in, an original manuscript letter from Clara Coltman Rogers (also Lady Vyvyan, and here under the pseudonym C.C. Vyvyan) to the first President of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, though at the time of this accompanying letter - October, 1932 - he was not yet, of course, president, and is addressed by her as Dr. Hyde. Book:... Read more about this item
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SGD 744.31
Large Archive / Collection of Sir Harry Luke's personal letters, photographs and Ephemera from his 39 years of service for the British Colonial Office in Cyprus, Malta, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Fiji etc. etc., including working copies of his own publications, and sensationally his very valuable, handwritten manuscript-notebook of recipe-collections together with his working copy of the sought after cookery book "The Tenth Muse". The recipe-book, written in the 1930s, includes several pages with historical recipes of Food prepared in Cyprus, with special recipes of "Kyrenia Salad", "Apricot Brandy (Cyprus)", "Kyrenia Tomato Paste", Kyrenia Salad".

Large Archive / Collection of Sir Harry Luke's personal letters, photographs and Ephemera from his 39 years of service for the British Colonial Office in Cyprus, Malta, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Fiji etc. etc., including working copies of his own publications, and sensationally his very valuable, handwritten manuscript-notebook of recipe-collections together with his working copy of the sought after cookery book "The Tenth Muse". The recipe-book, written in the 1930s, includes several pages with historical recipes of Food prepared in Cyprus, with special recipes of "Kyrenia Salad", "Apricot Brandy (Cyprus)", "Kyrenia Tomato Paste", Kyrenia Salad".

by Luke, Sir Harry [Lukach, Harry] - 'the most unwasted life of any man I have known' - (Sir Ronald Storrs on Sir Harry Luke)

1905. England / Palestine / Israel / Malta / Cyprus, Fiji / Sierra Leone etc., 1905 - 1960. Octavo / Quarto / Folio. c.15000 pages (books) / Collection of Letters (see images) / Photographs and ephemera etc. Original Hardcover / Softover / Manuscript - Bindings (interim-bindings), often with the rare dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar, some without dustjackets. Very good condition with only minor, some with stronger signs of external wear. Please request further details per email. The collection... Read more about this item
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SGD 100,442.80
Autographs of Distinguished Artistes, Collected by Mr. T. P. Salt, Birmingham

Autographs of Distinguished Artistes, Collected by Mr. T. P. Salt, Birmingham

1859-1901. Very Good. An incredible assemblage of operatic and classical musician autographs from the 19th century, including autographs of Adelina Patti, Christine Nilsson, Emma Albani, Minnie Hauk, John Parry, Paderewski, Charles Gounod, Nellie Melba, Ferdinand Hiller, Giovanni Belletti, Clara Novello, Mario (Giovanni Matteo De Candia), Giulia Grisi, Therese Tietjens, Marietta Alboni, Pauline Viardot, Marietta Piccolommini, Sims Reeves, and on and on -- 81 in all. Oblong 8vo. 22 by 24 cm. 54 pages with... Read more about this item
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SGD 10,242.75
Proceedings Of An Expedition Into The Interior Of New Holland 1829 And 1830.

Proceedings Of An Expedition Into The Interior Of New Holland 1829 And 1830.

by STURT, CHARLES

Adelaide, Sullivan's Cove, n.d.. First Limited Edition; 8vo; pp. 62; original cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a fine copy. Private press. Limited edition of 135 numbered copies. The despatches, journal, and summary are from Sturt's manuscripts in the Archives office of New South Wales. The despatches are dated between November 1829 and May 1830; the journal - Sturt's transcription from his original covers the period 25 November to 2 January; and the summary is dated 23... Read more about this item
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SGD 84.54
CALENDAR OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander in Chief of the Continental Army with the Continental Congress: Volume I.

CALENDAR OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Commander in Chief of the Continental Army with the Continental Congress: Volume I.

by Fitzpatrick, John C. , Ed. - George Washington

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1906. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Crease to exterior fabric at spine crown and base. Wear to exterior. Bump to corners of volume. Hinge is starting. Interior is clean. Prepared from the original manuscripts in the Library of Congress by John C. Fitzpatrick, Division of Manuscripts. Fascimile plates preceded by tissue pages throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
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SGD 40.97
Gems from the Poets: A Birthday Book of Quotations from Well-Known Poetical Writers

Gems from the Poets: A Birthday Book of Quotations from Well-Known Poetical Writers

by Garrett, Gordon

London: Henry J. Drane , 1901. Hardback, pictorial cloth. 12cm x 8.5cm. 126pp. Frontis. nd. [circa1901]. Binding a little rubbed and worn. Blind-stamp and name to front free end-paper. Some handwritten names throughout. A decent copy. (r8). Hard Cover. Good.
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SGD 22.39
Days of Destiny, Cosmic Prophesies for New Century, the Emergence of Fifth World

Days of Destiny, Cosmic Prophesies for New Century, the Emergence of Fifth World

by Robert Ghost Wolf; Susan Seddon Boulet [Illustrator]

Voluntary Distribution, 1999-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page: "In the Light, Robert Ghost Wolf, 5-5-2000." Bound with black plastic clips holding together a looseleaf manuscript. Special limited edition of the author's original manuscript, 1999. Heavy wear and tear to cover and plastic clip binding, else modest wear. No text markings noted.
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SGD 68.28
[ANONYMOUS], Les sept fruits de la tribulation; and [ANONYMOUS], Miroir d’or de l’ame pecheresse, French translation of JACOBUS DE GRUYTRODE (or JACOBUS DE JÜTERBORG), Speculum aureum animae peccatricis; Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in French

[ANONYMOUS], Les sept fruits de la tribulation; and [ANONYMOUS], Miroir d’or de l’ame pecheresse, French translation of JACOBUS DE GRUYTRODE (or JACOBUS DE JÜTERBORG), Speculum aureum animae peccatricis; Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in French

by [ANONYMOUS], Les sept fruits de la tribulation;

ELEGANT MANUSCRIPT CONTAINING TWO WORKS OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL EDIFICATION IN FRENCH TRANSLATION. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, in French, France, after 1482, c. 1490. Dimensions 274 x 175 mm. 70 folios, written in a Gothic bâtarde bookhand, 18 large initials parti-colored in red and/or blue, inserted leaf in first quire with FULL-PAGE HERALDIC COMPOSITION IN GOLD, SILVER, RED, BLUE AND BLACK. BINDING: Bound in modern nineteenth-century blue velvet over wooden boards, pink paper pastedowns and... Read more about this item
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SGD 133,838.60
Franciscan miscellany including excerpts from De conformitate vitae beati Francisci ad vitam domini Ihesu and De imitatione Christi; De dignitate sacerdotum; De officio et tempore septuagesime; and Animadversiones circa sacrosanctum missae sacrificium [in Italian translation]; decorated medieval manuscript on parchment and paper

Franciscan miscellany including excerpts from De conformitate vitae beati Francisci ad vitam domini Ihesu and De imitatione Christi; De dignitate sacerdotum; De officio et tempore septuagesime; and Animadversiones circa sacrosanctum missae sacrificium [in Italian translation]; decorated medieval manuscript on parchment and paper

by Bartolomeus de Rinonico, Thomas à Kempis, Pseudo-Augustine, and Pseudo-John of Capistrano

DECORATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT IN LATIN AND ITALIAN ON PARCHMENT AND PAPER, Central or Southern Italy (Lanciano?), c. 1450-1475. 135 x 90 mm. 109 folios preceded and followed by single flyleaves, watermark in Piccard, complete (collation, i-vii10 viii5 [of 10; five leaves canceled with no loss of text] ix-x12 xi10), chiefly written in five semitextualis or hybrida hands on 26-31 lines, two hands on long lines and three in two columns (justification, 95 x 65-70 mm.), red rubrics and underlining, 2- to... Read more about this item
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SGD 38,239.60
Antiphonarium 2 Manuscript Vellum

Antiphonarium 2 Manuscript Vellum

1500. Size passepartout: Length: 58,8 cm Width: 41,5 cm Depth: 4 mm Not dated, date is an estimate. Elephant Folio
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SGD 435.74
1853 LETTER DE LA RUE LONDON FIRM to sculptor Cevasco New York to Genoa Italy

1853 LETTER DE LA RUE LONDON FIRM to sculptor Cevasco New York to Genoa Italy

by Pinolto Valerios, De La Rue, London printing firm, New York representative

[1853 LETTER DE LA RUE, LONDON FIRM, TO ITALIAN SCULPTOR GIOVANNI BATTISTA CEVASCO, NEW YORK TO GENOA, ITALY] "All Egregio Scultore, Giovanni Battista Cevasco, Genova" New York, 29th Oct. 1853 embossed circular crest with wording "De la Rue London" in upper left corner of first page, 1-page handwritten letter/ALS, in Italian, first page of sheet folded for four pages, 4-1/4" x 6-1/2"/about 100 words, handwritten text in Italian, signed "Pinolto Valerios", a De la Rue representative in the U. S. as... Read more about this item
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SGD 129.74
15th century manuscript leaf on Vellum (framed)

15th century manuscript leaf on Vellum (framed)

1470. Framed 15th Century Dutch Manuscript leaf on Vellum. With initials heightened in gold. Seize manuscript: Height: 13,5 cm Width: 9,5 cm. Professionally framed with a walnut wooden frame. UV resistant glass and acid free passe-partout. Not dated, date is an estimate. Quarto 4to
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SGD 221.56
MRS. SIMCOE'S DIARY.

MRS. SIMCOE'S DIARY.

by Innis, Mary Quayle (Ed)

Macmillan. Toronto 1965 1st edition.. Slight shelfwear. long inscription on half-title page, o/w VG in original transparent d/w (small loss only at top of spine).. Beige paper-covered boards with green cloth backstrip and green title label. 223pp. b/w illustrated. 8vo. With illustrations from the original manuscript.
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SGD 17.22