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The Historian
by Kostova- Elizabeth
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that...
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Historical Fantasy Books & Ephemera
The Iliad
by Homer
Penguin, New York. 17th trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer's timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and...
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SGD 14.94
The Teahouse Fire
by Ellis Avery
Riverhead Books, New York, 2006. First edition/Book Club Edition. Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket, very light edge wear on dust jacket, light bumping at corners.The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of history—Japan as it opens its doors to the West. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped...
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SGD 4.95
The Historian: The captivating international bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick
by Elizabeth Kostova
Paperback. Good.
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SGD 1.36
Lettres Philosophiques
by Voltaire
Condition: Very good, light edge wear and small corner creases, spine has creasing, previous owner's name on inside front cover.In French. Preface and chronology by Rene Pomeau.
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SGD 2.95
THE HISTORIAN - First UK Printing Signed/Inscribed
by Kostova, Elizabeth
London: Little Brown & Co., 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the First UK edition. A superb, unread copy of the author's international bestseller. Nicely inscribed, signed and dated pre-publication to the seller by name. Loosely inserted into the book a personal note to the seller from the publisher. Very Fine in unclipped dustjacket and wonderful copy of a great book.
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SGD 452.11
Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key
by Kage Baker
Subterranean Press, Burton MI, 2008. First edition. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Deluxe Edition, signed by Baker and limited to 2000 unnumbered copies according to the publisher.His name is John James - at least, that's the name he gives to anyone asking. He's a former pirate just back from Port Royal from the sack of Panama, and he has every intention of settling down and leading a respectable life. First, though, he must honour a promise and deliver a letter to the mistress of one of his dead...
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SGD 19.98
1876: a Novel
by Gore Vidal
New York, N. Y., U. S. A.: Ballantine Books, 1977. 1st ed.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. No DJ Issued Very good condition paperback, clean and tight, no writing 439 pages.
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SGD 6.55
The Historian
by Kostova, Elizabeth
Synopsis: To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history….Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers...
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SGD 103.48
The Silver Oar
by Howard Breslin
Perma Books, Montreal, 1956. 2nd printing. Condition: Good plus, slight corner creasing and edge nicks, spine has wear and nicks, back cover has bookstore stamps. 2nd printing.He fought for her virtue so he could have her for himself. Pirates and buccaneers oh my.
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SGD 2.00
The Road to Damietta
by Scott O'Dell
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1985. First hardcover edition. Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket, dust jacket has light edge wear and creasing.Rich in the atmosphere of thirteenth-century Italy, The Road to Damietta offers through Ricca di Montanaro's eyes a new perspective on the man who became the famous Saint Francis of Assisi, the guileless, joyous man who praised the oneness of nature and sought to bring the world into harmony. "Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace," he said. "Where there...
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SGD 7.94
(2) book Bundle: The Harrowing of Gwynedd & The Bastard Prince
by Kurtz, Katherine
Del Rey Books, multiple. Mass Market Paperback. Used-Good. 4.2 x 1 x 7 inches . (2) book bundle, Mass Market Paperbacks in good condition; Clean pages-name on inside cover; Creased Spine with edge rubbing; Light edgewear; small creases to front covers
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SGD 6.21
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
Bantam, New York, 1989. First Bantam Classic edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover.The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (aka Moll Flanders) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1722. It purports to be the true account of the life of the eponymous Moll, detailing her exploits from birth until old age.By 1721, Defoe had become a recognised novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off...
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SGD 2.50
The Historian (SIGNED and DATED U.K. Advance Uncorrected Proof)
by Kostova, Elizabeth
Little Brown, 2005. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 14.57
Eugenie Grandet
by Honore de Balzac
Penguin Classics, New York, 1985. 11th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, faint crease along front cover, underlining, highlighting, and notes in ink on several pages."Who is going to marry Eugenie Grandet?"This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabitants of Saumur, the setting for Eugenie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's Comedie Humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked...
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SGD 2.50
The Historian
by KOSTOVA, Elizabeth
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed on the titlepage and additionally very warmly Inscribed by Kostova on the dedication page to her fellow author and mentor Nicholas Delbanco: "and for Nicholas, cherished mentor, great reader of this book, with endless thanks, Elizabeth. May 2005." Delbanco taught creative writing at the University of Michigan where Kostova received her MFA and where she won the Hopgood Award, both of which...
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SGD 551.92
La Bête Humaine
by Emile Zola
Penguin, London, 1987. 8th paperback printing in this edition. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and corner bumps, slight creasing and nicks at spine.Translated and with an introduction by Leonard Tancock.One of Zola's most violent and pessimistic novels, La Bete Humaine is haunted by the idea that "love and death, possessing and killing, are dark foundations of the human soul".La Bete Humaine illuminates Zola's skill as a compelling storyteller, and in it he creates unforgettable scenes, rich in...
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SGD 2.95
The Harrowing of Gwynedd
by KURTZ, Katherine
New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Volume I of "The Heirs of Saint Camber.
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SGD 34.50
THE HARROWING OF GWYNEDD
by Kurtz Katherine
Legend, 1990. 1st printing. Evil times had come for the Deryni, the humans with strange, magical powers.. Paperback. fine paperback, Melvyn cover.
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SGD 15.38
