Quotations
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Light From Many Lamps
by Lillian Eichler Watson
A classic treasury of inspiration featuring hundreds of passages and quotationsselected from the wisdom of the agesoffering invaluable insight and guidance on the challenges of daily life.Here are not only the best of the worlds most inspiring thoughts and ideas, but the stories behind them: how they came to be written and what their impact has been on others. A storehouse of inspired and inspiring reading, it is a collection of brief, stimulating biographies as well. There are selections from John...
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A New Dictionary Of Quotations On Historical Principles From Ancient & Modern Sources
by H L Mencken
The Footpath To Peace and Thoughts From Emerson, Newman, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Brooks, and Others
by Henry Van Dyke
The Dictionary Of Biographical Quotation Of British and American Subjects Edited By Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle
by Richard and Wintle, Justin, Editors Kenin
Quotations Books & Ephemera
Cassell's Movie Quotations
by Rees, Nigel
Cassell & Co, London, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. introduction by author and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white film stills and photography. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with red, white and gray coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Listed alphabetically, a compendium of film quotes and quotes from people involved in the film making...
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SGD 18.04
Familiar Quotations; a Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
by Barton, John [Beck, Emily Morison – editor]
Macmillan, London, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. clean copy protected by the owner with clear plastic since purchase, no annotations, no underlining. This 14th edition is revised and enlarged. Includes familiar quotations from ancient Egypt and the Bible to the present, index of authors, and index to the quotations. Fourteenth Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XX, 1750 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity...
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SGD 27.06
Great Quotes from Great Women
by Mac Anderson
1991. Paperback. Spiral bound. Cover, near fine, slightly rubbed at corners. Pages are very fine, clean, unmarked. No tears, nicks or creases. 75 pp. Inspirational quotations from notable women, such as Agatha Christie, Betty Ford, Rose Kennedy, Pear S. Buck, Queen Victoria, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, etc.
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SGD 11.02
The Little Book of Love: Heart & Soul
by Tiddy Rowan
Quadrille Publishing hardback, 2017 reprint, 183 pages, 200 gram, no jacket. This copy is solid, in good shape, minor read wear, slight yellowing to page edges, clean pages. This is a book of quotations on love.
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SGD 9.01
Bartlett's Familiar Quotes
by Bartlett, John
Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1540 pages; Book Tight, Dust Jacket Show wear, Rubbed Text is clean no markings seen; BX221 .
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SGD 45.50
Morris's Dictionary of Australian Words, Names and Phrases
by Morris, Edward E. and Oxon, M.A
Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1983. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owners name [blind-stamp] to prelims. 525 pages. The historic work on the origins of Australian and New Zealand words, with 10,000 names, definitions and quotations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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SGD 18.02
The Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,173 Thoughts on the Business of Life
by Goodman, Ted
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Green Board Covers with Gilt Lettering to Spine; Dark Green Endpapers;Book Edges are very lightly soiled; Book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 992 pages; indexed; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright with no noted defects; extra postage required due to weight and size 4.81#; P3; 5/7/115;
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SGD 26.13
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A Literary Herbal [The Leprechaun Library]
by Avril Rodway
Hutchinson, London, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Mark Reddy. Size: Small Octavo. Illustrator: Mark Reddy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Reference::Quotations; Reference; ISBN: 0091431700. ISBN/EAN: 9780091431709. Inventory No: 267865.. 9780091431709
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SGD 9.01
The Impressionists. A Selection of Poems and quotations.
by Nicholas, Anna
South Australia: Axiom. 1995. Oblong Quarto Size [approx 30.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine condition, pictorial laminated boards in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 48 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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SGD 19.82
2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs
by Murphy, Edward F
New York: A Herbert Michelman Book, Crown Publishers. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners with a small chip to top of spine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 216 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 25.23
The Pocket Book of Quotations
by Davidoff, Henry
Pocket, 1985-01-01. Paperback. Good. 0 Paperback - Small tear, cover, repaired; creases
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SGD 13.72
2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers and Raconteurs
by Murphy, Edward F
Gramercy, 1996-01-31. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0 F/F - Hardcover
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SGD 19.23
Dictionary of Biographical Quotation
by Kenin, Richard Wintle, Justin
Knopf, 1978-10-12. Hardcover. Very Good/Acceptable. 0 VG/A - Hardcover - DJ Extensively repaired
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SGD 23.37
Inspirational Quotes from the TFL Underground Duo
Yellow Kite Publishing; 2020. Hardcover. New.
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SGD 20.70
Half Hours with the Best Thinkers
by Finamore, Frank J. (editor)
New York, NY: Gramercy Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages; Book Tight, Dust Jacket shows little wear of usage Text is clean no markings seen; BX328 .
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SGD 13.79
The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations
by Fred Metcalf [Compiled]
Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1987. Softcover. Good Condition. An extensive cross-referenced anthology of quips and quotations, ideal for after dinner speakers and anyone in search of amusement. A second revised edition of this text, published previously in 1987. 319 pages. Light tanning to pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Reference::Quotations; Reference; ISBN: 0140075682. ISBN/EAN: 9780140075687. Inventory No: 262333. . 9780140075687
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SGD 12.62
Never Marry A Woman With Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from Around the World
by Mineke Schipper
Yale University Press, USA, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. In cultures all over the globe, sex and gender issues have been expressed in proverbs, the world's smallest literary genre. This fascinating book provides revealing insights into the female condition across centuries and continents, as recorded in thousands of vivid and earthy proverbs about women. Mineke Schipper analyses similarities, differences, and contradictions in the cultural norms about gender...
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SGD 18.02
A Second Reader's Notebook
by Kennedy, Gerald
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. Red Cloth Covers decorated with Harper Brother's logo in silver at lower right front corner; White Endpapers; book edges are lightly soiled; white endpapers show some soiling; 8vo; 362 pages; indexed 1.77#; Donated to SA 09/25/19
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SGD 5.86
The Auto Guest Book, Being the Maxims of Punbad the Railer Ga Raja of the Punjob, Vice Roysterer of Notsopoor. Rendered into the Vernacular and Highly Decorated
by Grant, Ethel Watts-Mumford and Richard Butler Glaenzer
San Francisco and New York: Paul Elder and Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 5.5" x 7.5" Orig. tan cloth, printed paper onlay to front board. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaged, [~130 pp.]. Imperfection to cloth at foot of front board, else fine.
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SGD 151.42
Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages
by Crystal, David and Crystal, Hilary
London: Penguin. 2000. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 580 pages. A uniquely useful and entertaining reference book - a collection of over 5,000 quotations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 13.52
An Uncommon Scold: 1,000 Quotable Quotes- From the Demure to the Diabolical- Uttered by Those Witty, Wicked, and Wise Femmes of History
by Adams, Abby (Compiled By)
New York, New York: Fireside / Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Standard used reading condition or better.
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SGD 7.58
Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book by Hubbard, Elbert
by Hubbard, Elbert
Wm. H. Wise & Co. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good, First Edition. Covers are worn, especially at edges, with light fray and one spot scraped on the back. Pages clean, a few blotches or marks. Font endpaper splitting at spine hinge.
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SGD 124.08
Bite-Size Einstein : Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century
by Mayer, Jerry and Holms, John P. (compiled by)
New York: Gramercy Books. 2003. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 92 pages. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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SGD 18.02
Good Luck A Little Book of Quotations
by History and Heraldry
Country Studios. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1903059135 . A very tiny book in As New condition with an As New DJ. ; 2.20 X 1.70 X 0.50 inches; 60 pages .
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SGD 10.35
The Rags of Reasons (inscribed)
by White, Irwin Turner
Denver: Big Mountain Press, 1964 1st ed. INSCRIBED briefly by author on ffep. unpaginated brown cloth 8vo: Very Good+ in a near Very Good dj in poly cover. A personal commonplace book featuring quotations from a variety of sources ranging from Archibald MacLeish to Jose Ortega y Gasset.
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SGD 10.34
