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The Country Diary Of an Edwardian Lady
by Edith Holden
“The first publication of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady in 1977 was a publishing phenomenon. The facsimile reproduction of Edith Holden’s naturalist’s diary for the year 1906 sold over one million copies in its first year and held the record number of appearances in bestseller lists for 15 years. Now on the 20th anniversary of its publication, we are reissuing the book. Edith Holden’s handwritten works, including her favourite poems, personal thoughts and observations on the wildlife...
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The Last Man on the Moon - Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
by Cernan, Eugene with Donald A. Davis
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Signed and inscribed by astronaut Eugene Cernan on the title page, "To Jeff & Lisa - From the Man on the Moon! Gene Cerner." Black hardcover, 5th printing, in dustjacket. A good copy but with a bump to the head of the spine toward the front cover, and general more moderate wear to the board edges and corners. The interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Unclipped jacket is good as well, with bumping at the tips of...
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SGD 68.94
Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774 - 1961
by United States Government Printing Office
Washington DC: Goverment Printing Office, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. 1863 pages, illustrated with black and white photo plates in front of book. Contains a foreword facsimile signed by Carl Hayde, Chairman, Joint Committee on Printing, a section on Officers of the Executive Branch of the Government, sections on the members of the Continental Congress and those of the Congress of the United States from 1789 to 1961, a section on Census Apportionment of Representatives, and then a...
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SGD 68.94
SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PENNSYLVANIA: REPORT OF PROGRESS. R. THE GEOLOGY OF MCKEAN COUNTY, AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THAT OF CAMERON, ELK AND FOREST
by CHAS. A. ASHBURNER
HARRISBURG, PA: THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 1880 DARK BROWN COVER WITH GOLD PRINT ON SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT INSIDE, 33 PAGE PLATES AND 2 MAPS, AND ACCOMPANIED BY AN ATLAS CONTAINING 8 SHEETS OF MAPS AND SECTIONS. NICE INDEX. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE LOVER OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey,...
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SGD 48.94
Diana Cooper
by Ziegler, Philip
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. 336 pages, illustrated with black and white photo section. The story of the wild daughter of the Duke of Rutland who married the diplomat Duff Cooper, knew many of the social, musical and stage stars of the day and worked as an actress in British films. Black quarter cloth over black boards, blindstamped title on front cover and silver titles on spine. Very light edge wear, a little spotting, corners and spine ends barely...
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SGD 20.68
A PSYCHOANALYTIC STUDY OF PSYCHOSES WITH ENDOCRINOSES, NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 33
by DUDLEY EDWARD FAY, PH.D
WASHINGTON, D.C.: NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1922 RARE BOOK, LIGHT BROWN COVER WITH DARK BROWN PINT FRONT AND SPINE, WEAR AROUND EDGES. NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TIGHT AND CLEAN. INTRODUCTION, CASE HISTORIES, CONCLUSIONS (OCCUPATIONAL & GLANDULAR THERAPY). PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT. CORRELATIONS, CONCLUSION & DISCUSSION. Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also...
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SGD 58.59
CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS AND POEMS; VOLUME I
by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
NEW YORK: INTERNATIONAL BOOK COMPANY, 1880 NICE LOOKING DARK GREEN COVER, GOLD PRINT ON SPINE, NO PUBLISH DATE LISTED, CIRCA 1862-1880. FORMER OWNER NAME INSIDE FRONT, TITLE PAGE LOOSE BUT GOOD SHAPE, VERY LIGHT SMALL WATER STAIN TOP OF COUPLE PAGES IN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. CONTENTS ARE FROM ARTICLES IN THE KNIGHT'S QUARTERLY AND EDINBURGH REVIEW. PLEASE SEE PICTURES SHOWING ARTICLES. 30 IN TOTAL. ROMAN TALE, ATHENIAN REVELS, ITALIAN WRITERS, GREAT CIVIL WAR, HISTORY GREECE, MILTON, JOHN...
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SGD 35.16
Hurry-Graphs:
by Willis, N. Parker
Detroit, Michigan: Kerr, Doughty & Lapham, 1853. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 364 pages. A collection of editorials and artlcles written by the author for a newspaper in New York. Brown cloth binding with blindstamped decorations on front and back covers and gilt titles on spine. Heavy spotting of cover with some fading and edge wear, gilt worn, corners and spine ends bumped, old obituary for William A. Engeman pasted to front free end paper over handwriting, paste smudges on end...
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SGD 27.57
Art of Emily Carr
by Shadbolt, Doris
Vancouver, BC, Canada: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, 1987. First Paperback. Pictorial Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Paperback edition; Douglas & McIntyre, 1987; orig. pub. 1979; VG+; 222 p. incl. bibliography & reference notes; an overview of Emily Carr's life and art, illustrated with many coloour and B&W reproductions of her paintings. A very nice copy, just a touch of shelf wear, clean, tight, square, unmarked. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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SGD 50.48
A Memoir of S. S. Prentiss, edited by his brother Volume 1 & 2
by Prentiss, George Lewis, editor
New York: Charles Scribner, 1855. Probable First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Two volume set. Memoir of United States Congressman Seargent Smith Prentiss. Pebbled cloth binding with blindstamped borders on front covers and gilt titles on spines. Volume 1, 382 pages, shows some fading and edge wear with spotting and scurffs, corners bumped, spine ends tattered with some chips in cloth, piece cut out of front free end paper, some foxing of interior pages with tanning, binding a little...
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SGD 103.40
ETYMOLOGISCHES WORTERBUCH DER FRANZOSISCHEN SPRACHE
by GUSTAV KORTING
PADERBORN, GERMANY: DRUCK UND VERLAG VON FERDINAND SCHONINGH, 1908 NICE LOOKING BOOK. TIGHT AND GOOD CONDITION. BLACK PIGSKIN, BLUE BANDS SPINE WITH GOLD PRINT. SLIGHT WEAR SHOWS FRONT COVER. HEAVY, TIGHT. FADED MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. DICTIONARY OF FRENCH LANGUAGE IN GERMAN. FORMER UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARY LABEL FRONT. ON FRONT PAGE WRITTEN IN INK-- RESEWN ON 3 TAPES, 52 SECTIONS (2 LEAVES EACH) BOUND IN PIGSKINS (3 BANDS). Gustav Carl Otto Körting (1845-1913) was a German philologist, whose...
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SGD 58.46
CULBERTSON'S SUMMARY OF CONTRACT BRIDGE
by ELY CULBERTSON
USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1937 VERY NICE LOOKING GOLD BOOK WITH SLIGHTLY WORN BLACK PRINT ON FRONT, FOIL/PAPER GOLD BLACK AND RED PROTECTIVE JACKET WORN ON EDGES. TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE INSIDE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS, TABS FOR EASY REFERENCE ON RIGHT OF PAGES. NEW CULBERTSON SYSTEM AS PRESENTED IN THE GOLD BOOK OF BIDDING AND PLAY.NEW ALL BIDS ALL LEADS. EVERY QUESTION OF BIDDING AND PLAY, INCLUDED EXPOSITION OF LATEST METHODS ON SWING HANDS, PENALTY DOUBLES, NO TRUMPS, SUBSEQUENT BIDS AND ASKING...
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SGD 39.29
A Widow's Story
by Oates, Joyce Carol
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. 416 pages. "My husband died, my life collapsed." A talented novelist writes a vivid, touching and intimate memoir about the unexpected death of her husband and her struggle to come to terms with widowhood. Black boards with red titles on spine. Very minor shelf wear, a little spotting, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Illustrated black jacket...
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SGD 22.06
The Secret of the Sierra Madre the Man Who Was B. Traven
by (B. Traven) Wyatt, Will [Maps by Rafael Palacios] [Dust Wrapper Design by Lewis Friedman]
Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0385156006 . Remainder spray else Fine copy in Fine Dust Wrapper with minor spine rubbing. ; First US edition. Illustrated, select bibliography. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 369 pages; bx156
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SGD 17.23
THE TIME OF THE BUFFALO
by TOM MCHUGH WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VICTORIA HOBSON
New York: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1972 TERRIFIC BOOK ON A PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. A GREAT PART OF NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE. NICE LOOKING BOOK, TIGHT WITH NO MARKINGS. WONDERFUL BOOK about the history of the buffalo. Pictures and artwork are tremendous. For anyone interested in history of the buffalo, Native American and the United States. ANTUQE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.
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SGD 39.29
Playing the Field - Autobiography of an All American Racketeer
by Diamond Spike
California: News Publishing Company, 1948. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Green textured cloth with fading gilt titles, 2nd edition, no jacket. A good copy with some soil, and wear to the cover edges. Corners and spine tips bending inward. Previous owner's gift inscription neatly inside the front cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy in a solid binding. 168 pp., a memoir of the gambling underworld in poetry, followed by an extensive dictionary of jargon.
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SGD 51.70
Albert Gallatin
by Stevens, John Austin
New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. Early reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 423 pages with index, illustrated with tissue protected frontispiece and decorated half title. Standard Library Edition, American Statesmen series, edited by John T. Morse, The Jeffersonian Democracy, Albert Gallatin. Green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine, gilt top edge. Some spotting of cover, spine a bit darkened, a little edge wear, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, interior pages lightly tanned,...
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SGD 19.30
Jedediah Smith and his Monuments - Bicentennial Edition 1799-1999
by Wood, Raymund F. (compiled by)
California: The Jedediah Smith Society, 1999. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. Tan oversized softcover with full color illustration to the front cover. A very good copy of this title. Minor bending at the corners and a bit of dark scuffing spineward at the front cover. The interior is clean, and tight as if unread. The opening 13 pages are text, and the remaining pages are high gloss directory pages describing each monument and where to find it. Fold out map at rear. 80 pp. total.
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SGD 24.13
AFRICAN PATCHWORK
by Henzell, Aphra
London: Newman Neame. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Book has sustained light water damage affecting dustjacket and book cover. This has left some light watermarking/spotting on cover and spotting/staining to jacket. Pages for the most part are very good, clean and unmarked, light stain to endpages. Jacket has numerous small tears/chips to edges. Illustrated. 128 pages. An account of the author's journey to South and East Africa, also includes accounts of Madeira,...
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SGD 6.82
Addicted to Danger - A Memoir About Affirming Life in the Face of Death
by Wickwire, Jim and Dorothy Bullitt
New York: Pocket Books, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Signed without inscription by author and mountaineer Jim Wickwire. Blue hardcover, 1st edition, in dustjacket. A very good copy with bending at the spine tips and some fading along the board edges being the only flaws. Dustjacket is also very good with matching wear to the spine panel tips, corners not clipped. 322 pp., indexed, black and white photos throughout. Wickwire's autobiography of climbing peaks around the world.
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SGD 24.13
SONGS THE WHOLE WORLD SINGS; CONTAINING MORE THAN 200 SONGS DEAR TO THE HEARTS OF YOUNG AND OLD IN EVERY NATION
by ALBERT E. WIER; EDITOR OF THE IDEAL HOME MUSIC LIBRARY
NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1915 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER SHOWING WEAR, BLACK DESIGN FRONT, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GOOD INDEX IN FRONT. SONGS HAVING TO DO WITH LOVE, HOME, OPERATIC, SACRED, HYMNS, COLLEGE, CHILDREN'S, SOUTHERN, PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL. ARRANGED FOR USE AS SONGS AND PIANO PIECES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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SGD 48.94
By the Skin of my Teeth: A Cropduster's Story
by Robinet, Bill
Oregon: Billville Press, 1997. Hardcover. Good/fair. Signed and inscribed on the front free-endpaper by the author, "To Jack Hogan From Matt. Best regards Bill Robinet." Blue cloth hardcover in dustjacket, no indication of printing. A good-only copy with bumps to the corners, two pages ruffled and a spot that opens a bit too widely just after the photo section. Binding still seems solid, but not tight. The dustjacket is not as good with scuffing and fading to the panels, and short tears and...
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SGD 65.49
BILL NYE'S REMARKS
by EDGAR W. NYE
CHICAGO: THOMPSON & THOMAS, 1891 Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850 ¿ February 22, 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang. Some of his works include Bill Nye's Comic History of the United States, Baled Hay, Remarks, Bill Nye and Boomerang, Bill Nye's History of England, and Bill Nye's Red Book. Late in his career, he was briefly associated with James...
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SGD 39.29
Life on Ice - 25 Years of Arctic Exploration
by Dupre, Lonnie
Minnesota: Keen Editions, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Signed without inscription on the title page by the author. Trade paperback, first edition. A very good copy but with some bumping and a small red dot to the front textblock edge. Minor shelf-wear. A tight copy as if unread. 273 pp., some color photos at center. Dupre's story of arctic exploration, nicely signed.
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SGD 31.02
THE MELODIES OF STEPHEN C. FOSTER
by STEPHEN C. FOSTER
PITTSBURGH: T. M. WALKER, 1909 LIGHT BROWN COVER, EDGES LEATHER, SOME DISCOLORING AND WEAR OUTSIDE EDGES.INSCRIPTION IN THE FRONT. THREE PAGES LOOSE BUT IN GOOD SHAPE. DIVIDED INTO SONGS, HYMNS AND INSTRUMENTAL. FIRST FEW PAGES ABOUT fOSTER'S LIFE. FOSTER WAS BORN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, LAWRENCEVILLE, PA JULY 4, 1826. INDEX LISTED, SONGS WITH MUSIC THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE MUSIC LOVER. Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American...
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SGD 48.94
William the Conqueror
by Douglas, David C
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 476 pages with index, illustrated with black and white frontispiece and maps. Biography of William the Conqueror, covering the establishment of the Anglo-Norman Kingdom. Black cloth binding with burgundy title block on spine with gilt titles. Some scratches and scrubbing of cover with spotting, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, light crease in spine, a little fading of gilt, former...
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SGD 8.27
