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8vo., First Edition; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with decorative titrle; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. WITH AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT DEPICTING THREE MALAY CHILDREN MOUNTED FACING TEXT. Very scarce.
8vo., Second Edition, title very lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with gilt frames, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy of the second edition of this classic work, first published in 1900. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., Tenth Edition, free endpapers lightly browned; navy ribbed cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and facsimiles in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 272 pages. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Full black cloth boards with bumped corner and a little wrinkling. Slight edge wear to dust jacket.
Cronaca, romanzo e diario di un viaggio.
Cronaca, romanzo e diario di un viaggio. I mille volti di un continente immenso, fra culture secolari ed un futuro che è già cominciato.
Nel cuore segreto dell'Oriente. Un libro che sfiora la poesia, raccontando molteplici vite, le case, le strade, i porti, gli indovini ed i sogni di quelle terre.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece plates and endpaper maps; orange cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded at head and tail else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with loss at head and tail of backstrip. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, 92; Graham & Col, G38.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, rose endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper Arguably the fullest and most objective single-volume account to date.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 220pp. History, nationhood, culture, disaster, crime, sport, children, entertainment and women in Singapore from newspapers over forty years.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, red endpapers, a near fine copy in in price-clipped dustwrapper.
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs and maps throughout, and coloured endpaper maps; original two tone red-brown cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, fresh, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers mildly frayed and creased at extremities.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Graham & Cole, I56.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON SLIP MOUNTED ON TITLE. By comparison with its operations in Europe, SOE's activities in the Far East have received far less attention. The author worked with the wartime commander of Force 136 Group B to create an extensive survey of operations before and after Hudson's arrival. Includes a valuable historical note on SOE operations in Malaya and a select bibliography. Enser, p.150.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates and maps; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Valuable source on the Fall of Singapore and the capture of over 100,000 Allied servicemen. Masanobu Tsuji, Chief of Operations and Planning Staff, 25 Japanese Army, was largely responsible to Yamashita for the planning and execution of the seventy-day campaign, from Singora to the surrender on Singapore island. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text, free endpapers mildly browned, tiny signature on front free endpaper; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a good, clean copy. With the trade ticket of University Book Store, Singapore on front paste-down.
8vo., First Edition, with plates, full-page map in the text and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition thus; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Harrowing account of Japanese captivity in the Philippines. Enser, p.141 (recording the UK edition).
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The author was a young nurse fighting the Japanese in New Guinea and the Philippines. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plate; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears on rear panel. Waley's classic text was first published in 1921. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with numerous illustrations in the text; terracotta cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, boards lightly damp-marked at lower edge (not materially affecting contents), a good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
Cercle du Nouveau Livre 1968, In-8 toile éditeur rouge, 348 pages. Parfait état.