Rare Books
Out-of-print titles, old / antiquarian books, and leather bound volumes. Some of these editions are unique and exceedingly rare, and some are sourced from old personal libraries in Singapore, Europe, The US and India.
We have an increasing number of 18th and 19th century antique books available, and also classic editions from the 60s and the 70s with vintage or unique cover designs.
Title: The Pilgrim's Progress
Author: John Bunyan
ISBN: -
Publisher: The Religious Tract Society, London, date unknown. Inscription on flyleaf dates from 1864.
Condition: Half-leather, hardcover. Well-bound, good condition, wear all over. Pocket sized
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SG$88.00
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Title: The Outline of History
Author: HG Wells, JF Horrabin (illus)
ISBN: -
Publisher: MacMillan & Co, 1921
Condition: Hardcover, full leather, well-bound and in good condition. Bits of leather missing from top of the spine, but a handsome volume none
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SG$128.00
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Title: Complete Works of Virgil - Bucolics, Georgics & The Aeneid
Author: Publius Vergilius Maro
ISBN: -
Publisher: Alain Delalain, Paris, 1806.
Condition: Hardcover, full leather. Worn and aged, but very firmly bound.
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SG$146.00
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Title: Peasants & Other Stories
Author: Anton Chekhov, Edmund Wilson (intro & ed), Frederick Schneider (illus)
ISBN: -
Publisher: Franklin Library, 1977. Long out of print.
Condition: Hardcover, black leather with ornate gilt on boards, spine and edge
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SG$152.00
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Title: Of the Imitation of Christ
Author: Thomas à Kempis, Peacock, Mansfield & Brittan (illus)
ISBN: -
Publisher: James Parker & Co, date unknown. However, gift inscription on front flyleaf dates from 1872.
Condition: Hardcover, very thick and heavy
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SG$134.00
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Title: The Poetical Works of Longfellow
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
ISBN: -
Publisher: Henry Frowde, 1906
Condition: Hardcover, full brown leather, prize binding with ornate gilt to spine and marbled edges. Front hinge tender, but binding firm,
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SG$97.00
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Title: Enoch Arden, Etc
Author: Lord Alfred Tennyson
ISBN: -
Publisher: Edward Moxon & Co, 1864. First edition of Enoch Arden!
Condition: Hardcover, red leather with extensive gilt on spine and all edges. Beautiful binding.
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SG$362.00
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Title: Stories of the East
Author: Herodotus, Alfred Church (trans & ed), several ancient illustrators
ISBN: -
Publisher: Seeley & Co, 1906
Condition: Hardcover, prize leather binding, extensive decoration on spine, "with illustrations from ancient fr
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SG$112.00
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Title: The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ISBN: -
Publisher: MacMillan & Co, 1895
Condition: Hardcover, green leather. Fading to spine. Bound firmly, interior spotless, in very good condition for its age.
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SG$98.00
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Title: The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron
Author: Lord Byron
ISBN: -
Publisher: Gall & Inglis. Exact date of publication unknown, research reveals date to be no later than 1892.
Condition: Hardcover, ornately decorated with gilt and blind-stamp
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SG$149.00
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Title: The Works of Horace (Horatii Flacci Opera)
Author: Quintus Horatius Flaccus
ISBN: -
Publisher: ROBERTUM FREEBARNIUM, Edinburgh, 1731
Condition: Hardcover, leather. Well aged and well-worn, but complete, still well-bound, although the hinges are
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SG$231.00
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Title: The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton
Author: John Milton, unknown illustrator
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Publisher: Gall & Inglis. Exact date of publication unknown, research reveals date to be no later than 1897.
Condition: Hardcover, ornately decorated wi
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SG$147.00
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Title: The Confucian Analects
Author: Confucius, William Jennings (trans & intro)
ISBN: -
Publisher: George Routledge & Co, date unknown, but no later than 1900. Rare.
Condition: Hardcover, leather spine. Nicely aged, in good condition. Tightly bound.
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SG$114.00
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Title: The Poetical Works of John Keats
Author: John Keats, H. Buxton Forman (ed.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1915
Condition: Leather. Gold gilt on all edges. Excellent condition, well bound. Inscription on fly page, dated 1918 from a certain
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SG$69.00
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Title: Cyrano de Bergerac
Author: Edmond Rostand, Charles F. Rideal (foreword)
Publisher: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898
Condition: Hardcover, excellent. One of the first English editions of the play first staged in 1898. Name inscriptions on fly pages, no ot
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SG$68.00
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Title: Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
Author: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (ed), Samuel Moore (trans), Edward Aveling (trans)
ISBN: -
Publisher: William Glaisher, 1912
Condition: Hardcover, cloth. Well bound and spine sunned. In
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SG$112.00
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Title: The Ingoldsby Legends
Author: Thomas Ingoldsby
ISBN: -
Publisher: George Routledge, 1889
Condition: Hardcover, cloth spine with leather boards. In truly excellent condition for its age. Extensively illustrated.
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SG$87.00
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Title: Paradise Lost
Author: John Milton, Gustave Dore (illus), Robert Vaughan (intro)
ISBN: -
Publisher: Charles C Thompson, date unknown (research reveals date to be around 1890)
Condition: Massive hardcover, decorative cloth. Firmly bound, but spin
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SG$297.00
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Title: The Pillow Book
Author: Sei Shōnagon, Translated & edited by Ivan Morris, with an introduction by Robin Duke & illustrations by Jasper Dean
ISBN: -
Publisher: The Folio Society, 1979
Condition: Hardcover, black silk cloth. Like new, exceptional
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SG$93.00
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Title: Keats' Poetical Works
Author: John Keats
ISBN: -
Publisher: E Moxon Sons & Co, 1869
Condition: Hardcover, decorative cloth. Gilt on spine, firmly bound, some wear overall, but in good shape. Clean and unmarked.
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SG$89.00
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