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Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. xxii, 260pp. Glossy stiff card covers. 8vo. Covers are a little wavy and gently rubbed at edges. A few small pencil annotations on the first leaf else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A selection of historical travel writings and records of Signapore, selected and edited to produce a vivid account of Singapore as it has gradually changed from a colonial stop-off point to become the world's leading port, ending with the 1942 Japanese conquest of the island.…