Liu Gretchen Editor (9 results)

Hard cover. First edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 216 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Fine in fine dust jacket. whisper of shelfwear to the jacket, first printing, no ownership marks.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Very Good. Singapore: Times Editions Pte Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1988. . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 96pp., dust jacket very light shelf wear on edges and corners, very light sunning/fading on top edge, otherwise very good; cover light shelf wear on edges and corners, otherwise very good; Former owner's inscription on front free-endpaper, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White/Color Illus. & Photos (illustrator).…

Oversized Illustrated Near VG Hardcover in Near Fine dust jacket; 216 pages; index; very small bump on lower rear board edge; small amount of shelfwear; some small page stains, not very noticeable or only in certain lights; 10" x 10" in size; profusely illustrated throughout; glossy, attractively pictorial dust jacket; photographs by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni.…

Condition: Good. Original black boards, oblong, circa 22x28cm, illustrated with reproductions of colour and b/w postcards, reprinted.; Some foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with white titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In 1894 the Straits Settlements postal authorities amended their regulations to allow privately printed postcards to circulate internationally at the same inexpensive rate as the blank 'official' postcards By 1898 the Straits Settlements Annual Report described the phenomena of postcards "artistically got up with characteristic local views". The 185 postcards reproduced here - many in colour for the first time - present an unforgettable, sometimes surprising, always captivating and ultimately invaluable historical document of Singapore in the first three decades of the century. Ref GGG 3.…

Reprint of the 1986 original. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 24.5. Places of interest, street scenes, transportation and the port.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 10" x 10" Orig. brown paper boards. 216 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Chafing to extremities. Dust jacket bumped to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. 232pp, with plentiful colour and black and white illustrations, maps and plans. Red cloth-covered boards with cream lettering to front and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. Cloth very slightly rubbed at corners and spine tips else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped. rubbed and bumped on extreme edges and somewhat shelf worn. The Singapore House is a major attempt to document the rich architectural legacy represented by large houses built in spacious grounds by preceding generations of the prosperous and wealthy. The first half of the book is a comprehensive study of the various styles that were introduced, and their local variants. The second half offers a sampling of individual houses, their interiors and the lives of their inhabitants.…

Full red paper boards. Publisher?s dust jacket, in Mylar. , Near fine example of this volume, a study on the architectural styles of Singapore from 1819 to the outbreak of the Pacific War. , Size : Quarto (300 x 215 mm), 232 pp. Boards lightly rubbed at edges, interior clean and crisp.