Singapore: Eastern University Press. Hinge cracked, spine cocked, page edges worn and beginning to darken. Some pages lightly soiled by print or color wearing off opposite page. Mylar cover over dust jacket taped to inside of covers. Mylar cover torn and badly chipped, dust jacket edge worn where mylar cover missing over spine ends. Inscription. Signed by author. . Fair. Hardcover. 1984.

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Bookseller: Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 085779
Title: Raffles: The Story of Singapore
Author: Flower, Raymond
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 9971712113
ISBN 13: 9789971712112
Publisher: Eastern University Press
Place of Publication: Singapore
Date Published: 1984
Keywords: ASIA; HISTORY; SINGAPORE; CHINA

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We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.

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