Guide to Comets

Moore, Patrick, Guide to Comets, Guildford and London: Lutterworth Press, 1977, revised edition, pp.111. Hardcover, Dust Jacket, Nice Used.

The Story of eBay

Gilbert, Sara, The Story of eBay, Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Education, 2012, pp48, Hardcover.

This is a new hardback book that I've borrowed from one of the branches of the National Library Board for a period of three weeks.

Fleetwood Mac, Hardcover Book with Music CD

Fleetwood, Mick, My Twenty-Five Years in Fleetwood Mac, New York: Hyperion, 1992, pp201, Hardback inc music CD.

This pricey hardcover book has a music CD attached. It was bought sometime in the late 1990s from Tower Records at Scotts Road.

Alien Abduction: The Uninvited

Pope, Nick, The Uninvited: An Exposé of The Alien Abduction Phenomenon, London: Simon & Schuster, 1997, pp316, Hardback w/Dustjacket.

Once in awhile, an interesting book about UFOs would pop up in a small bookshop downtown selling used books. I would not hesitate to buy such a book at the first instance, especially when it was selling at a bargain price.

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler, Hardback, Rare Book. Translated and annotated by James Murphy, Unexpurgated Edition, Los Angeles: Angriff Press, pp384, dust jacket and wrapper, new.

The author might be dead, but his work is certainly not out-of-date. You need to read this book when you study your History of World War Two.

1988 Singapore Street Directory

Ministry of Law, Singapore Street Directory, Fifteenth Edition, Singapore: Singapore National Printers Ltd, 1988. SOLD!

Most of such issues were available in paperbacks and not many were available in hardbacks like this.

World Energy Resources

Ion, D C, Availability of World Energy Resources, London: Graham & Trotman Ltd, 1975, pp254 inc appendices. Dust jacket. As good as new.

SOLD!

coal
crude oil

The Metal Investment Handbook

R. S. Taylor-Radford and John A. Pugsley, The Metal Investment Handbook, Costa Mesa, California: The Common Sense Press, Inc., 1983, pp171. Dustjacket. As good as new. SOLD! investments

The Search For The Grail

Phillips, Graham, The Search For The Grail, London: Century, 1995, pp182 (text), pp8 (b/w photos). Dust-jacket. Nice used. The caption at the lower end of the front of the dustjacket says about the "Astonishing new proof of the existence of the Grail in Britain." This is a modern-day quest based on new evidence for the existence of the sacred cup that initiated a twentieth-century search for the Holy Grail. Christianity Holy Grail Knights Templar

The Holy Grail

Scott, Carter, The Holy Grail, London: Edimat Books Ltd., 2004, pp192. Dustjacket. Hardcover. As Good As New. Bought in May 2008 from a secondhand bookshop downtown, this hardback is as good as new. Christianity Holy Grail Knights Templar

The Human Christ

Allen, Charlotte, The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus, New York: The Free Press (A Division of Simon & Schuster Inc.), 1998, pp383. Dustjacket. As Good As New.

"The quest for the 'historical' Jesus -- the human figure who became Christ -- has preoccupied the Christian world for centuries." So said the opening sentence of the first paragraph written on the inside of the dustjacket.

The Shroud and The Grail

Currer-Briggs, Noel, The Shroud and The Grail: A Modern Quest for the True Grail, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987, pp241. Duskjacket. Nice Used.

"The mystery surrounding both the Shroud of Turin and the Holy Grail has never failed to excite the imagination and arouse speculation worldwide." So said the first paragraph written on the inside of the dustjacket.

The author "shows how the Grail has been confused with the Chalice of the Last Supper,...." So what precisely is the Holy Grail?

The Templars

Barceló, Emmanuel, The Templars: Beyond A Myth of The Middle Ages, London: Edimat Books Ltd., 2004, pp189. No Dustjacket. Hardcover. As Good As New.

Bought on January 25 from a secondhand bookshop downtown, this hardback is as good as new.

Even though I have a two-hour DVD about the Knights Templar, but I think it's even better to recline on an armchair and read a book about the Templars.

Amazon.com -- Get Big Fast

Spector, Robert, amazon.com: Get Big Fast, First Edition, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2000, pp263. Nice used Hardback w/dustjacket.

This nice used hardcover book was bought on the eve of Christmas 2007 from a secondhand bookshop downtown. It has eleven chapters and I am into its fifth chapter now.

If We Dream Too Long

Poh Seng, Goh, If We Dream Too Long, Singapore: Island Press, 1972, pp177. Used Hardback. Dustjacket slightly torn at its edges. SOLD!

This is a hard-to-find autographed book by Dr Goh Poh Seng, his first novel written about Singapore.

For your information, I'd sold this book to a good friend.

Facing The Ocean

Cunliffe, Barry, Facing The Ocean: The Atlantic And Its Peoples, 8000 BC-AD 1500, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp600 inc. illustrations. New Hardback. Dustjacket. This beautiful hardcover book weighs almost a whopping 1.9 kg and it's a gift from an elderly gentleman who has one of the largest private collections of books in Singapore. I was fortunate to visit his home for the first time last week, and to browse through his remarkable library of about 40,000 books. Upon departure, I was pleased to receive this book as a gift from this kind gentleman.

Trading in Metals

Trading in Metals, 2nd Edition, edited by Trevor Tarring and Geoff Pinney, Surrey (England): Metal Bulletin Books Limited, 1989, pp275. Dustjacket. As Good as New. SOLD! When I'd noticed this hardcover book inside Romie's bookshop downtown sometime last month, I didn't hesitate to buy it rightaway. It's interesting and fun to read about the trading of hard commodities, especially metals such as gold, silver, and platinum. investments precious metals