Rare & vintage English books in Kuwait

A palace of culture, one rare book at a time: out-of-print editions, collectors’ sets and vintage finds in English, catalogued by hand in Salmiya.

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The City Of Falling Angels (By the Author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)Last copy
The City Of Falling Angels (By the Author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil)
John Berendt
5.000 KD
Needlecraft Designs From Our Best Quilts: 20 Favorite Quilt Designs Graphed For Needlework: 20 favorite quilt designs graphed for needleworkLast copy
Needlecraft Designs From Our Best Quilts: 20 Favorite Quilt Designs Graphed For Needlework: 20 favorite quilt designs graphed for needlework
Mary Elizabeth Johnson
6.250 KD
Alphabestiary: Animal Poems From A To Z: animal poems from A to ZLast copy
Alphabestiary: Animal Poems From A To Z: animal poems from A to Z
Jane Yolen
5.000 KD
Hamlet/Macbeth/King Lear
Hamlet/Macbeth/King Lear
William Shakespeare
6.500 KD
Balling The Jack: A NovelLast copy
Balling The Jack: A Novel
Frank Baldwin
4.250 KD
The Corrections: A NovelLast copy
The Corrections: A Novel
Jonathan Franzen
3.500 KD
LizardLast copy
Lizard
Banana Yoshimoto
5.000 KD
Beyond The Red Sea: collected poems, 1988-1998Last copy
Beyond The Red Sea: collected poems, 1988-1998
Norashkharian Shant
3.500 KD

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Paradise

by Toni Morrison

'Rumors had been whispered for more than a year. Outrages that had been accumulating all along took shape as evidence. A mother was knocked down the stairs by her cold-eyed daughter. Four damaged infants were born in one family. Daughters refused to get out of bed....

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Dr. Cooper's Fabulous Fructose Diet (without dust jacket)Last copy
Dr. Cooper's Fabulous Fructose Diet (without dust jacket)
James Thomas Cooper; Paul Hagan
8.000 KD
The Wildest HeartLast copy
The Wildest Heart
Rosemary Rogers
3.500 KD
AttachmentsLast copy
Attachments
Judith Rossner
3.500 KD
The Consulting Process In ActionLast copy
The Consulting Process In Action
Gordon Lippitt; Ronald Lippitt
3.750 KD
Long Island Seafood CookbookLast copy
Long Island Seafood Cookbook
J. George Frederick
3.500 KD
World Book Year Book 1978Last copy
World Book Year Book 1978
World Book Educational Products of Canada; Inc World Book
13.750 KD
Handbook Of General PsychologyLast copy
Handbook Of General Psychology
Benjamin B. Wolman
10.750 KD
Trails To Nature's Mysteries: The Life Of A Working NaturalistLast copy
Trails To Nature's Mysteries: The Life Of A Working Naturalist
Ross E. Hutchins
10.750 KD
Essential Japanese Grammar (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides)Last copy
Essential Japanese Grammar (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides)
E.F. Bleiler
6.000 KD
If The Dinosaurs Came BackLast copy
If The Dinosaurs Came Back
Bernard Most
6.750 KD
The World Book Encyclopedia (22 Volume Set)Last copy
The World Book Encyclopedia (22 Volume Set)
6.000 KD
The Ghost At Skeleton Rock (Hardy Boys, Book 37)Last copy
The Ghost At Skeleton Rock (Hardy Boys, Book 37)
Franklin W. Dixon
6.750 KD
Interpreting Psychological Test DataLast copy
Interpreting Psychological Test Data
Gilbert Joseph
8.000 KD
Victims Of Success: Emotional Problems Of ExecutivesLast copy
Victims Of Success: Emotional Problems Of Executives
Benjamin B. Wolman
8.000 KD
The Under-StudyLast copy
The Under-Study
Elia Kazan
8.000 KD
How To Make Yourself MiserableLast copy
How To Make Yourself Miserable
Dan Greenburg
3.750 KD
The Original Mad Libs 1 (Mad Libs)Last copy
The Original Mad Libs 1 (Mad Libs)
Roger Price; Leonard Stern
3.500 KD
The VisitorLast copy
The Visitor
Jere Cunningham
3.500 KD
The Education Of A Tennis Player (without dust jacket)Last copy
The Education Of A Tennis Player (without dust jacket)
Rod Laver
8.000 KD
Everything Is BeautifulLast copy
Everything Is Beautiful
Kitty McDonald Clevenger
5.750 KD
The BestLast copy
The Best
Peter Passell
8.750 KD
Blue Willow (Newbery Library, Puffin)Last copy
Blue Willow (Newbery Library, Puffin)
Doris Gates
4.500 KD
The Return Of The Native (Signet Classic)Last copy
The Return Of The Native (Signet Classic)
Thomas Hardy
4.500 KD
Lenôtre's Ice Creams And CandiesLast copy
Lenôtre's Ice Creams And Candies
Gaston Len⌠tre
10.000 KD
Shipwreck & Empire: being an account of Portuguese maritime disasters in a century of decline.Last copy
Shipwreck & Empire: being an account of Portuguese maritime disasters in a century of decline.
Duffy James
8.750 KD
Cornerstones Freedom : The Story Of Old IronsidesLast copy
Cornerstones Freedom : The Story Of Old Ironsides
Norman Richards
6.750 KD
Somebody loves youLast copy
Somebody loves you
Helen Steiner Rice
5.000 KD
Principles Of Auditing [by] Walter B. Meigs, E. John Larsen [and] Robert F. MeigsLast copy
Principles Of Auditing [by] Walter B. Meigs, E. John Larsen [and] Robert F. Meigs
Walter B. Meigs
10.750 KD
The Managerial WomanLast copy
The Managerial Woman
Marg henning & anne Jardi
3.500 KD
The Green RipperLast copy
The Green Ripper
John D. MacDonald (Bestselling Author of The Lonely Silver Rain)
5.250 KD
Sandstone ExperienceLast copy
Sandstone Experience
Tom Hatfield
10.000 KD
Housewives' Guide To AntiquesLast copy
Housewives' Guide To Antiques
Gross Leslie
8.000 KD
Learning to Say Good-byLast copy
Learning to Say Good-by
Eda Leshan
5.000 KD
KontinentLast copy
Kontinent
Vladimir Emel'i?a?novich Maksimov
4.750 KD
Just the BeginningLast copy
Just the Beginning
Betty Miles
5.000 KD
Where The Heart IsLast copy
Where The Heart Is
Florence Roe Wiggins
6.750 KD
The Legal Environment Of BusinessLast copy
The Legal Environment Of Business
Robert N. Corley; Etc
8.500 KD
The Dream SeekersLast copy
The Dream Seekers
Stephen Longstreet
3.500 KD
Playing soccer the professional wayLast copy
Playing soccer the professional way
Gordon Bradley
5.000 KD
Plague ShipLast copy
Plague Ship
Frank Gill Slaughter
8.000 KD
The Lives Of The Painters (4 Volume Set)Last copy
The Lives Of The Painters (4 Volume Set)
John Canady
10.750 KD
The World's Worst Golf JokesLast copy
The World's Worst Golf Jokes
Martin A. Ragaway
5.250 KD
The Velvet GloveLast copy
The Velvet Glove
Rebecca Stratton
3.500 KD
Hoyle's Modern Encyclopedia Of Card Games: Rules of All the Basic Games and Popular VariationsLast copy
Hoyle's Modern Encyclopedia Of Card Games: Rules of All the Basic Games and Popular Variations
Walter Gibson
3.500 KD
An Introduction To Cultural And Social AnthropologyLast copy
An Introduction To Cultural And Social Anthropology
Peter B. Hammond
10.250 KD
Island StrangerLast copy
Island Stranger
Jean S. Macleod
3.500 KD
The Adventure Of Being A WifeLast copy
The Adventure Of Being A Wife
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
8.000 KD
A View From The Bridge (Penguin Plays): a play in two acts with a new introd.Last copy
A View From The Bridge (Penguin Plays): a play in two acts with a new introd.
Arthur Miller
3.750 KD
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