BIOGRAPHY
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THE STORY OF JOHN FAIRFAX
Written by J.F. Fairfax.
Stock no. 990218
Published by John Fairfax & Sons.
1st
1941.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
Pages: xix, 169. Burgundy leather spine with gilt title, pink boards. 16 b/w illustrations. Colour frontis. Commemorating the Centenary of the Fairfax Proprietary of the Sydney Morning Herald 1841-1941. John Fairfax originally came from Warwickshire. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper browned and torn with loss.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- AUSTRALIA
- BIOGRAPHY
- NEWSPAPERS
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WARWICKSHIRE
THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
Written by J.G. Lockhart.
Stock no. 559013
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1893.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles. New Popular Edition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and title page. Endpapers browned. Spine faded. Corners bumped and rubbed.
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- BIOGRAPHY
THE STORY OF HANS ANDERSEN SWAN OF DENMARK
Written by Ruth Manning-Sanders; Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Astrid Walford.
Stock no. 317675
Published by E.P.Dutton & Co..
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Andersen's early life. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. American Edition. Slight foxing to contents. Spine bumped. price-cut from dustwrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- BIOGRAPHY
MINTY
Written by Alan Schroeder.
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Stock no. 403129
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the young slave girl, Harriet Tubman, and her dream of freedom. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241136903. Corners bumped. Contents fine. Spine and portion of front of wrapper faded.
CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Jean Chapman.
Illustrated by Sandra Laroche.
Stock no. 714601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1987.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Hans Christian Andersen. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine. B/w silhouette illustrations. ISBN: 034041930X. Lower edges and corners rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge creased.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIOGRAPHY
- SILHOUETTES
- FAIRY TALES
THE LIFE OF STEPHEN LAWRENCE
Written by Verna Allette Wilkins.
Illustrated by Lynne Willey.
Stock no. 731022
Published by Tamarind Ltd..
1st
2001.
Fine condition.
The story of the 18-year-old boy brutally murdered in 1993... he will be remembered. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1870516583. SIGNED with inscriptions on title-page by author, illustrator and D.Lawrence.