STENDHAL THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS
Written by David Wakefield.
Stock no. 608993
Published by The Newstead Press. 1st 1984. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Biography of the 18th century French writer. B/w plates. ISBN: 0853900272. Top corners of wrapper rubbed. Book mint except for erased pencil marks on front endpaper.

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THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTISTS: ENGINEERS AND INVENTORS
Written by David Abbott.
Stock no. 557778
Published by Blond Educational. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 189 pages. ISBN: 0584700040. Ex-lib with usual markings to prelims and covers, contents clean.

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MEMOIRS OF THE LIVES AND CHARACTERS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE BAILLIE OF JERVISWOOD
Written by George Baillie.
Stock no. 988910
1824. Very good condition.

Printed at Edinburgh. Second edition. Pages: xvi, 165. Modern rebinding in paper boards, cloth spine with paper label. Untrimmed edges. A few foxspots to contents.

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NEKRASOV L'HOMME ET LE POETE
Written by Charles Corbet; Nicolas Alekseevic Nekrasov.
Stock no. 989540
Published by Institut D'Etudes Slaves De L'Universite De Paris. 1st 1948. Slightly better than good condition.

465 pages. Text in French. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. In red library binding. Pages browned.

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THE BOOK OF SCOTSMEN
Written by Joseph Irving.
Stock no. 558322
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1882. Good condition.

Brown cloth, white title label to spine. 573 pages. Scotsmen emminent for schievements. Contents very good. Foxing to front endpapers. Covers worn and dampstained.

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THE TRIUMPH OF INTEGRITY
Written by Duncan Grinnell-Milne.
Stock no. 989824
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of General Charles De Gaulle. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-chipped.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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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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.

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