drummond mrs (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Nr. Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Sunday school prize sticker. Covers have a few marks.

Reprint. Octavo (15.5cm); deep blue decorative cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; 138pp, frontis., 2 plates. Spine tanned, mild chipping to heel and crown; moderate rubbing and wear to boards, with spots of soil and bleaching; leading corners bumped. Textblock foxed; gift inscription on ffep, rear endpaper creased; plates and adjacent pages toned. Good. While not much biographical information is readily available about Mrs. Harriet Drummond, it can be gleaned that she was the wife of Rev. David Thomas Kerr Drummond, minister of an Episcopal church in Edinburgh. Mrs. Drummond wrote several religious tracts for young readers, including Lucy Seymour (c. 1847), which concerns the religious awakening of a selfish little girl (incidentally named Harriet). She also collaborated with her husband and edited some of his works.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Original cloth slightly worn and marked, otherwise near very good. Ink date to endpaper. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: G-. First Edition. 16mo A reasonable copy for its age. light blue cloth cover has minor marks to front, browning to edges and to spine. Minor bumping to corners, slight roll to spine. Small section towards end loose. Some foxing to pages, po inscription on ffep. Inner hinges cracking. Book.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An extremely scarce early edition of this work of fiction by Mrs H. Drummond. In paper-covered boards with handwritten title to front cover and to spine. Third thousand. Published the same year as the first edition. Dated using Jisc from similar copies held at Trinity College Dublin Library. Written by Mrs Drummond, author of 'Lucy Seymour' and 'Louisa Moreton'. This work of fiction follows the lives of the Wilmot family, with disasters, parties and 'unwelcome news'. With a hand coloured illustration to the title page and a black-and-white frontispiece. With an ink inscription of Zoe M. Miller, from Aunt Marshall, dated 26th December 1860, to the front endpaper. With a bookplate reading 'Animo et Fide', or 'Courage and Faith' to the front paste down. In paper-covered boards with handwritten title to front cover and to spine. Externally, generally smart, with light bumping to the extremities and to the spine. Fading to the spine. Tape holding paper cover in place to the paste downs. Bookplate to the front paste down. Tape reinforcing front hinge. Hinges slightly strained, with cords visible. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with light age toning. The odd spot to the first few pages. Good. book.