M E Drewsen (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue hard cover with black lettering and drawing of two hickers on cover. Lightly bumped corners and sun fade to spine. Inside tight, but some small stain marks on several pages. Color Frontis.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Good condition book and DJ. Very tidy book clean pages and clear print. 63 pages. no foxing, no inscriptions, no scribbles. DJ not price clipped, has 2 - 1" tear repaired, 2 - 1/4" tear repaired, and chipped a little bit at the top of spine. 'Most stories written to-day concern themselves with things as they are, but it is good that something should also be known of things as they were.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 104 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Colour illustrated frontispiece. Moderate cracking to hinges and gutters, with exposed netting, rear board and spine detached from text block. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to rear pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tears to cloth to spine ends. Dents to edges of both boards. Ring mark and staining to rear board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Color Frontispieces (illustrator). Later Edition. In blue cloth with pictorial upper cover, 8vo, 104pp. color frontis, early edition ca. 1925 (no date). (light shelfwear and soiling to outer boards, bookplate and gift inscription at endpaper). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Condition: Good. 1948. Reprinted. 63 pages. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Minor marks to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Light tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. n.d. presumed first. 96pp. I colour and 2 b/w plates. Slight fade to spine. Tear to lower front joint. Presentation label to fpdwn. Name to title. Stitching loosening slightly. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. No Jacket. Tan cloth covers with decoration on front and spine. Very light soil and some edge wear. Owner's name and sticker rement on front endpaper. Clean tight copy. 7.5 X 5.5 X 1.25 with 188 pp.

Condition: Good. 1947. Reprinted. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour frontispiece. Presentation plate on front free endpaper. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Boards are slightly bowed.

Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 188pp, col. frontispiece, b/w plates, . In 'The Red Cord' series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo. 122 pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Decorated covers. Gilded edges. Cover soiling. Fraying at spine ends and several corners. Else, very good condition. A tight and bright copy. (H7).

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Reprint. 63pp. HARDCOVER Moderate external wear. Sunday School presentation bookplate to ffep., o/w internally VG. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No date of publication stated but could well be the 1938 first edition. Green cloth boards look still pretty fresh with crisp titles to the spine and a house vignette on the front board, also lovely and crisp. Inside the pages look nice and clean throughout, albeit lightly toned at the page block edge, as would be expected. There is a prize bookplate stuck on the front fly leaf page for a Dorking Sunday School pupil for attendance, dated 1954. It looks like there was an earlier prize stamp beneath the plate. The dust jacket is nice and bright, although price clipped and with some edge wear, closed tears and chipping. In all rather a charming copy which was acquired from a lovely old lady who was told me she was the recipient of the prize!

Grey Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. ends of spine worn.

Undated & with no edition stated - may be 1st edition of 1938 (Sunshine series). Gift inscription on front free end paper; wear to spine & board edges. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. VG/G. DJ has some minor wear and chipping along edge. Previous owner dedication in front. Children. 1948 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good + dj. 64 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Church prize label on ffep. Pale yellow boards, vignette on front of the 2 children. Clean with tight binding, good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th reprint. Brown hardcover with black titles and drawing to front board. 130 x 189 x 10mm. 63pp. With coloured frontispiece. Light rubbing/bumping on edges and corners; prize-sticker to front endpaper (Radbrook Bible School, Shrewsbury); title-page a little foxed/stained, but internal text otherwise clean and bright throughout. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Sharp black decorations on bright red cloth. 1943 gift inscription on ffep. Spotting on rear end papers. Small area of lack of gloss on rear board.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

Good brown gilt decorated cloth hardcover. No dj. 122p. ill plus 6p. of ads. Rear endpaper removed, dedication inside front cover.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

Hardback. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition in Good [price clipped] dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Missing front free endpaper otherwise book is very good. Some wear and age-toning to Dustjacket. Three-toned frontispiece. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. Orphaned children find themselves on a farm. First published in 1922.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor.

Hard back binding in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine, black sunshine series illustration to the spine and front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 93 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece illustration. Cheap paper browning and foxing to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with chips, rubs, closed tears and a piece missing to the back cover. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No date, suggest 1930s. Lacks frontis, otherwise a clean straight book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. "A charming story, equally suitable for boys and girls, the scene being set in one of Denmark's beautiful forests bordering the shores of the Cattegat." Hardback, with dust wrapper. Boards are moderately handled. Spine and front board thumbed and showing moderate wear. Free endpaper, pastedowns showing light wear and some light foxing. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown. Binding is neat and tidy. Page edges also bear some foxing. This book is in fair condition. Dust wrapper has been well handled. Some discolouration along creases. Corners and spine thumbed and well sunned (see image). Price clipped. Otherwise in fair condition. *We try to describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Wood Cottage' by M. E. Drewsen invites readers into a heartwarming tale centered on family and faith, a cherished work of juvenile fiction that continues to resonate with its gentle wisdom. Subtitled 'or, Sheltered at last,' this classic narrative beautifully portrays the comforting embrace of a domestic setting, offering a serene glimpse into a bygone era of family life.