Native Speech - A Book to Read in the Third Grade of Elementary School (in Russian: Родная речь - книга для чтения в третьем классе начальной школы )

See photos for condition details. Hardcover, tanned paper covered boards with ivory cloth to spine. This original edition is in Russian and we apologize if we butchered the translation. Exterior is toned due to age with handling and soiling present, edges and corners show bumping. The internal binding is good the binding is a bit too tight in the rear quarter of the book. This may be caused by the binding step or book may have been repaired at some point. Pages are quite toned due to type of paper used. No signatures or bookplates, no handwriting, no underlining, no library markings. The title page has a stamp at the bottom in English which reads "Printed in USSR". A very uncommon book to find in the 1960 printing. The book contains numerous black-and-white and color illustrations.