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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Title: Elementary French Composition (Nelson's Modern Studies Series, No. 5) Author: R. L. Græme Ritchie, M.A., D.Litt. and James M. Moore, M.A. Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., London, Edinburgh, Paris, Melbourne, Toronto, and New York Publication Year: Reprint edition, circa 1946 (based on printing history: first published 1930; reprinted 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 (twice), 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 (twice)) Binding: Hardcover, green cloth boards with embossed lantern motif on front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Pages: Approximately 172 pp., including preface, contents, vocabulary, index of passages for translation, and illustrations. This is a charming vintage educational textbook designed for elementary French composition, part of Nelson's "Modern Studies" series under the general editorship of Professor Græme Ritchie. Aimed at school students, it provides graded exercises in French writing, focusing on verb tenses (present, perfect, future, imperfect, etc.), vocabulary building, and translation passages. The preface explains its purpose: to aid beginners in composing simple French sentences, drawing from Cambridge University Press materials for "First" and "Second" French Courses. Content includes sections on verb conjugations, sample dialogues (e.g., "A Conversation" on p. 32, "The Perfect Good" on p. 33, "We Cross the Channel" on p. 56), and illustrated stories like "Our Dog" (p. 17), "The Dipper's Nest" (p. 48), and "Moonlight" (p. 49). Features delightful period illustrations. As an ex-school library copy from Luton High School, this book offers a snapshot of mid-20th-century British education, with the checkout ledger providing social history interest—tracking postwar students' use over nearly a decade. Ideal for collectors of vintage language textbooks, educational memorabilia, or local Luton/Bedfordshire history. Despite wear, it remains a functional and evocative piece from the era of rationing and reconstruction. Condition: Good overall for a vintage school textbook, with signs of heavy use commensurate with age and educational context. Exterior: Green cloth covers show moderate fading and rubbing particularly to spine and edges. Corners bumped and frayed; spine worn with minor fraying. Front cover has faint handwritten inscriptions (possibly "English" or similar, faded). Back cover has some staining and scuffs. Binding is sound but with some looseness from use. Interior: Pages are age-toned but clean and unmarked except for occasional pencil notes or underlining in exercises (e.g., future tense conjugations on p. 37). Ex-library from Luton High School (Bedfordshire, UK), with library label on front pastedown (No. 27, "Luton High School Library (Text Books)"), and a checkout record sheet listing student borrowers from 1949-1958, including names like Barbara Baron (Pre. 5C, 1949), Rosemary Dixon (IV M, 1950), V. Wrycroft (IV M, 1951), Sidney Morley (IV A, 1952), Janet Morley (IV S, 1953), Patricia Volger (IV C, 1953), Mollie Bingham (II A, 1954-55), Kathleen Huckstep (II C, 1955-56), Marjorie Rainford (II C, 1956-57), and Billie Major (IV B, 1957-58). Endpapers have tape remnants and minor foxing. No major tears or missing pages, but light creasing in places. Illustrations intact, including black-and-white drawings. The illustrations in "Elementary French Composition" were created by Marcel Jeanjean (1893-1973), a French artist, illustrator, and poster designer. He was a World War I aviator who became known for his aeronautical-themed works, including books, drawings, and posters. Jeanjean was appointed as an official painter to the French Ministry of Air in 1931. His style often featured whimsical, detailed line drawings. Marcel Jeanjean (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. MNinimal wear to hard back book. 229 pages.Pages are very clean, bright and tight. Brown boards with gilt design and titles. Name on f.e.p.A very few light pencil notes.

Condition: Good. 1930. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Printed in French. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.…

Condition: Good. 1928. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. B&W frontispiece. Previous owner's inscription to both endpapers. Notable pen and pencil marks and annotations throughout. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards, with tanning to spine. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good Condition. Has a small amount of writing/highlighting. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 144pp. Orange cloth hard cover with gilt spine title. Slight bumping and cloth chipping at the board corners. Minor library markings. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. V3.

Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint (1929). Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, former owner's name and a date on the ffep, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Wonderfully well-preserved! 196 very clean, unmarked and uncreased poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Brown cloth with a gilt design on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. "In the matter of French reading, the average educated Englishman's view is probably this: French prose is wonderfully artistic and clear, and delightful to read. French verse is elegant, and in technique no doubt correct, but somehow it does not thrill, and it cannot as a rule be read with ease and pleasure. France, he repeats with Matthew Arnold, produces great prose, not great poetry."----from the Introduction Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Cloth over boards has general shelf wear, label at lowerspine, gilt design on front. Introduction in English, text of novel in French. Ex-Library; 6.75" tall; 250 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. 1st Edition Thus. First published in this series, stated. Printed in France. No indication of later printings. Green cloth with gilt titles. Boards with some gentle rubbing, corners gently bumped. Light scuffs. Spine age darkened, ends gently bumped. Gilt lettering dulled. Binding lightly cracked at pp 32, 33; sound with no missing or loose pages. Contents unmarked. Text block toned. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket (as published). A series of lessons on spoken French. Some reading wear but still a tidy copy, available for prompt dispatch from the UK.

Condition: Fair. 1934. Reprinted. 152 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. French text. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.…

Condition: Good. 1962. Reprint. 405 pages. Paperback book with green cover. French and English text. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild tanning to spine and board edges. Notable foxing. Moderate water stains to covers. …

Condition: Good. 1933. Reprinted. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Spine cloth is marked or dulled with dust. Gilt lettering has become dull.…

Condition: Fair. 1930. First Published. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. French text. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional notes to text, previous owner's inscription to front free end paper and longer notes to rear end papers. A couple of jagged edged pages from owner separating uncut pages. Binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate tanning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Cloth has moderate damp and dust stains.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. No DJ. Owner name title page, Benjamin Mather Woodbridge, Jr, 1950: (1915-2007) Late Professor of Portuguese, Emeritus, University of California Berkeley. No other marks in book. Appears unread. Hardcover light wear at corners.

Condition: Good. 1949. Reprinted. 152 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white plates. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscriptions to front endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ has some loss to edges, light toning and a few repaired tears to spine area. It has been price clipped. Contents are clean and bright.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. 1925. Reprinted. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. 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 mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: Good. 1933. Reprinted. 236 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Mostly in French. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Some marginalia. Boards have moderate shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.…

Condition: Good. 1927. 229 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Large crease to front board.…

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Firmly bound, gray cloth boards without a jacket, some handling wear including a little rubbing on the spine which also has a small ink spot.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1928. Reprinted. 199 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Tan cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End-papers are more notably tanned. Minimal pencil underlining and notes to text. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering has become dull. Board corners are bumped.…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN.