Search Results: Language Instruction from THE BOOK VAULT

En la Imprenta de Pillet Aine, Paris, 1844. This is an unusual item: a 170+ year old language instruction book designed for the Spanish speaker wishing to learn French. 8.5" X 5.375" in brown leather. Covers scuffed and soiled. Heavy wear. Bottom 40% of the backstrip is missing. Lightly foxed throughout: FAIR. 356pp. SPANISH TEXT. [BB015]. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Hachette, 1981. 8.875" X 5.5" in heavy paper covers. Fore edges of both covers curling upwards slightly; name, date, old price top edge title page. Otherwise excellent: GOOD condition.127pp. [CB067] FRENCH TEXT ONLY.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Ginn and Company, 1918. This is a LATIN textbook - 7.625" X 5.5" in green cloth with black titles.Mottling on spine and back cover; 3 long thin stains back cover; owner's name on flyleaf; principal partsof FERO and SUM written in pencil on rear endpaper; BUT, contents very nice - not written on as is usually the case. Several nice color plates: a solid "GOOD" condition. 481pp of text plus 128pp. of vocabulary. [CB095]. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY, 1977. 9.25" X 6.25:" in blue cloth. Book is clean and unmarked - LIKE NEW. Jacket chipped, torn and shabby looking: POOR. 193pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Poor.

Essential Books, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, NY, 1946 8 X 5.25" in red cloth. Excellent condition except endpapers starting to tan and top edge slightly dusty. Jacket smudged and soiled, esp back cover. Top edge chipping. This is an English phrase book designed for the GERMAN visitor to England. Illustrated with witty cartoons.. Hardcover.

SOS Free Stock, 1997. 7.875" X 5.125" in blue heavy paper covers. A little shelf wear, but clean, tight, unmarked: VERY GOOD PLUS. 7th Edition. 64pp.. 5th or later Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Ginn and Heath, Boston, 1878. 7.75" X 5" in black cloth with a black leather spine and gilt titles. Wear and soil; rubbing along spine edges; Spine "Wrinkled;" owner's name in pencil on flyleaf; edges soiled: GOOD MINUS condition. 242pp. Revised Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Self Published / Printed by John H. Gihon, Philadelphia, PA, 1840. 7.25" X 4.5" in bluish paper covered boards with a leather spine. Soiled, paper chipped off covers along fore edge.Light pencil marking inside front cover. Foxed: FAIR PLUS. 95pp. 170 + year old French language text book. French and English tex. [BD045]. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1879. 7.5" X 4.875" in dark green cloth with black leather spine and gilt titles. Some soil; mottled areas of both covers; top of spine chipped; but otherwise clean, tight, unmarked: GOOD PLUS. 430pp. Nice fold-out map in front; 3 fold-outs showing military equipment, etc. in back. [BD045]. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

cCrocker and Brewster, Boston, 1870. 7.625" X 5" in embossed black cloth with a glossy leather spine and gilt titles. Covers soiled; edges dusty; leather spine is wrinkled; water staining first two [blank] leaves only; owner's name top of title page; pencil writing and water stain last leaf; otherwise, aside from the occasional fox mark, the contents are nice: GOOD MINUS. 410pp.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1942. 6.75" X 5" in red cloth. Exterior a bit faded and worn, But overall, GOOD or better condition. 244pp, including about 9pp of idiomatic expressions and 3pp of money and weights and measures.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Global Publications/CEMERS Binghamton University, 2000. 8 7/8" X 6 1/4" in slick illustrated heavy paper covers. Minor shelfwear - otherwise excellent: about NEAR FINE condition. 190pp.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1869. 7.5" X 4.875" in green cloth with shiny black leather spine. Corners abraded; 2" slit in spine edge; tear at foot of spine; covers soiled; owner's name; water stain affects first 7 leaves: just FAIR condition. 162pp. [BD045]. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1932. 10 1/4 X 7 1/8" in sturdy brown buckram. Lightly soiled covers. Writing inside cover, marginal notes and underlining in a number of places - not bad. About VERY GOOD MINUS to VERY GOOD condition.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Ginn and Company,, 1906. 6 7/8" X 4 7/8" in blue cloth with black lettering and cover design. Gilt lettering on spine is a little dulled, but still legible. This 100+ year old French textbook is still quite spiffy: clean and unmarked: FINE. The story is in French; the notes, introduction, etc are in English. Glossary in the back. 266pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.

Stephen Daye Press, Brattleboro, VT, 1934. 7.5" X 5.5" in spiffy red cloth with an elf reading a book on the front cover. Charmingly illustrated by Enola Stanton. Lightly soiled covers: About VERY GOOD MINUS condition, or perhaps a bit better. This appears to have been a salesman's sample. Pasted inside the front cover is part of a price list - the right hand part of which has been torn off. This is part of THE POETRY READERS SERIES by this publisher, which in turn was part of a larger reading program. Cute stories and poems. 174pp. [Scarce]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Bobinson, Pratt, and Co. New York, 1843. 9 1/4" X 5 7/8" in leather. Covers heavily soiled, rubbed, abraded, front hinge cracking, Lower fore edge corner chipped. Name on flyleaf: about FAIR PLUS to GOOD MINUS condition. 615pp.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

MacMillan & Co., London, 1965. 7.5" X 5" in blue cloth. Moderately soiled, Wear at spine ends and corners; owner's name and dedication on flyleaf; Surprisingly, text is clean and unmarked: Just GOOD condition. 156pp. [AD071]. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Eldredge & Brother, Philadelphia, 1878. 6.625" X 4.5" in black cloth with glossy leather spine and gilt titles. Covers soiled; Heavy wear at corners; book is cocked back; pencil writing and pencil rubbings of coins on first 2 blank leaves; light interlinear pencil writing [undoubtedly familiar to every student of latin]. Writing on last 2 leaves also: FAIR condition.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

American Book Company, New York, 1890. 8.25" X 5.75" in black pebble grained, embossed cloth. Starting to fray at spine ends and corner tips, Pencil scribbling inside front cover, owner's name on flyleaf and inside back cover. Some pencil underlining on 2 pages: about GOOD or a bit better condition. This is a 117 year old textbook - one hopes for use by teachers only - in spite of the title. Essentially, it is a 38pp list of words, followed by an alphabetical "Stem List". The author seeks to give the student clues to the meanings of words thru an understanding of their "stems" - the older words from which they were derived. This is interesting stuff, but way too advanced for most elementary school students, whose knowledge of Latin, Greek, Persian, and Icelandic is frequently found to be limited. The final 54pp is made up of examples in the form of quotations as illustrations. 282pp.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.