Reading French
by Lyons, J. C. and W.L. Wiley
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1943. Text book. Foreword present (by both authors). The text is divided into two parts. Part I giving four chapters - Chapter I - Personnages Historiques (1) Charlemagne (2) Louis XI (3) Richelieu (4) Louis XIV (5) Robespierre (6) Napoleon Bonaparte. Chapter II - Le Theatre d'autrefois, Chaprte III - Cyrano de Bergerac, Chapter IV -Les Annonces francaises. Part II - offers seven chapters continuing with Chapter V - Paul Morand: Un Prince orential a Cambridge University, Chapter VI - Blaise Cendrars: L'Egoutier de Londres, Chapter VII - Paul Morand: La Menace, Chapter VIII - Octave Feuiller: Charybde et Scylla, Chapter IX Saint-Exupery: Dans le desert, Chapter X - Pierre Mille: La Nef morte, Chapter XI - Paul Bourget: lettres de Londres. A section of Exercises and Vocabularies follow. The generous half-tone illustrations, photographs, etchings and old engravings add much to the text. The line drawings designed especially for this volume are the work of the artist John King. Endpapers make a two-page spread of "Carte De France". Name to ffep and prelim. Decorated front and rear boards. A clean bright book which promises to please. A lovely text in collectable condition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2000
- Title
- Reading French
- Author
- Lyons, J. C. and W.L. Wiley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- French Reader + Vocabulary + John King Illustrator + Louis XI + Louis XIV + Napolean Bonaparte + Charlemagne + French History + Richalieu + Paul Morand + Paul Bourget + French Exercises + NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education;
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