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U.S.A: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1922. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback 1922 Hardcover Book in Good Condition. Classic Writing Textbook. Small detailed volume published in 1922 with effective writing skills designed as a textbook for a college course in English and for use in the correction of themes. Grammatical principles are clear and concise as are the other topics such as clarity of thought, effectiveness of the sentence, diction, punctuation, proper use of tense, paragraph cohesiveness, etc. All as pertinent today as in 1922. Binding of brown cloth w/gilt titles, which is rubbed off on spine, visible on front. Clean and unmarked, light scuffing to corners, spine head and heel rubbed; tight and solid sewn binding. Former owner name on endpaper. Pages are clean, no marks, no tears, moderately toned, but not browned. The back loose endpaper has a piece torn out of it. A handy, useful book, in quite good shape for a book nearly 100 years old.… Read More

USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1978. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 7th Edition. Hardcover Text-book in Good + Condition. White cloth with blue and red titles, faint spotting om front; slight edge to corners and spine ends. Tight, solid and square volume. Pages clean, unmarked, no writing on pages, no underlining or highlighting, toned. List of sections outlined on endpapers. Pages color-coded. Includes sections on Basic Grammar, Basic Sentence Faults, Manuscript Mechanics, Punctuation, Larger Elements-Composition, Paragraphs, Effective Sentences, Logic, Words, The Library and the Research Paper, Writing Summaries and Examinations, A Glossary of Grammatical Terms. 468 pages with index. 8.5 x 5.6 inches. New Jersey. Prentice-Hall, 1978,

U.S.A: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover 1931 Classic Speech Textbook in Good Condition. No jacket. Solidly bound in full blue cloth w/gilt debossed titles on spine, blind-stamped titles on front. Front panel has reddish smudge at upper right corner and greenish smudge below that. Back panel has discolored areas. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, some scuffed, spine head and heel cloth is worn. Tight and solid sewn binding, Front endpapers have a stamp, a label-like affixture, previous owner name and address. The name and address are also on the back ep. Text is clear and unmarked, no tears, no underlining or highlighting, lightly toned. 24 illustrations--sitting and standing positions, exercises for tonality, inflexions, pantomime, stage-settings, etc. Includes fundamentals of speech, speech composition, interpretation, platform speaking and reading, dramatics, group activities. Appendices included--correction of speech… Read More

USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Good+ Condition. Green cloth w/gold and black ttitles, clean and unmarked with wear to extremities, rubbed down hinge. Solid, tight binding. Interior clean, unmarked, untorn. This book is directed to the teacher in training, to help develop those speaking skills that are so much part of the teacher's daily professional work and to give insights into the kinds of speech problems that elementary and secondary students face. Older textbook with much good information. 152 pages with index. 5.75 x 8.6 inches. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 1960.