Trio of French Language Volumes

Updated August 6, 2026

Lot number492
Estimate30.00 - 50.00 USD
AuctionFine Art, Art Glass, Books & More Multi Platform
DateAugust 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Auction houseKellies Estate Services
LocationOkemos, Michigan

This collection contains three publisher's cloth-bound books from the early 20th century including G. L. Strachey's Landmarks in French Literature (1912) and Bierman and Frank's Conversational French (1921). The volumes feature extensive period student marginalia, vocabulary notes, and ownership inscriptions from individuals including Edith Wheelock (1926) and Louis Pittenger. The readers include internal maps and illustrations by H. E. Martini.Cloth bindings exhibit significant shelf wear with bumped corners, frayed spine ends, and surface staining. Interior pages show general toning and foxing with heavy handwritten annotations in ink and pencil throughout. Some pages contain minor creasing and edge wear consistent with age and student use.

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