Rare 1920's French Composition Book - Culture Studies and Language Book - Joseph Galland 1922 Edition

The panorma of that old French city was beautiful from the car window, wasn't it?

{HISTORY}

What was it like to travel to France as an American in 1922? What would you notice, where would stay, what would you say to the people you encountered on your daily jaunts?

Straight from the glamorous era of the 1920s, comes this book, French Composition and Grammer Review by Joseph Galland. Don't let the title fool you - it is not as academic as it sounds. Instead, it is a very interesting rare book on French culture. Part travel guide, part conversation lesson, and part fiction writing all set against the background of 1920s France it is an intriguing study of attitudes, mannerisms, and experiences of Americans traveling to the City of Light. As a situational study book, it is broken down into three chapters - the first written all in French, the second, a repeat of the first, but written all in English and the third, a grammar guide providing translation sections and exercises. 

In 1922, World War I had ended just a few years before.  Americans were beginning to travel to France to see where their loved ones were stationed in Europe and where they perished. This book addresses those experiences. Good conversationalists were also prized in the 1920s and this book addresses that as well with a volley of questions back and forth that call for insight and interest from both parties. Also in the 1920s, travel to Europe was done via ship so there are sections that contain information on shipboard experiences and sightseeing throughout the trip. 

This book doesn't read like a novel but yet like a running conversation inside someone's head about things they are thinking about and experiencing all at once, as well as comparisons between the American lifestyle and the French lifestyle. Also, of course, it is very handy if you want to practice your French and brush up on your conversation skills.  

{SPECIAL FEATURES}

- Very rare 

- Ex-library edition 

- Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs of France

- Decorated cover boards

- Published in 1922 by Allyn and Bacon

- 90 pages

{CONDITION}

Some rub marks and light discoloration on cover boards as to be expected due to age. The inside front cover contains library stickers and a nameplate from the previous owner. The inside back cover contains scuffed paper where library pockets were removed at some point, as well as pen markings denoting library placement. The interior pages are clean, bright and tightly bound. Please see photos. 

{SIZE}

Measures 5.5" inches (width) x 7.5" inches (length) x .75" inches (depth)

{WHY IT IS ESPECIALLY MARVELOUS}

Have you ever wanted to travel back in time to the cities that the Lost Generation era experienced? We'll never get the chance to walk with Hemingway or Fitzgerald down a Parisian alleyway but with this book, we'll get a better idea and understanding of France they knew and loved written in the decade they lived the ex-pat life.