First Book in German by Bagster-Collins, E. W - 1931

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, former owner's name in ink covered by 2 stickers on the inner front cover, overall a clean used copy! Dark green cloth with black stamped lettering on the front cover and spine (faded). 342 unmarked and uncreased informative and grammatical pages of text and 16 wonderful pages of black and white illustrations! "In this book an attempt has been made to work out, for the classroom, the principles I have set forth in 'The Teaching of German in Secondary Schools.' It is not a radical textbook, yet I trust that ardent reformers will find in it abundant reading material and exercises thoroughly in harmony with the 'direct method.' English sentences for translation have been provided, however, for the benefit of those teachers who wish to use them....." ---- from the Preface. Reprint (1912). Green Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.