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Vintage Effective Speech Complete Course Book 1937 Hardcover by Harry Bainbridge Gough
Condition: Fair vintage condition with significant wear. The spine and corners show fraying and chipping. Edges of the cover are noticeably worn and there is some spine splitting. Pages show yellowing from age and several have stains or foxing throughout. Some page corners are creased or dog-eared. Binding is loose in areas but overall book is intact.
Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London.
Authors include Harry Bainbridge Gough, Lousene Rousseau, Mary E. Cramer, and J. Walter Reeves.
Copyright dates: 1936, 1937. Printed in the United States of America.
Hard cover with red cloth and black title block, decorated with names of classic speakers and playwrights on the front and spine.
Includes black-and-white photographs (e.g. President Roosevelt addressing a crowd), instructional content on public speaking, speech exercises, phonetic techniques, choric speaking, and dramatic reading.
Visible handwritten note inside front cover: "Wallace Stevens, '43-'44."
Genre: Educational, Speech, Public Speaking, Drama.
Physical flaws (see photos): Significant external wear, tears on cloth over spine/edges, yellowed and stained pages, loose binding, marks and writing on endpapers.
Special feature: Early 20th-century public speaking coursebook, suitable for collectors or vintage reference.
