Hardcover, Larousse, Paris. Copyright 1923.

Condition shows age and use:

• Spine wear with visible loss at top

• Two worn spots on spine

• General edge and corner wear

• Age toning to pages

• Binding intact

• Pages appear complete

• Signed “George R. Havens – Ohio State University” on front endpaper

Structurally sound with visible exterior wear consistent with age and academic use.

Please review photos carefully.

This one came out of the George Remington Havens estate.

If you’ve been following our Havens listings, you know the name matters. Professor of French and Romance Philology at The Ohio State University. Guggenheim fellow. Voltaire scholar. A man who did not casually collect French textbooks.

This is:

Vocabulaire par l’Image de la Langue Française

By A. Pinloche

Published by Larousse, Paris

Copyright 1923

An illustrated French vocabulary work — part of early 20th-century pedagogical movements emphasizing visual language learning.

And inside?

Signed:

George R. Havens

Ohio State University

This book lived in the working academic library of a real French scholar.

Not decorative. Not shelf filler.

Used.

The spine shows wear. The book has age. It’s nearly a century old. But it is intact and carries genuine academic provenance.

If you collect:

– French language pedagogy

– Early 20th-century Larousse publications

– Academic provenance books

– Ohio State University faculty history

– Or George R. Havens material

This is a legitimate piece of a scholar’s working library.

Kodi treats Havens books differently.

These don’t feel random. They feel connected.

— Kodi

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