1930s-1960s French School Notebooks with Maps, Drawings, Penmanship - Lot of Three candleholder surrounded by silver hardware with

surrounded by silver hardware with engraved decoration

though it also almost seems as if a mend

green papered sides and a pretty pretty pink lining--of course I had to say yes to this one

and to my eye just about a perfect thing

(The weight and feel make me think wood

1930s-1960s French School Notebooks with Maps, Drawings, Penmanship - Lot of Three candleholder surrounded by silver hardware withThis is a lot of three French school notebooks found together but which span 30+ years, so I'm guessing it was the teacher who was the throughline. You know I have a hard time resisting school notebooks, and hand drawn maps, too, so of course I had to bring these home. And many many maps there are, detailing France in many aspects and iterations, but other parts of the world, too. Plus penmanship, a bit of arithmetic, poems with illustrations, and