The Physiology of Marriage
Boston: John P. jewett & Co., 1856. 12mo., brown cloth binding with blindstamped design and gilt spine titles; 259 pages; light edgewear and dusty page edges else a very good, clean tight copy. More
Manners and Mores
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The Young Man’s Way, To Intelligence, Respectability, Honor, and Usefulness
PHiladelphia: J. W. Moore, 1850. 24mo.; red and gilt decorative cloth boards, hardcover; xii, 188 gilt edged pages; heavily foxed and edgeworn boards with bumped corners else very good. More
Do's and Do's and Taboos of Hosting International Visitors
NY: John Wiley and Sons (1990). First edition with a 1 present in the number line. 8vo. glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; 236 pages; signed by Axtell; a fine clean tight copy with no apparent flaws in a fine dustjacket. More
The Art of Social Letter Writing:Twelve Charming Studies
Chicago: Correct English Publishing Co. (1907). Small 8vo., 64pages; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, hardcover, lightly edgeworn and sunned else a very good, clean, tight copy. More
The Book of Table Setting
NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. 12mo.; blue embossed boards with gilt on spine, hardcover; 83 pages; black and white photographic illustrations; endpapers are sunned else a very good clean, tight copy in edge rubbed boards on corners and spine ends with small tears on top spine end... More
Personal Beauty: How To Cultivate And Preserve It In Accordance With The Laws Of Health
Springfield, MA: W. J. Holland, 1870. 12mo.; burgundy boards with gilt decorations, hardcover; 346 pages; black and white illustrations; boards are edgeworn and soiled and heavily sunned on spine else a very good clean, tight copy. More
A Lady. Manners and Social Usages
NY, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers (1893). Stated Second Edition; 24mo.; white with gilt cloth covered boards, hardcover; 317 pages; some light spots on front endpapers else a very good clean, tight copy in soiled, sunned and edgeworn boards especially on spine ends. More
Goops & How To Be Them
NY: Dover Publications (1966). Reprint of the original 1900 edition; 8vo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; 87 pages; black and white illustrations; “A manual of manners for polite infants, with 90 drawings; non authorial inscription on front free end paper and very light edgewear else a very good clean tight copy..... More
GOOPS And How To Be Them A Manual Of Manners For Polite Infants Inculcating Many Juvenile Virtues Both By Precept And Example With Ninety Drawings
NY: Xerox University Microfilms, 1967. Reprint edition; small 4to.; blue cloth covered boards with pictorial label paste-on, hardcover; blue and white illustrations; edgeworn and lightly soiled boards else a very good clean tight copy. More
More Goops And How Not To Be Them, A Manual of Manners for Impolite Infants Depicting the Characteristics of Many Naughty and Thoughtless Children
NY: Dover Publications (1968). Reprint of a 1903 title 12mo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; 87 pages; black & white illustrations; very good. More
The New Civility
NY: Grossman Publishers 1973. 1st edition; 8vo., cloth covered boards, hardcover; 135 pages; “does one offer his seat to a liberated woman” and other important questions and observations very good with no apparent flaws in a sunned dustjacket with one small closed tear on the front panel. More
Elements of Etiquette: a Guide to Table Manners in an Imperfect World
Scranton, PA: William Morrow & Co (1992). Stated 1st edition with 1 in the numberline; 8vo., cloth backed boards, hardcover; 132 pages; a very good clean tight copy in a lightly edgeworn dustjacket. More
Advice To Young Men And (Incidentally) To Young Women In The Middle and Higher Ranks of Life in a Series of Letters Addressed To A Youth, A Husband, A Bachelor, A Father, A Lover, A Citizen, or A Subject
NY: John Doyle, 1831. 16mo.; tan cloth covered boards with title label paste-on on spine, hardcover; 268 pages; internal foxing and water marks else very good in edgeworn boards with title label faded. More
Teenage Survival Manual How To Enjoy The Trip To Twenty
Beverly Hills, CA: Centers For Teenage Discovery, 1977. 8vo.; pictorial glossy stiff wraps, vi, 141 pages; softcover; b/w illustrations by Stephanie Lipney; contents are what was discussed at the Center for Teenage Discovery and considered to be important for the enjoyment of right now; remains of price sticker on title..... More
A Woman's Thoughts About Women
NY: Rudd & Carleton, 1858. Author’s edition; 16mo; brown embossed cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, 309 pages plus publisher's catalogue; hardcover; boards are soiled, bumped and rubbed with frayed spine ends and the spine is sunned and lettering is rubbed, there is light internal foxing as well..... More
A Girl’s Guide To Etiquette
NY: Ryland Peters & Small, (2004). First edition with a 1 present in the number line; square 24mo.; pictorial covered boards, hardcover; 63 pages; blue, black and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Growing Into Manhood.
NY: Association Press, 1933. First edition, 12mo., 100 pp., boards, “Growing Into Manhood is a book that makes boys want to grow up strong and healthy: it makes them want to excell in real things.” very good in edgeworn dust jacket. More
Uncle Don’s Book On Etiquette and Things
NY: Uncle Don’s Book Club, 1930. 8vo.; cloth covered boards, hardcover; black and white illustrations; endpapers are sunned else a very good clean tight copy in boards that are edge rubbed and front board is creased in a very poor soiled, torn and chipped dust jacket. More
Class Acts Etiquette for Today.
T. Van Nostrand Reinhold (1982). 1st edition; 8vo.; black boards, hardcover; a fine, clean, tight copy in a fine dustjacket. More
Dress For Excellence
NY: Rawson Associates (1986). Stated First edition; Inscribed and signed by Author “To XXX- Congratulations on your promotion. From, Lois Fenton 3.28.87”; small 4to.; cloth backed boards, hardcover; 245 pages; black and white illustrations and photographic illustrations; a very good clean, tight copy in a very good but price-clipped dust..... More
The Young Man; or Guide to Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness
Boston: G. W. Cottrell and NY: T. W. Strong, 1848. 32mo.; blue blindstamped cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and lettering, hardcover; iv, 128 gilt edged pages; A collection of essays by various Authors; color frontispiece; previous owner’s address stamped on front endpaper and some light internal foxing else a...... More
Guess What's Coming to Dinner? The Extraterrestrial Etiquette Guide
NY: Bantam Books (1983). First edition with a 1 present in the number line; 8vo.; glossy pictorial wraps, xiv, 113 pages; softcover; b/w illustrations; wraps are lightly rubbed on corners else very good. More
The Girls and Boys Book About Good and Bad Behavior
Cresskill, NJ: Creative Therapeutics (1990). 2nd printing; 8vo., glossy pictorial boards, hardcover; 221 pages; black & white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws. More
Etiquette for Gentlemen; Or, Short Rules and Reflections For Conduct In Society
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston (1836). 24mo.; green blindstamped cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, hardcover; 224 pages; a color Frontispiece by T. Sinclair; internal foxing and heavily edgeworn and sunned boards with spine ends heavily worn else a very good tight copy. More
The Laws of Etiquette or, Short Rules and Reflection for Conduct in Society
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836. First edition; 24mo.; cloth covered boards with gilt lettering, hardcover; 172 pages; former owner’s name on front free endpaper else a very good clean, tight copy in edgeworn and soiled boards. More