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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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
Hints on Etiquette and the Usages of Society With a Glance at Bad Habits
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1951. Stated First Edition printed in the U. S. A.; reprint of an 1836 guide to good manners published by Messrs Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman; very good in very good dustjacket with slight edgewear. 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
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 title12mo. 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
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 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, ìGrowing Into Manhood is a book that makes boys want to grow up strong and healthy: it makes them want to excell in real things.î 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
A Word To Young Men A Guide For Those About To Marry And Young Husbands.
NY: P.J. Kenedy & Sons (1963). Translated by Una Morrissy. 8vo., cloth, very good in slight soiled dust jacket. 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
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
To Captain Ted Letters To A College Boy About A Number Of Things
Indianapolis: The No-Tobacco League (1923). Small 8o.; stiff pictorial wraps, 111 pages; softcover; very good in lightly soiled and rubbed wraps. More
The Pleasure of Your Company. Entertaining Friends...and Enjoying It
NY: Clarkson Potter (1990). 1st edition. Illus. by Rollin McGrail. possibly inscribed by Guggenheimer:” To Eva with affection, Ely”; a fine, clean, tight copy in a lfine unclipped dustjacket. More
How To Do It
Boston: James R Osgood and Co., 1871. First edition; 16mo.; green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, hardcover; iv, 269 pages; gift inscription on front free endpaper dated 1871 with some light internal foxing else a very good clean, tight copy in rubbed boards with bumped corners... More
Manners For Boys and Girls.
Boston: Page Co. (1920). 9th impression of a 1913 title. 8vo.; blue cloth covered boards, hardcover; 323 pages + ads; edgeworn with faded spine lettering and dusty edges else a very good clean tight copy. More
Junior Health and Good Habits Club Jingles
Chicago: Junior Home Magazine (1929). 12mo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; black and white ilustrations; lightly soiled and edgeworn covers and sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy. More