True Politeness: A Hand-Book of Etiquette for Ladies
NY: Manhattan Publishing Co., no date [ca 1840s]. 24mo.; paper wraps with sewn binding, softcover; 64 pages; edgeworn, sunned and foxed with the sewn binding apparently repaired else good. More
NY: Manhattan Publishing Co., no date [ca 1840s]. 24mo.; paper wraps with sewn binding, softcover; 64 pages; edgeworn, sunned and foxed with the sewn binding apparently repaired else good. More
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1942. 8vo.; illustrated wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 48 pages; black and white illustrations and photographic illustrations; front wrap is rubbed and bumpy else very good. More
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
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
NY: Rawson Associates, Simon & Schuster Inc., 1997. Inscribed/signed by Author on front free endpaper “A Happy life and Happy Birthday To very Polite immensely kind XXX! Letitia Baldrige April 1997”; small 4to.; cloth backed boards, hardcover; 283 pages; very good in an edgeworn dust jacket. More
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
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
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
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
NY: Dover Publications (1968). Reprint of a 1903 title 12mo. stiff pictorial wraps, softcover; 87 pages; black & white illustrations; very good. More
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
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
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
NY: Leslie-Judge Co., 1925. 4to.; illustrated wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 32 pages; black and white illustrations; some wrinkling to pages and wraps are lightly soiled and edgeworn else very good. More
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
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
Boston, MA: James H. West Co., no date [ca 1880s]. 16mo.; hand decorated stiff wraps with ribbon binding, softcover; pages 53-75; very good. More
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
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
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 but lacking the dust jacket. More
T. Van Nostrand Reinhold (1982). 1st edition; 8vo.; black boards, hardcover; a fine, clean, tight copy in a fine dustjacket. More
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
Philadelphia: United States Christian Commission, 1863. 32mo.; paper wraps, softcover; 16 pages; foxed and stained throughout with bottom spine split for 1/2 inch else good. More
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
Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1963. Small 4to.; stiff illustrated wraps with stapled binding, softcover; 72 pages; The Amy Vanderbilt Success Program for Women; black, white and blue illustrations and color and black and white photographic illustrations; Amy Vanderbilt Newsletter laid in; wraps are edge-rubbed else very good. More