Good Manners
by [ETIQUETTE]. ANON
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, The Butterick Publishing Company, Ltd., 1889.. Third edition. 8vo. Frontispiece vignette of a couple in 18th century dress. Original gilt stamped dark green cloth, floral patterned endpapers (slight rubbing to spine ends and corners). Very good. 392 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Metropolitan Culture Series. Contains chapters on household civilities, letters of introduction, invitations, dining, funeral customs, debuts, chaperons, weddings, visiting Washington and traveling abroad, visiting cards, Christenings, children's parties, balls and dancing.. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306877
- Title
- Good Manners
- Author
- [ETIQUETTE]. ANON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, The Butterick Publishing Company, Ltd., 1889.
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...