Search Results: Etiquette, Manners, and Instruction from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: The Office of The Girl's Own Paper & Woman's Magazine N.d. [c. 1918]. Tall 8vo. 114 pp. Original decorative paper-covered boards. Light rubbing to spine ends and tanning to spine. Slight discolouration to back board. Internally clean. Endpaper adverts. In-text illustrations. Chapters include: On Paying Calls, On Giving 'At-Homes,' At a Garden Party, etc. Includes guidance on giving toasts, saying goodbye and ascending and descending stairs. A useful and entertaining volume presented in a simple illustrated format. . Very Good. Decorative Boards. Second Impression. 1918.

London: W. Stevens [1861]. 16mo.Pamphlet. 63 pp. Paper covers. Edges worn but mended. Binding slightly loose. Page edges darkened. OCLC records 1 copy at Cambridge, (although the BL also have one bound in a series volume). . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1861.

London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited N.d. [c. 1920s]. 8vo. 176 pp. Green cloth in uncommon colour illustrated jacket, price clipped. Wear to jacket edges, especially at spine ends. Minor rubbing to extremities. Light spots to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1920.

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. c.1902. 8vo. 121, (4) pp., Bound in Illustrated red cloth. Some fading to the board and spine with wear to the spine ends. Some worm damage to the rear board, effecting the endpapers up to the index. Binding slightly shaken with darkening to the edges of the leaves. Publisher's catalogue to the endpapers and bound to the rear. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1902.

London: The Religious Tract Society [1857]. 16mo. viii, 172 pp. Full maroon morocco with gilt- and blind-stamped borders and decorations to boards alongside gilt lettering to spine; all edges gilt. Prize bookplate of North London Collegiate School for Ladies to ffep. Rubbing to spine ends and corners. Top edge has small stain to p. 116-119; otherwise internally clean. A guide to family prayer, through the various stages of a marriage. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1857.

London: Lackington, Allen, and Co. 1814. 12mo. 2 volumes. xxiv, 216; 222, [2] pp. Half brown suede leather over blue boards with raised bands to spine; all edges speckled. Boards quite marked and stained, with some wear and tear to spine ends and corners. Binding firm. Minor spots scattered throughout, but generally internally clan. Bears the bookplate to ffep. of William le Fleming of Rydal Hall, Cumbria, MP for Westmoreland, crossed out and Mary le Fleming written in ink underneath. Collection of witticisms from all across the world and history. . Very Good. Leather Spine. First Editions. 1814.

New York: D. Appleton and Company 1858. 8vo. xii, 13-267 pp. Original brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt decoration & lettering to front board & spine. Spine lettering dulled with slight wear to extremities. Endpapers darkened. Stain to fore-edge affecting margins of leaves (but not affecting text). Frontis portrait engraving. With 28 full-page diagrams and additional illustrations. Binding firm. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1858.

London: Henry and Co. 1892. 8vo. vii, 271 pp. Bound in recent quarter red oasis morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. New endpapers. Frontis portrait. Leaves slightly age-darkened. No ownership names. Chapters on Society and Its Amusements, Country-House Life, Gentlewomen and Their Little Follies, etc. Very Good condition internally in a fine binding. Copac records just the libraries of record plus LSE and the London Library . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. 1892.

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited N.d. [1924]. 8vo. 222 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Cloth clean. Internally clean. No ownership names. Includes a chapter on 'Life in India and the Colonies.' . Very Good. Cloth. 1924.

London: C. Clement 1824. 12mo. Unpaginated. Quarter calf over marbled boards. Red morocco title label, gilt lettering, blind stamped bands. Minimal rubbing. Pages are tanned, with the occasional spot or stain. Cobbett writes in a series of letters to his son the importance of good grammar and clarity of expression, including mistakes in grammar taken from the writings of Samuel Johnson and a speech by George III. Features the first appearance of the 'Six Lessons' for statesmen. Pearl 96, Alston II/ 319. . Very Good. 1/4 Calf. 1824.

Edinburgh: Stirling & Kenney 1831. 12mo. bound in 6's. viii, 252 pp., Contemporary brown sheep binding. Both boards loose with loss to the head of the spine. Some scattered spotting, with owner's name and date in ink to the title and half title. Some ink marks to the end pastedown. . Good. Full Sheep. 1831.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. 1859. Small 8vo. xi, 244, 24 [ads.] pp. Unusual textured black cloth with even gilt spots all over and gilt lettering to spine. Some loss to the spine ends with splits to the joints, particularly the rear. Slight lean to the spine with webbing visible at the hinges. Generally internally clean with occasional marks in pencil and ink, plate of W. H. Smith's subscription library to the front board. Primarily an English Translation of 'Physiologie du goût' by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a book that "changed the way people throughout the Western world think about food." . Good. Decorative Cloth. 1859.

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1902. 8vo. x, 238, (6) pp. Publisher's original full blue cloth with red cloth spine, black lettering to front board & spine. Spine darkened & spine ends slightly chipped. Boards partially faded & marked. Light stain affecting final c. 50 leaves. Chapters include : The Duties of the Mistress. The Engagement and Dismissal of Servants. Hostess and Guest, etc. Copac records 4 copies of the first edition: BL; OU; NLS, and just 3 copies of later reprints. Uncommon. . Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1902.

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1902. 8vo. First Edition. x, 238, (6) pp. Publisher's original full blue cloth with red cloth spine, black lettering to front board & spine. Spine and boards marked, stained and faded. Minor wear to the extremities. Spotting to fore-edge, prelims, but generally internally clean. Chapters include : The Duties of the Mistress. The Engagement and Dismissal of Servants. Hostess and Guest, etc. Copac records 4 copies of the first edition: BL; OU; NLS, and just 3 copies of later reprints. Uncommon. . Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1902.

London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1915. 8vo. x, 238, (6 pub. ads.) pp. Publisher's original full blue cloth with red cloth spine, black lettering to front board & spine. Spine darkened & spine ends slightly chipped, with minor marking to boards and spine. Rear hinge split. Internally clean and bright with very minor foxing mostly to endpapers. Chapters include : The Duties of the Mistress. The Engagement and Dismissal of Servants. Hostess and Guest, etc. Uncommon. . Good. Cloth. 5th Impression. 1902.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited 1893. 12mo. 95 pp. Original red cloth with gilt & black lettering to front board. Bevelled boards. All edges gilt. Boards marked & damp-stained with title lettering dulled. Internally clean. Illustrations. With 44 pages of music. Internally in Very Good condition with boards in Fair only condition. Uncommon. . Fair. Cloth. 1893.

Leeds: George Wilson 1808. 12mo. bound in 6's. [iv], 200 pp. Recently bound in a quarter speckled calf over marbled boards, with title and author labels, five raised bands, and gilding to spine. Mild foxing and some staining as well as occasional faint pencil annotations. Ninth edition. Early nineteenth-century guide to the production and managing of British wine. . Very Good. 1/4 Calf. 9th Edition. 1808.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1853. 16mo. xx., 144 pp., First edition. Half burgundy morocco binding with marbled boards. Book in good condition, with some wear to the spine and boards - particularly the edges of the boards. Gilt lettering and detail on the spine. Owner's name in ink to the front endpapers. . Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1853.

Strasbourg and Argentina: Amand Konig 1752. 12mo. (8), 275, (12) pp. 12mo bound in 8's and 4's. Contemporary half leather over boards. Raised bands to spine. Lacks any spine lettering. Slight wear to spine ends & extremities and boards rubbed. Later ink name to ffep. Internally clean. Binding firm. Only edition in the UK is incomplete in the BL. Facing-page text in French and Italian. . Good. Half Leather. 1752.

London: Cassell & Company, Limited 1892. 8vo. First edition. (18), 366, iv pp., Gilt lettered patterned cloth binding. Some darkening to the spine and wear to the ends including a split to the head. Minor marks to the boards. Internally clean with minor shaking to the binding. Advertisements bound to the front and endpapers. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 1892.