ATWOOD, MARGARET

Dancing Girls and Other Stories

McClelland & Stewart, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008104. First Edition. Black Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition with a sound binding, the pages are all clean & unmarked . A name plate and inscription on the front end paper. The DJ is clipped, Very Good, intact, without any tearing to the edges. Some veining (bubbling) to the back cover. Contents: The war in the bathroom. --The man from Mars. --Polarities. --Under glass. --The grave of the famous poet. --Rape fantasies. --Hair jewellery. --When it happens. --A travel piece. --The resplendant Quetzal. --Training. --Lives of the poets. --Dancing girls. --Giving birth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26888

Catalogue: Canada, Short Stories, Manners and Customs, Culture

Keywords: 0771008104 Canada > Short Stories Manners & Customs Culture Canada Culture Short Stories Etiquette, Manners & Customs

BUCK PEARL S.

Good Earth, the

Triangle Books, 1941. Hardcover. A Very Good+ green Hardcover, a silver illustration to the cover, silver titles to the spine. A sound binding, other than a name to the front end paper, the pages are unmarked with age tanning. The DJ is Good with a piece missing of off the front cover top edge and spine end bottom, back cover. "Although many years have passed since Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of the great modern classics. This indelible portrait of China in the 1920s, when the last emperor reigned and the vast political and social upheavals of the twentieth century were but distant rumblings, tells the moving story of honest farmer Wang Lung and his selfless wife O-Lan. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 318 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27173

Catalogue: Fiction, China, History, Culture,Manners & Customs

Keywords: Fiction > China History > Culture Manners & Customs Married Women Fiction Culture History Family & Relationships Asia

CHERFAS, JEREMY; LEWIN, ROGER

Not Work Alone: A Cross-Cultural Survey of Activities Apparently Superfluous to Survival

London, England: Temple Smith, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0851171850. First Edition. Green Hardcover bold gilt titles to the spine. In Fine+ condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. A small tear to the top of the back spine hinge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27015

Catalogue: Culture, Manners and Customs, Sociology

Keywords: 0851171850 Manners and Customs Culture Sociology Culture Sociology Etiquette, Manners & Customs

LISS HOWARD

Might Mekong, the

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Green Hardcovers in Fine+ condition. One name neatly written on the front end paper, the interior is bright & clean. A tight binding. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good+, with a plastic protective covering. A map and numerous photographs through the book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 112 pages. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27067

Catalogue: Culture, Manners and Customs, History, Asia, Rivers

Keywords: Asia > History Manners & Customs Culture Rivers Culture History Asia Social Life & Customs

PASQUIER JACQUELINE DU

Guide de L'éLégance

Paris, France: Librairie Larousse, 1954. Hardcover. Cream Hardcovers, brown titles to the cover and spine. Very Good+ with a tight binding and clean, unmarked pages. Black & white illustrations, by Louis Moles, through the book. The DJ is in Good+ condition. Wear to the cover and spine edges. Cover rubbing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 250 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27033

Catalogue: Culture, Manners and Customs

Keywords: Culture Manners and Customs Culture Etiquette, Manners & Customs

WILSON, MARGERY

Pocket Book of Etiquette

Pocket Books, 1942. Paperback. A Very Good Paperback with a sound binding & clean, unmarked pages. Wear to the cover edges, some rubbing and a crease to the front cover. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 416 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 28003

Catalogue: Manners , Customs, Culture, Ediquette

Keywords: Manners Customs & Traditions Culture Ediquette Culture Classics Etiquette, Manners & Customs