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- The American Letter-Writer, Mirror of Polite Behaviour; a Useful Guide in the Art of Letter-Writing, with Rules of Conduct for Both Sexes
New York, Philip J. Cozans, . . Hardcover. Size: 64mo 3" - 4. Sound advice to the would-be letter-writer, beginning with materials, necessity of using correct grammar, punctuation and spelling conventions, and then with examples galore of proper writing (between friends, between lovers, between parents and children, between siblings, and from would-be suitor to a suspected unfaithful betrothed. Publication date not evidenced but the copyright page (Fisher & Brother) verso of title page says 1851, thus perhaps a very early reprint of an influential title. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Rebound, incorporating original publisher's green cloth over new green cloth backstrip and headbands, endpapers. Original cloth is mottled and stained a bit, but blind-stamped designs remain evident at front cover and gilt lettering and designs to spine (two quill ink pens), ditto. Damp-staining to first two pages, moderately toned, else clean and unmarked of interior. Fine black-and-white engraving at frontis of a letter-writer, a fine publisher's vignette at title page of a letter-writing table. sections include: Letters of Relationship; Business Letters; Matrimony; Miscellaneous Letters; How to Act; and Miniature Epistles. Numerous example letters for each category. How to act section includes: Beauty of Sincerity; Conduct at Home; Gentility; Conduct at Church; Personal Characteristics; about Dress; About Visiting; Behavior at Meals; Conduct in the Street; Hints on Introduction; Ladies-How to be Gallant; Conduct in the Ball-Room; Marriage; Conversation, and Smoking. 256 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair
USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 | £UK 17.75 | JP¥ 3427] Booknumber: 357206
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USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 | £UK 17.75 | JP¥ 3427] Booknumber: 357206
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Total: USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.5 | £UK 17.75 | JP¥ 3427]
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