Author: No author Given
Title: The American Code of Manners: A Study of the Usages, Laws and Observances Which Governs Intercourse in the Best Social Circles, and of the Principles Which Underlie Them
Description: New York, W.R. Andrews, 1880. Cloth. Brown cloth. 397 pp. plus a few ads. A complete guide to manners in relation to courting and interactions with the opposite sex in public, including young people at a watering place, the etiquette of cards, the ethics of dress, real and conventional breeding, the Arab law of hospitality, the morals of fashion, the use of certain words (do NOT use the phrase "I love melons," for instance), etc. FAIR condition. Front interior hinge cracked and separating, tenuously holding on to the binding. Moderate fading, some scuffing, soiling, staining and rippling to the cloth on the exterior. Several splits and frays to the cloth along the extremities and fore edge. Remains of paper on the rear cover. Text block weak but holding. Scattered soiling, staining and foxing in the interior. Fair .

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