{"product_id":"etiquette-the-blue-book-of-social-usage-by-emily-post-1947-hardcover","title":"Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage by Emily Post 1947 Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEtiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage\u003c\/strong\u003e by Emily Post is this 1947 sixty-ninth printing of the completely rewritten 1945 edition published by Funk \u0026amp; Wagnalls Company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis substantial illustrated reference covers everyday manners, entertaining, correspondence, dress, table settings, public behavior, and the military and post-war social customs added for this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-how-to-book-collection\" title=\": Etiquette and social customs reference book\"\u003e:\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/vintage-how-to-book-collection\" title=\": Etiquette and social customs reference book\"\u003e Etiquette and social customs reference book\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emily Post (Mrs. Price Post)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Funk \u0026amp; Wagnalls Company, New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1947\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition and Printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e New Edition, completely rewritten and reset, including military and post-war etiquette. 1945 copyright edition. Sixty-ninth printing, 1947.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat and Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue cloth hardcover with silver lettering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with extensive wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 654\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Etiquette and social customs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e No ISBN shown in the photographed copy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 9 x 6 x 2 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe blue cloth boards remain attractive with bright silver title lettering.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe pages shown are clean, legible, and easy to read, including photographs and illustrated table setting information.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA blue Funk \u0026amp; Wagnalls promotional leaflet for Emily Post's \u003cem\u003eChildren Are People\u003c\/em\u003e is present with the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe dust jacket has major edge wear, large chips and losses, tears, creasing, rubbing, and staining.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe jacket spine and folds show additional fraying and loss.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe page ends show age toning and minor staining.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe text pages have general age toning consistent with the 1947 printing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCollector's Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copyright page traces this long-running etiquette guide back to its original 1922 edition and records the completely rewritten 1945 version represented here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is especially interesting for its stated sixty-ninth printing and surviving \u003cem\u003eChildren Are People\u003c\/em\u003e promotional leaflet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShipping + Trust (Reading Vintage standards)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/pages\/shipping-policy\" title=\"photo verified condition.\"\u003ePhoto-verified condition\u003c\/a\u003e, no surprises\u003cbr\u003e2. 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