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EMILY POST & AMY VANDERBILT ETIQUETTE BOOKS

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Logo EMILY POST & AMY VANDERBILT ETIQUETTE BOOKS

Emily Post’s Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage 1945 (torn dust jacket). The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: A Guide to Contemporary Living 1978.

5 3/4" X 8 1/2"


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Emily Post’s
MILY
Etiquette
THE AMY
VANDERBILT
The Blue Book of Social Usage
COMPLETE
TO MY READERS
BOOK OF
I have completely rewritten this new edition of
ETIQUETTE because the problems of modern life.
and especially the war, demand certain changes
in the forms of living. All of the fundamental prin.
ETIQUETTE
ciples, of course, have been left untouched. I have
omitted certain non-essential customs and old.
fashioned ideas; and T have added much new
A guide to Contemporary Living
material in the hope that this book will continue
10 be as useful in its many years to come, as
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THE
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ETIQUETTE
"The Blue Book of Social Usage"
BY EMILY POST
Author of "Children Are People" and "The Personality of a House"
ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
AND FACSIMILES OF SOCIAL FORMS
not reflect the quality of inviting comfort.
NEW EDITION
Completely Rewritten and Reset
Including Military and Post-War Etiquette
THE PERSONALITY OF A HOUSE IS INDEFINABLE
But there never lived a hostess of cultivation and charm whose home, whether a palace or a bungalow, did
Photograph by Mattie Edwards Hewitt
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY; PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON, 1945
ETIQUETTE
"The
Blue
Book
of
Social
Usage"
BY
EMILY
POST
PRICE
POST)
of
"Children
Are
People"
and
"The
Personality
of
a
House"
ILLUSTRATED
WITH
PHOTOGRAPHS
AND
FACSIMILES
OF
SOCIAL
FORMS
not
reflect
the
quality
of
inviting
comfort.
NEW
EDITION
Completely
Rewritten
and
Reset
Including
Military
and
Post-War
Etiquette
THE
PERSONALITY
OF
A
HOUSE
IS
INDEFINABLE
But
there
never
lived
a
hostess
of
cultivation
and
charm
whose
home,
whether
a
palace
or
a
bungalow,
did
Photograph
by
Mattie
Edwards
Hewitt
FUNK
&
WAGNALLS
COMPANY;
PUBLISHERS
NEW
YORK
AND
LONDON,
1945

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