Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1945. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1945. New / Revised Edition, "First Printing, February, 1945" stated. Tall octavo (23.5cm); [xiv],654pp; frontis + illus. throughout. Silver and blue dust jacket with $4.00 price intact; boards in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket cleanly split along much of front joint (a couple inches still holding), with a few shallow closed tears and chips along edges, light toning to spine, and a few general scuffs and smudges to surface. Boards lightly bumped at top front corner and nudged at spine ends. Pages very slightly toned but unmarked.

Post's classic tome of social guidance, this new edition "Completely Rewritten and Reset, Including Military and Post-War Etiquette." A new chapter at rear discusses military rank and customs, dos and don'ts for overseas letters, behavior toward disabled veterans (including sons, husbands, or betrothed), and flag etiquette, among others. (Inventory #: 31758)