Item #162738 THE LADIES' POCKET BOOK OF ETIQUETTE. Arthur Freeling, Attributed.
THE LADIES' POCKET BOOK OF ETIQUETTE.
THE LADIES' POCKET BOOK OF ETIQUETTE.

THE LADIES' POCKET BOOK OF ETIQUETTE.

By A. F. (1838). With engravings by Hester Sainsbury. Pp. [x]+56(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 4 plates, title page decoration; f'cap. 8vo; qr. parchment, spine lettered in gilt, floral patterned pink papered boards, a trifle foxed, parchment faintly discoloured; fore and bottom edges uncut; ribbon marker; free endpapers lightly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1928. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies on English hand-made paper. Chanticleer 56. *Attributed to Arthur Freeling. From the library of Sir Thomas Ramsay, with his discreet ownership stamp in blind on the upper free endpaper. Later from the library of David Levine, Sydney, with his book label on the upper pastedown. 'Despite the passage of time and the inevitable slight variations in manners, the publishers feel that the precepts laid down in this small book for the young lady of 1838 will still hold much interest for her prototype of 1928' [publisher's note]. Item #162738

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