OP: 101 Common Mistakes in Etiquette
A. D. Steinbach & Sons, Inc., New Haven, CT, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good.
If there is any one name associated with proper behavior in the United States, it has to be that of Emily Post (1872–1960). While Post had had an extensive career writing both fiction and non-fiction, it was Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, published in 1922 when the author was 50, that made hers a household name.
Etiquette, as it came to be known, in its nearly 700 pages, seemingly addressed every possible scenario requiring finesse. But social anxieties prevailed, and Post published this slim, 94-page addendum in 1939, addressing the many questions her readers were still left wondering. Their concerns include how to best furnish a living room, whether you can mix glass dishes with china, and if it is permissible to smoke at dinner if the hostess did not set the table with cigarettes.
Our copy is clean and soundly bound. The green cloth case is lightly worn, the gilt title fading somewhat.
