The Bazar Book of Decorum. The Care of the Person, Manners, Etiquette, and Ceremonials
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardbound. Plum cloth with gilt lettering; 278 pp. A quaint etiquette book covering some very unusual topics. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1870. Hardbound. Plum cloth with gilt lettering; 278 pp. A quaint etiquette book covering some very unusual topics. More
Boston, Massachusetts: Waite, Peirce & Co., 1846. Twelfth Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 356 pp.; 2 bw frontispieces. A guide to all aspects of life for the young woman, including cleanliness, dress, intellectual and social improvement, caring for the sick, industry, exercise, frugality, self-dependence..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Hogan & Thompson, 1839. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Gilt titling; 288 pp.; BW frontispiece; BW illustrated title page. Covers a wide variety of topics concerning the state and duties of the American Lady in the mid-nineteenth century, including "the Peculiar Features by which the Character of the..... More
Cambridge: University Press of Cambridge, 1956. Hardcover. Blue cloth. x, 252 pp. 53 bw plates. Edited by James Chamberlain. Introduction by Stephen Shannon. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1976. Softcover. Taupe illus. wraps. 168 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. "'Remember the Ladies ...,' wrote Abigail Adams in 1776. But Americans quickly forgot." (intro) What was it like to be a woman in the 18th century? Chapters here address such topics as love..... More
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1951. Softcover. Black and illus. wraps, illus. flyleaves. 63 pp. Numerous bw plates. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of cutlery! With text by D. S. Defenbacher. Addreses most, if not all, of the 166 pieces in the exhibition. Quite interesting. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1898. Hardcover. Beige cloth with red and dark green decoration. xvi, 470 pp. Numerous bw illustrations. The author reconstructs for us colonial life by describing in great detail manners, customs, dress, homes, and child life. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1900. Hardcover. Tan cloth. T. e. g. xvi, 449 pp. Numerous bw ills. An account of 19th century stage-coach travel and tavern life in Kentucky addressing social life and customs, stage coach lines, signboards, typical characteristics of tavern landlords, turnpike routes, and toll gates, and..... More
Oakland, CA: The Oakland Museum, 1979. Softcover. Brownish wraps. 88 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. A catalogue corresponding to an exhibition at the Oakland Museum from December 18, 1979 to March 9, 1980. Contents Include: Introduction -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Charles P. Wilcomb, cultural historian )1865-1915 -- Colonial..... More
New York, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1860. Hardcover. Dark green cloth over boards; Gilt titling and decoration at spine; 335 pp.; No illustrations. Includes useful information for the American gentleman, including a wide variety of toasts and speechs, pointers on wine and giving a dinner, key notes about artists..... More
Springfield: W.J. Holland & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Brick red cloth over boards; All edges gilt; 423 pp.; 100+ bw figures. Sold as "a book for every home" with "something for everybody"; Includes information about cooking, taking care of the sick, household pets, etiquette, weights and measures, first aid, raising children..... More
New York, New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1874. An early printing, copyright 1871. Hardcover. Brown library buckram boards with original reddish brown cover laid down (glued), no dust jacket. 556 pp. Unillustrated. Good index. Age-old advice on food handling and preparation, with recipes, including foods less customary to our..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1829. Hardcover. Full leather binding with gilt lettering and profuse decoration on spine. 2 preliminary leaves, 280 pp. First edition printed after Jefferson's death in 1825. Scarce. "The following Notes were written in Virginia, in the year 1781, and somewhat corrected and enlarged in the winter..... More
Dallas: Banks Upshaw and Company, 1946. 4th printing. Hardbound. Black cloth covers with silver gilt design. vii, 78 pp., printed on yellow paper. A delightful book, complete with music scores and patterns. More
New York: Black Knight, 1927. Softcover. B&W illustrated wraps. Illustrated in B&W. 63 pp. A guide to basic table etiquette: "while modern day dining is no longer a matter of fixed ritual, certain amenities are involved, the observance of which is a matter of taste and pride among discriminating people"..... More
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. Softcover. Brown & color illus. wraps, 356 pp. A fresh new copy of this extremely popular 19th century cookbook, with lengthy introductory essay about the authentic American Folk diet. The entire 1853 edition is reproduced, complete with index, along with a glossary and contemporary bibliography..... More
Chicago, Illinois: Justitia Publishing Company. Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards, gilt titles, no dust jacket. 222 pp. Unillustrated. An ambitious title! In the language of the time, well-intentioned advice from our ancestral mothers. A cultural gold mine, at times humorous, useful (e.g. cleaning the cellar and the attic), and perhaps..... More
New York: Evand and Brittan, 1853. Original Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth with blind-stamp decoration; gilt lettering and decoration. 165 pp. with occasional in-text decoration. Behaviour in church, at the table, in the street, as a house guest, as a host; personal habits; bad habits peculiar to little boys; proprieties of..... More
New York, New York: Claudia Quigley Murphy, 1921. Softcover. Light brown wraps; 65 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw figures. Includes table settings from Anglo-Saxon times to the early twentieth century; Discusses cloths, serving implements, silverware and dishes, how to serve certain foods, and much more. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, siena and blue illus. DJ. xiv, 317 pp. 162 bw illus. "In this portrayal of home life in New England from the years preceding the American Revolution to the eve of the Civil War, Jane Nylander explores both everyday realities and..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888. Hardcover. Brown cloth with color illustration and gilt title block; Illustrated endpapers; 548 pp.; Numerous bw figures and plates. Contains articles by various authors on the proper ways for girls to conduct themselves, including sections about needlework, art, elocution, music, health, recreation, etiquette..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1945. Hardcover. Bright blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, blue dust jacket with dark blue lettering, xiii, 654 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrated throughout in bw. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles of social forms. Includes index. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1997. Softcover. Pink, yellow & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 138 pp., 59 color plates, sundry other illus. "For over a decade, Dana Salvo has travelled throughout the central highlands and southern states of Mexico with artist Dawn Southworth and their young children, Jahna and Simone..... More
New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1982. Hardcover. Grey cloth, of-white ill. DJ. 131 pp. Several bw ills. Housekeeping book for the Woodlawn Plantation, kept by Nelly Custis Lewis, George Washington's adopted daughter. Includes recipes and remedies. More
NY: Praeger Publishers, 1975. first edition. Hardbound. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, black dust jacket, color illustrated with yellow and orange lettering, 256 pp. over 226 bw plates. This is the first edition of an excellent examination of American interiors. Well-illustrated, with ample annotation of the pictures. A tremendous..... More