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The American Chesterfield, bound with The Honours of the Table

by a member of the Philadelphia Bar

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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Good/No DJ
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Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1827. First Edition. Good/No DJ. 32mo = 4-5". Engravings. Printing Not Spec. Two titles bound together in full, soft leather: The American Chesterfield or Way to Wealth, Honour and Distinction; Being Selections from the Letters of Lord Chesterfield to His Son and Extracts from Other Eminent Authors on the Subject of Politeness with Alterations and Additions suited to the Youth of the United States, By a member of the Philadelphia Bar and The Honours of the Table or, Rules for Behaviour During Meals, with the Whole Art of Carving, illustrated with a variety of cuts. Leather worn along edges with some scratching/rubbing to front and back, leather along one edge of spine is partially split. Spine has gilt bands and gilt lettering on black, gilt decoration along edges much of which is faded. Hinges cracked but pages still bound very tightly. Dampstaining to endpages, pages have some mild dampstaining along edges, a little foxing here and there. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard.

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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
NF35781
Title
The American Chesterfield, bound with The Honours of the Table
Author
a member of the Philadelphia Bar
Illustrator
Engravings
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No DJ
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
John Grigg
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date Published
1827
Pages
272pp
Size
32mo = 4-5"
Keywords
Historic advice Rules of behaviour Early 1800 manners
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Heritage Books

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About Heritage Books

Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.

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Edges
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