The Complete Upmanship: Including, Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-Upmanship, Supermanship by Stephen Potter

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. hardcover. Good. 8x6x1. No marks noted in text, 1971 hc with worn dj, foxing outer edge,AND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

Henry Holt & Company, Inc, 1971-07-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8x6x1. New York, 1971; purple cloth covered boards; spine edges mildly bumped; illustrated jacket in good condition with edge and corner wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; fore-edges foxed; underlining and notations on page 211, otherwise Interior is clean and unmarked; 349 pages.

Henry Holt & Company, Inc.. Hardcover. 0030640458 First Edition. DJ has a few small tears that have been taped inside the DJ to prevent further damage. Price intact $8.95. Book has a small black dot to bottom of the text block otherwise it is in Fine condition. No markings. Solid binding. We ship M-F. . Very Good.

Minor toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with very good wraps displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown, small crease to back corner. Review of "The Complete Upmanship" by Stephen Potter. This benchmark work is comprised of the four short books by the same author: Gamesmanship; Lifemanship; One-Upmanship; and Supermanship. With his subtle satire Stephen Potter writes and expounds upon his belief that the clever (but courteous) gentleman can be superior to the "expert" in any social situation. He offers solutions and demonstrates in the forms of ploys and gambits how a "psychologically well equipped gentleman can win at the games of life without really being able to play them well." In short, it is a primer for the rest of us. For example, when confronted with the troublesome aspect of the appreciation of music Potter instructs us as such: "The general aim in music is to make other people feel outside it - or outsiders, compared to yourself. Don't look… Read More

Henry Holt & Company, Inc, 1971-07-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1971. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0030640458 . B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 349 pages; 1st American edition of the 4 collected works by Potter. Soundly bound in original purple cloth with original pictorial dust jacket; publisher's $8.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Soundly bound and clean; dust jacket lightly toned to the white areas of the design and with shallow chips missing from the bottom edge. A few short closed tears at jacket edges. Uncommon in jacket. VG/VG- .