Etiquette, The Blue Book of Social Usage, Signed by Emily Post
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[Signed] Post, Emily. Etiquette, The Blue Book of Social Usage. Rewritten, Revised, Reset Edition. 1937. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good condition—endpapers show discoloration, and jacket shows chipping, minor tears, and discoloration. Book is signed in Post’s delicate hand on the flyleaf, “Emily Post.”
One of Hollywood’s most inauthentic clichés is the etiquette snob—the hostess or guest who offers public rebuke to a fellow diner’s incorrect use of a fork or other technical faux pas. It is not good manners; it is not Emily Post. She hewed to the four S’s: sincerity, simplicity, sympathy, and serenity. While arcane rules change, the sublime four S’s never do. Hence, her book is as relevant today as it was when it first published in 1922. This revised edition includes new sections on manners for motorists and traveling by air.
“If there is one thing that a really well-bred man cannot overlook, it is cheapness of behavior [which has] nothing to do with lack of money.”
--Emily Post
One of Hollywood’s most inauthentic clichés is the etiquette snob—the hostess or guest who offers public rebuke to a fellow diner’s incorrect use of a fork or other technical faux pas. It is not good manners; it is not Emily Post. She hewed to the four S’s: sincerity, simplicity, sympathy, and serenity. While arcane rules change, the sublime four S’s never do. Hence, her book is as relevant today as it was when it first published in 1922. This revised edition includes new sections on manners for motorists and traveling by air.
“If there is one thing that a really well-bred man cannot overlook, it is cheapness of behavior [which has] nothing to do with lack of money.”
--Emily Post
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