The Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Etiquette

E.B. Duffey

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1877.

352 pp. Brown cloth boards with black lettering and embellishments. Spine loose; toning throughout; scattered foxing; interior chipping; endpapers split (though binding is intact); frontispiece present with small bottom tear.

Published during the Gilded Age, this comprehensive manual codifies American social norms for both sexes—covering dress, manners, correspondence, and courtship.

Written in a prescriptive Victorian style, with indexed topics for practical reference. This first edition offers insight into 19th-century gender roles, class aspirations, and the culture of refinement.

. Good. Item #220

Price: $100.00