1907 CORRECT SOCIAL USAGE - Good Form Style & Deportment, 1st on sale Edition, Illustrated, Etiquette, Decorum, Manners

"CORRECT SOCIAL USAGE" - A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by "eighteen distinguished authors." 1907; The New York Society of Self-Culture; New York. Complete set in two volumes. The volumes are illustrated with photographs and drawings (some of which have a poem on the backside). Gilt top page edges. With a Glossary and a thorough Topical Index at the back of volume II.

Here are a few examples of the contents: Church Etiquette; Woman's Dress for All Occasions; Visiting Cards; The Pursuit of Personal Beauty; Good Manners; Conversation; Gifts; on sale What Not to Do; Funerals; The Engaged Girl; House and Garden Parties; Servants; Good Form for Children; The Bachelor as Host; Men's Correct Dress...and much more.

Condition:
The books retain their original covers and marbled pastedowns, but have been re-bound with new spines. Volume I has a stain on the frontispiece (both sides), the title page, and the tissue guard in between (see photo)...no other issues found. Volume II is clean on the inside with no issues. Bright gilt top page edges. Overall a Very Good condition set.