• The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
  • The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
  • The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
  • The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
  • The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
  • The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
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The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you

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Title: The American Chesterfield, or Way to Wealth, Honor, 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 you
Author: Lord Chesterfield
Publisher: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., Philadelphia
Published: 1851
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 286
Catalogs: Etiquette, Letters
Description: Original blind-embossed brown cloth binding with faded gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Dampstained on lower corner of front board and pages. Contains frontispiece and illustration on title page, as well as illustrations in the chapter on the art of meat carving. Bookplate of Dr. Henry Root of Whitehall, New York, on pastedown, as well as pasted label for J. N. Genin, Hatter, New York. Spine is frayed at both ends, and tips are exposed. Ownership in ink on flyleaf. Pages are foxed. No known marginalia. Contents include reflections on modesty, vanity, lying, envy, good humour, genteel carriage, cleanliness, dress, indolence, friendship, pleasure, laughter, dignity, economy, pendantry, maxims, rules for the table, and more. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 286 pages plus 20 pages of publisher's list and advertisements, 18mo.