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Etiquette illustrated, or, hints on how to conduct oneself in the best society
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
On the back of pages 13 and 14 are 2 sketches which were Cruikshank's first ideas for the plate "Oliver plucks up a spirit" in Oliver Twist. At the end of the volume are bound up some autograph letters of Thackeray and others, also a sketch for the cover of a magazine which Cruikshank and Ainsworth intended to publish.
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In a rapidly growing consumer market for etiquette manuals during the nineteenth century, this is an example of a manual that attempts to reinforce the authority of its contents by suggesting legal foundations in its title as well as the qualifications of its author, in this case "A Gentleman." The straightforward chapters include "Good Breeding," "Dress," "Balls," and "Funerals." Reissued throughout the 1840s, much of the manual is a paraphrasing of earlier texts
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