Title Complete Practical Guide (5 results)

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

[NEW YORK CITY]. First edition. 8vo. Printed stiff wrappers, n. p. [4 pp. including covers], 4 5/8" x 6 3/4" folded map that unfolds to 14" x 20 1/4." Provides a brief history of downtown New York City plus important points of interest such as buildings, restaurants, parks, etc. for a walking tour of the downtown portion of the city. Covers lightly toned, else a fine copy of both the text and map.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1868. First edition, 1868. Illustrated throughout with small figures demonstrating dance moves, including quadrilles, reels, etc. along with pointers on customs and behavior. Illustrated yellow hardcover with green cloth spine, yellow endpapers with advertising, additional engraved title page, 237 pages plus many pages of publisher's ads, some on yellow paper. Many of the ads, particularly on the endpapers, are for books to provide amusements, including card games, sports, parlor games, the "art and etiquette of making love", checkers and chess, magic, fortune telling, dialogues, etc. Some cover wear and soil, corners rubbed, good hinges, sound text block, short closed tear to lower margin of engraved title page, light foxing to rear endpapers, pages clean, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Good. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1865. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's brown blind-embossed diaper cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; (237,[1],7,[9](ads)pp.; frontispiece, dozens of text illus. throughout. Cloth rather soiled and worn with corners bumped and worm-holing along front joint, textblock separating from binding along rear hinge, occasional spotting and finger soil to contents; a Good copy only of this handy and generously-illustrated guide. Title page includes a list of the contents featuring "Descriptions of all fashionable and approved dances, full directions for calling the figures, the amount of music required, hints on etiquette, the toilet, etc.".