A reference book with answers to the most common questions asked of reference librarians.

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

California

NY Public Library Desk Reference 

In good vintage condition with light wear

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Peg Bracken’s Etiquette Book

I Try to Behave Myself

Washington

The Nobility Club Member's Book

Jillian Venters

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them





An essential, fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth living

There's more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hair, and calling it a day (or a night). How do you dress with morbid flair when going to a job interview Is there such a thing as growing too old to be a Goth How do you explain to your grandma that it's not just a phase

Jillian Venters, a.k.a. "the Lady of the Manners," knows how to be strange and unusual without sacrificing politeness and etiquette. In Gothic Charm School, she offers the quintessential guide to dark decorum for all those who have ever searched for beauty in dark, unexpected places, embraced their individuality, and reveled in decadence . . . and for families and friends who just don't understand.

Gothic Charm School

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Overall fair condition, the front endspiece is torn and the binding is weakening at the beginning, as pictured. Fairly heavy foxing/yellowing and some stains throughout the book. Overall readable with some caution. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Colorado

Vintage 1937 Hardcover

Etiquette 

This is a one semester (half credit) high school curriculum for homeschoolers. This book is gently used. The 2 tests at the end of the book have been filled in (see last photo)

Michigan

Electives

A students guide to physical and spiritual health

Healthy Home-Ec

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Nebraska

Practical Cookery and Etiquette And Service of the Table

Diane Gottsman

A few marks on from and back but otherwise excellent condition 

Alabama

Master All Social and Business Exchanges

Modern Etiquette for a Better Life

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The book jacket is worn, but the book itself is in excellent condition. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

A guide to gracious living

Complete Book of Etiquette

Norio Yamanaka

This book touches on every aspect of kimono; from history, textiles, etiquette to even care of.

A great book to have for reference or if you are a fan of the kimono and kimono wearing. 

This book is in great shape for its age (published in 1982). It does have some yellowing on page edges but does not interfere with pictures or photos.



A practical guide to selecting, wearing and choosing accessories for a kimono,ith tips on care and preservation, and a brief history of Japan'sraditional garment.

The Book of Kimono

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Gail Carriger

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but the also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education. Set in the same world as the Parasol Protectorate, this YA series debut is filled with all the saucy adventure and droll humor Gail's legions of fans have come to adore.

Etiquette and Espionage

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Wear to spine and cover. Pages are not folded or torn. Ships from a non-smoking pet-free household.

Arizona

Etiquette for all Occasions

Modern Manners

Ann Marie Sabath

Many individuals invest in their careers yet have no clue how to set themselves apart from their competition. Business Etiquette: 101 Ways to Conduct Business With Charm & Savvy reveals both the unwritten and unspoken rules of success. It gives new hires and seasoned professionals alike those rather effortless strategies for climbing that slippery ladder of success.

You'll learn appropriate ways for:

Introducing two people whose names you've forgotten

Determining when to send an e-mail vs. a "snail mail" follow-up

Managing coworkers who drop in your office on a moment's notice

Being put on the spot in a meeting

Playing the corporate hierarchy game with your boss and other higher-ups

Dealing with international hosts, colleagues and customers



Business & Economics

101 Ways to Conduct Business with Charm and Savvy

Supramolecular stereochemistry is a topic with enormous breadth, and this book brings together experts in polymer chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, crystallography, materials science, dendrimer science, nanochemistry, conformational analysis, molecular recognition chemistry, and topological stereochemistry. Contains 19 plenary and 12 poster contributions.

Business Etiquette

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1950 Funk & Wagnall's edition.

Completely intact vintage copy. Wonderful resource on so many topics

Idaho

The Blue Booo of Socisl Usage

Emily Post’s Etiquette 

Sarah Tomczak

Lessons in Life, Manners, and Style

"The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four Ss: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and Serenity." --Emily Post. Modern life may be increasingly frenetic, but the qualities of a true lady are timeless. She possesses a delicate combination of grace, charm, and elegance and is universally admired. Any woman can make the transition from lady-in-waiting to leading lady with a little help. How to Live Like a Lady is your essential guide to modern manners. Brimming with advice on every etiquette issue, this book helps you navigate your way through the trickiest of social dilemmas with complete confidence.

How to Live Like a Lady

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Judith Martin

An indispensable manual to navigating life from birth to death without making a false move.


Your neighbor denounces cellular telephones as instruments of the devil. Your niece swears that no one expects thank-you letters anymore. Your father-in-law insists that married women have to take their husbands' names. Your guests plead that asking them to commit themselves to attending your party ruins the spontaneity. Who is right? Miss Manners, of course. With all those amateurs issuing unauthorized etiquette pronouncements, aren't you glad that there is a gold standard to consult about what has really changed and what has not?

The freshly updated version of the classic bestseller includes the latest letters, essays, and illustrations, along with the laugh-out-loud wisdom of Miss Manners as she meets the new millennium of American misbehavior head-on. This wickedly witty guide rules on the challenges brought about by our ever-evolving society, once again proving that etiquette, far from being an optional extra, is the essential currency of a civilized world.

Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour

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In an alternate England of 1851, spirited 14-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit and espionage.

1954 Edition, Used in Library, some library stamps inside; Cover in good condition, tearing near binding; Pages all in good condition, with a few stains throughout; Side Tabs for easy reference; Measures approx 9-1/2”x6-1/2”

Illinois

Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette 

Margaret Visser

Indiana

Visser, Margaret

With an acute eye and an irrepressible wit, Margaret Visser takes a fascinating look at the way we eat our meals. From the ancient Greeks to modern yuppies, from cannibalism and the taking of the Eucharist to formal dinners and picnics, she thoroughly defines the eating ritual. "Read this book. You'll never look at a table knife the same way again."-The New York Times.


The Rituals of Dinner

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Missouri

Etiquette and Espionage set of 4

Andrea Spencer

Spike Powell

Inspirational ideas and projects for folding decorative and embellishing napkins.

Utah

The Art of Folding, Adorning and Embellishing

The authors present fabulous tablesetting ideas that make the most the most of the napkin's huge potential. Includes step-by-step information for using ribbons, trims, flowers, and ornamentation and beautiful ways to roll, fold, embroider, and decorate napkins. 210 color photos.

Napkins

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Letitia Baldrige

As seen in photo the slipcover has a little tear. Signature on title page

The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette

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New York

Here is the ultimate guide on "everything people and their companies need to know to do the right thing at the right time in every business situation".

Letitia Baldrige's Complete Guide to Executive Manners

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Victoria Turk

A Modern Guide to Online Etiquette, from Social Media to Work to Love

Want to Marie Kondo your digital life and develop a more tactful approach to technology? By a leading tech and digital culture journalist, Kill Reply All is a guide to tidying it all up. 
 
How do you reply to your colleague's weird email? What would Emily Post say about your Tinder profi le? And just how do you know if you're mansplaining? In this irreverent journey through the murky world of digital etiquette, Wired's Victoria Turk provides an indispensable guide to minding our manners in a brave new online world, and making peace with the platforms, apps, and devices we love to hate.
 
The digital revolution has put us all within a few clicks, taps, and swipes of one another. But familiarity can breed contempt, and while we're more likely than ever to fall in love online, we're also more likely to fall headfirst into a raging fight with a stranger or into an unhealthy obsession with the phones in our pockets. If you've ever encountered the surreal, aggravating battlefields of digital life and wondered why we all don't go analog, this is the book for you.

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NY Public Library Desk Reference

Peg Bracken

I Try to Behave Myself

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The Nobility Club Member's Book

Jillian Venters

Gothic Charm School

Emily Post

Etiquette

Maryann Iffland

Healthy Home-Ec

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Practical Cookery and Etiquette And Service of the Table

Diane Gottsman

Modern Etiquette for a Better Life

Amy Vanderbilt

Complete Book of Etiquette

Norio Yamanaka

The Book of Kimono

Gail Carriger

Etiquette and Espionage

Carolyn Hagner Shaw

Modern Manners

Ann Marie Sabath

Business Etiquette

Emily Post

Emily Post’s Etiquette

Sarah Tomczak

How to Live Like a Lady

Judith Martin

Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behaviour

Gail Carriger

Etiquette and Espionage

Amy Vanderbilt

Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette

Margaret Visser

The Rituals of Dinner

Gail Carriger

Etiquette and Espionage set of 4

Andrea Spencer; Spike Powell

Napkins

Letitia Baldrige

The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette

Letitia Baldrige

Letitia Baldrige's Complete Guide to Executive Manners

Victoria Turk

Kill Reply All