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[COURTESY BOOK]. Courteous, Sir John.

True Courtesy: Its Want and Value. A Chapter for All. By Sir John Courteous, Kt. [pseud].

Place and Imprint: London: John Henry Jackson, 1854.
Edition: First edition.
Bibliographical References: OCLC and Library Hub record the same later printing dated 1855 at BL.
Condition: A few slight stains; fine copy.
Book ID: 24318

Physical Description

12mo, original printed pale green wrappers, stitched as issued, 24 pages. Publishers' advertisements on the rear wrapper.

Comments

An essay on courtesy addressed by an anonymous author to his cousin, "The Hon. Henry H." who apparently had written a popular novel which received "large circulation" and many public responses, some of which may not have have been kind, to which Sir John Courteous counsels his cousin: "Be wise, be courteous." The only direct literary reference the author makes is to Dickens' Household Words.

Price: $85.00