Product code: Victorian Antique Etiquette Book Happy Homes and store the Hearts That Make Them 1880s
This is a Victorian self-help book designed to teach the principles of having a happy life at home & at work title Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them by Samuel Smiles. Filled with topics such as: etiquette & manners, marriage, the home, morals & character, healthy homes ,domestic training, work & education; making money, & much more. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Original red and black pictorial cover stamped with gilt lettering and decorations to the cover and spine. All edges marbled. Floral endpapers. A blank Presentation page, illustrated by Sir Joshua Reynolds. PUBLISHER: U.S. Publishing House Chicago VINTAGE: no date, missing page, published w this cover between 1882-1889 SIZE: 644 pages CONDITION: several pages, including the title, publishing info page, table of contents that are missing at the front of the book, but other store than that issue, for the most part the binding and hinges are tight. Cover: spine has faded, edges and corners are worn, the corners worn through to the boards.
This is a Victorian self-help book designed to teach the principles of having a happy life at home & at work title Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them by Samuel Smiles. Filled with topics such as: etiquette & manners, marriage, the home, morals & character, healthy homes ,domestic training, work & education; making money, & much more. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Original red and black pictorial cover stamped with gilt lettering and decorations to the cover and spine. All edges marbled. Floral endpapers. A blank Presentation page, illustrated by Sir Joshua Reynolds. PUBLISHER: U.S. Publishing House Chicago VINTAGE: no date, missing page, published w this cover between 1882-1889 SIZE: 644 pages CONDITION: several pages, including the title, publishing info page, table of contents that are missing at the front of the book, but other store than that issue, for the most part the binding and hinges are tight. Cover: spine has faded, edges and corners are worn, the corners worn through to the boards.