[Rarebooks] FS: 1883 Victorian Letter-Writing Guide

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"The Letter Writer of Modern Society. By A Member of the Aristocracy"

Published in London by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1883.

An exceptionally interesting letter-writer for the proper Victorian, with
hundreds of letters for very specific occasions, such as a father turning
down a suitor for his daughter’s hand, or from a young man to his
guardian, asking for an allowance increase. If you were a Victorian and
ever ventured out the front door (or even if you didn’t) and needed a
letter, you would find an example here- there are letters for asking
favors or making requests; (servants) asking for situations, or a
character; relative to illness & death; offering gifts or thanking for
gifts; proposals of marriage; answers to proposals of marriage; letters
between engaged couples; family letters; children’s letters; servant’s
letters; notes of invitation or postponements; business letters; how to
write to the Sovereign, members of the aristocracy, the clergy, the army,
the navy, the bar, doctors, the government; business letters. This title
appears to be rather uncommon, and notably complete and interesting in its
contents.

Hardcover. 5”x7.5”, xxiii + 199 pages; publisher’s mustard-colored cloth
with black rules and gilt lettering. Light wear, a little soil, but
overall in very nice, clean condition.  $125.00

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