Wichita, KS: The McCormick-Mathers Company, 1949 The McCormick-Mathers Company, Wichita, KS. 1949. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by Anna Walsh on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; two small scuffs on the rear. No DJ. Pictorial cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine and front board with character colored drawings on the front board and rear. Word usage tables as endpapers. 125 pp 8vo. This is a book on language etiquette which decidedly includes decorum in the use of words. In the realm of good breeding, sloppy language is as inexcusable, repulsive, and unforgivable as is slovenly dress or uncleanliness of person. Many tables on words and sentence structure along with many poems on why good language is a sign of character. A clean pristine copy.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006776
Title: Language Etiquette
Author: J. Martyn Walsh, Anna Kathleen Walsh (AUTHOR SIGNED)
Illustrator: Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: The McCormick-Mathers Company
Place of Publication: Wichita, KS
Date Published: 1949
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: language, language use, words, sentence structure, poetry, grammar, conversation, bad manners, etiquette, rhymes, English language

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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