Deportment for Dukes and Tips for Toffs A Compendium of Useful Information for Guests At the Mansions of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy
Language: English
Published by British Library, London, 2013
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- New
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B&W Illustrations; 7.9 X 6.3 X 0.5 inches; 63 pages; Hardcover is cream colored, with black lettering on spine. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Originally published in 1900. "This is the original comportment guide for the aristocracy. The want of a literature appealing only to those moving in the highest social circles, and practically incomprehensible to such as have not enjoyed the same advantages of birth, fortune and cellars, has long been regretted by the families of the aristocracy. To supply it the authors have written this treatise. Its ethics are adapted alike to throne-room, boudoir and butler's pantry.".
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- Title
- Deportment for Dukes and Tips for Toffs A Compendium of Useful Information for Guests At the Mansions of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy
- Author
- Beau, Brummell &
- Publisher
- British Library, London
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0712357033
- ISBN 13
- 9780712357036
- Edition
- First Edition Thus.
- Seller catalogs
- Cultural History, Education, English/British History, Humor, Reference, Social History
First published in 1900, Deportment for Dukes and Tips for Toffs is a satirical take on the Victorian book of etiquette. The treatise is written for “those moving in the highest social circles” and offers tips for behaving properly as a guest at the home of an aristocrat. For example, in the section entitled “The Journey,” the authors advise: “Avoid the vulgar and objectionable habit of conversing with your fellow travelers. Be on your guard when asked a civil question; if you cannot answer rudely, do not reply at all.” And in “At the Breakfast Table,” they warn readers not to be like “the fumigated stockbrocker who recently lost a peerage on the very morning of the purchase through being merely two or three hours late for the Prime Ministerial omelette.” Other areas of advice covered are the dinner table, hunting, shooting, ballroom comportment, the precedence of personages, conversation de société, and the whole duty of the gentleman.
This new edition of Deportment for Dukes and Tips for Toffs, the first published since its original appearance, will be as humorously indispensable to the modern aristocrat as it was over one hundred years ago.
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