The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette : 50th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)
September 3, 2009 by AdorableBirthAnnouncements.com
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From Library Journal
Since debuting in 1952, this has been one of the premiere etiquette guides. After Vanderbilt’s suicide, former White House staff coordinator Tuckerman and corporate executive Dunnan have taken up the banner and completely revised and updated this standard. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“Manners are the happy way of doing things, each one a stroke of genius or of love.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson — ReviewThis was last revised in 1978, so (more…)
3.0 out of 5 stars
Manners Makyth Man *
*The motto of New College, Oxford, founded in 1379. I’ve appreciated this saying since I first saw it years ago.
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I liked it!
This book is vry informative and really has some great information. I wish more people would read it and learn a little!
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Manners
Excellent reference for the proper to the ignorant. Great gift for those who spout manners and etiquette but wouldn’t know it if it ran them over, send anonymously of course!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Today’s World Has Some Shortcomings.
Etiquette are the rules to apply toward others in public. When you work in the public sector, there are such a thing as manners and treating others as you want to be treated.
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a GREAT Book
I am a friend of Mrs. Tuckerman and she worked really hard on this book. I read this book all the time. I use it for every occasion.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fight preventor
When in doubt, this is the book that comes out first. My husband and I pulled it out several times during our engagement to find out “how” we should do things.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Etiquette or Ignorance
I heard Ms. Dunnan’s book advertised on the radio and considered purchasing it until I heard her interview, including etiquette excerpts from the book. Ms.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A monument!
Let me just say that before this book I was an absolute disaster. Poor posture, the wrong lipstick, you name it.