Crane's Blue Book - Hardcover

Very Good copy in a Very Good dust wrapper of "an invaluable illustrated guide to the fine art of correspondence, both personal and professional." Jacket by David Gatti is designed with a blue and white marbled pattern. Special & stated First Edition. Subtitle: The Styles and Etiquette of Letters, Notes, and Invitations. Edited by Steven L. Feinberg. Foreward by Stanley Marcus. Very slight shelfwear on dust wrapper. Slight wear to corners. Very small chip missing along top of spine. Crease from top to bottom to the rear. Rear top corner has a wrinkle. Pale white boards with royal blue spine has crisp gilt lettering. Lain inside front cover, is a small sampler folder, kept in an envelope, "Crane's For Your Paper Trousseau."The sampler bears the address from Bloomingdale's in Miami Florida and is off white in color. 236 pages. Rear flyleaf pages have not been separated from each other. Eight illustrations include: an invitation to a dinner in honor of Winston Churchill (1949); an invitation to a reception in honor of Princess Elizabeth (1951) and a Christmas card sent by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt (1942). Tight clean text except for a small smudge on page 75. Eight Chapters. Contents: The Essence of Etiquette; Social Stationery; Invitations to Social Occasions; Wedding Stationery; Greeting Cards, Social Announcements, and Social Correspondence; Business and Professional Stationery; Calling Cards and Appendix. Stanley Marcus, Chairman Emeritus of Neiman Marcus writes in his foreward," Crane's authority to write this Blue Book of Stationery is unchallenged."From front flap:"Crane's Blue Book of Stationery covers everything from the formal eloquence of a black-tie wedding invitation to the casual individuality of one for a summer clambake, and everything in between..."Slight ding to top of page 113. Small smudges to top edging along with small dot.