Manners from Heaven by Quentin Crisp
CRISP, Quentin. Manners from Heaven. A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour. London, Hutchinson, 1984.
First edition of Crisp’s amusing guide on how to behave well.
‘A collection of acidly anecdotal observations, Manners from Heaven covers the manners of sex, how to be well-mannered abroad, manners of speaking, the manners of children, the fine distinction between manners and morals and the differences between the notion of good behaviour in England and America’ (blurb).
Octavo, pp. 138; fine; publisher’s black cloth, lettered in silver to spine, with photographic dust-jacket.
CRISP, Quentin. Manners from Heaven. A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour. London, Hutchinson, 1984.
First edition of Crisp’s amusing guide on how to behave well.
‘A collection of acidly anecdotal observations, Manners from Heaven covers the manners of sex, how to be well-mannered abroad, manners of speaking, the manners of children, the fine distinction between manners and morals and the differences between the notion of good behaviour in England and America’ (blurb).
Octavo, pp. 138; fine; publisher’s black cloth, lettered in silver to spine, with photographic dust-jacket.
CRISP, Quentin. Manners from Heaven. A Divine Guide to Good Behaviour. London, Hutchinson, 1984.
First edition of Crisp’s amusing guide on how to behave well.
‘A collection of acidly anecdotal observations, Manners from Heaven covers the manners of sex, how to be well-mannered abroad, manners of speaking, the manners of children, the fine distinction between manners and morals and the differences between the notion of good behaviour in England and America’ (blurb).
Octavo, pp. 138; fine; publisher’s black cloth, lettered in silver to spine, with photographic dust-jacket.