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Bed Manners: Dr Ralph Hopton and Anne Balliol

Bed Manners: Dr Ralph Hopton and Anne Balliol

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What? We’ve heard about Table Manners and Party Manners; Visiting Cards and Formal Manners...Another etiquette book in a world already groaning under the wight of etiquette books? Yes. Because this book pioneers in a new field of good manners and good form when you find yourself there with the partner of your choice. It should be given to every couple; doctors will prescribe it to all their discontented partnered patients. NB: Statistics quoted do not include Eskimos, nudists, bedridden people or dancers. You may gather from all this that is is a funny book...Chapters include Getting Undressed; In Bed; Getting Up; The Bedroom As A Public Lounge; On Coming Home From Stag Dinners; The Wife Who Stays Out Late; Reading In Bed; Physical Jerks; In And About The Bathroom; How To Make Conversation In The Morning; A Short History Of Bed Manners; Bed Manners On A Friend’s Yacht; Berth Control In The Sleeping Car; Camp-Bed Manners; Simple Rules For Subtle People; When Nighthood Is In Flower; Last Words.

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Antiquities & Oddities, Hardback; 7th reprint 1953; dust jacket is price-clipped and is as depicted; tightly bound and clean within; previous owner’s name
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