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GREEN. The National Capital Code of Etiquette [and] FLOYD. The new Floyd\'s Flowers. Washington: 1922
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GREEN. The National Capital Code of Etiquette [and] FLOYD. The new Floyd's Flowers. Washington: 1922


GREEN, Edward S.; Silas X. FLOYD. National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young. Washington, DC: Austin Jenkins Co., 1922. 8vo, 198, [2]; 317, [2] pp. (plates included in pagination). Illustrated from photographs. Original green cloth stamped in black and orange. Early reprint.

Uncommon etiquette guide book bound as issued for African Americans visiting or residing in the nation's capital city. The author, Edward S. Green, advises his readers on "correct styles" for dress and calling cards, on the art of conversation, on behavior at balls, dances, and church. Also included is a series of "uplifting" and "entertaining" stories.

Condition
Cloth rubbed with fraying at spine ends and corners, some soiling. Hinges cracked, binding cracked internally and fully separated with exception of pages 287-314. Last text leaf is torn out with a replacement leaf of different stock laid in.Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
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