Very rare volume published by Robert M. De Witt in New York, a publisher of ephemeral and opportunistic literature, usually in very cheap formats. We trace no examples of the present in the trade or at auction. A fascinating peek into idealized love, courtship, and communication rituals ranging from the opening formalities of courtship through to the actual marriage, etc., Your own personal Cyrano de Bergerac.
Anonymous. Webster's Ready-Made Love Letters. Comprising Every Style and Kind of Note and Letter, Upon Every Imaginable Occasion, From the Very First Acquaintance Until Marriage, From Ladies to Gentlemen, and from Gentlemen to Ladies. With Full Details of the Customs and Etiquette of Courtship and Marriage. To which is Added a Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations, Relative to Love, Courtship, ad Marriage. By the Author of "Webster's Practical Letter-Writer," "Webster's Chairman's Manual," "Websters's Business Man," and "Webster's Reciter." New York. Robert M. De Witt, Publisher. 1873. 192pp.
A good + copy, bound in cloth, lightly shaken, a bit sagged in the casing, with moderate foxing and minor penciling.
