Elizabeth L. Post (1920–2010)

Your wedding day. It should be one of the happiest days of your life, not one of the most harried. The perfect wedding doesn't just happen--it takes planning. Things you never thought about suddenly occupy your every waking hour: How are the invitations worded? What is a semiformal wedding anyway? Why are announcements sent out, and who receives them anyway? What obligations does a wedding invitation confer on the recipient? Do guidelines exist for selecting a wedding gift? Who gives the show more wedding showers? Are there any guidelines for finding and working with a videographer?Brides and grooms and their parents will find the answers to these questions and much more in the pages of this indispensable book. show less

This is a great little reference book. It covers all of the main areas of etiquette in brief for anyone who may or may not know but just needs a general guide.

A 19th century Handbook of Etiquette

Earlier in this century people turned to Emily Post for etiquette advice about the way they lived in the rapidly changing age known as the Roaring Twenties. As we prepare to enter a new millennium people continue to turn to Emily Post for advice on etiquette and manners. While etiquette remains a code ofbehavior based on kindness, consideration and unselfishness that does not change, our manners, the practice of etiquette, must change as our...