HOWE'S COMPLETE BALL-ROOM HAND BOOK ELIAS HOWE ALL THINGS DANCE 1858 1ST P

Description: FEATURED is a RARE 1858 1st printing of Howe's (Elias Howe) Complete Ball-Room Handbook Containing Upwards of Three Hundred Dances Including All the Latest and Most Fashionable Dances ... (named) ... with Elegant Illustrations (did he do them as well?), ... Deportment and the Toilet, ... and the Etiquette of Dancing. It seems the inventor of the Lockstitch Sewing Machine was also an accomplished dancer and put that skill to good commercial use as well!! An important piece of Americana given Howe's legacy. See Condition for particulars. Book measures 4.75" x 6" (16mo.). 118 pages, Indexed. The book has been priced at exactly the same price as a copy in lesser condition sold for on eBay some time ago. At least that copy had its cover intact, stained as it was. As to Domestic Shipping ... because of its fragility, book will ship US Priority Mail (small flat rate box) to include tracking and insurance ... actual cost works out to $15.85 at list price. Check out our other offerings. Happy to combine shipping where able. We also do have tens of thousands of cards from the Curt Teich Archives and will be listing them as well as tens of thousands of others ... all types and locales. Many are categorized. If you're looking for a certain topic, let us know. Selling on eBay as early as 1997. "The Mermaid" is also still a bonded auctioneer and real estate broker who spent the past "many" decades' specializing in books, ephemera, estates, and real estate. Just shy of two million books sold to date. Books and paper aside, if it is "Stuff", she has sold it! She has now returned to eBay. Health issues have brought us back. We are even selling our own collections! And ... we are picky. If we wouldn't add it to our own collections, we won't sell it. Hope you find something that you want, need, and, most important of all, will enjoy! We look forward to transacting with you and making new eBay friends and customers. Thanking you for your patronage in advance ... ! As to our "standard operating procedures": Our normal shipping & handling time is three (3) days. We ship weekdays with the exception of US federal holidays. We will ship with either free shipping or calculated shipping ... it depends on the given scenario. Often, calculated shipping will include insurance - again, depending on the item. Payment is expected at time of purchase or close of auction, whichever is applicable. This also applies to "best offer accepted" transactions. Non-paying purchasers or bidders will be blocked from future transactions. The same goes for winning bidders seeking to have sales cancelled. That said, prior to the end of any auctions, bids can be cancelled through the HELP section of eBay. If respective bidders are found to be cancelling bids in an excessive manner, however, they will be blocked from future transactions. Shill bidding is not tolerated and will be reported. "The Mermaid" is happy to ship globally.** (See below.) For such transactions, "calculated" shipping fees apply and Insurance will be required if not already included in applicable postal fee. **Unfortunately, there are a few destinations to which we cannot and will not ship. That circumstance involves a fluid dynamic the specifics of which may not be clear until point of sale. If such is the case, we will allow the transaction to be cancelled at our discretion and without any negative reporting made to eBay. WE ARE GLAD TO BE BACK!

Price: 206.5 USD

Location: Kingston, New Hampshire

End Time: 2025-01-11T15:16:52.000Z

Shipping Cost: 15.9 USD