Books published by publisher henry altemus

How did gentlemen seduce women in the Victorian age? Many used this humorous book (selection below). The book is fun to read and has many hand drawn illustrations, about the stages of seduction. The book advises men to not hesitate but to seduce at the moment of greatest weakness. See below* Selection: "...She [the desired lady] also knows her defects as well as a horse-trader who is trying to dispose of a nag with spavin, so guard yourself again comparing the lady's ear to a pearly pink sea shell if it is oversized and lies not flatly against the side of her head, for she has wept hours over this blemish. " ... She has heard all about lips like cherries, cheeks like peaches, and a throat like a swan's -- and bless you, she knows there are no feathers growing on her neck, no any resemblance between her face and a fruit stand, she she call your adulation rubbish and you a silly ass..." . * lAfter wonderful flattery] "See her blush! You have picked the lock. Now rush in with abandon and kick over the chairs and tables. Let there be no bounds to the extravagance of your ardor, for like a house of cards, her sense of discrimination collapsed after "coup de maitre." ... Tell her your an amateur painter and would like her to poise for the head; then pretend you are slightly embarrassed and whisper with regret, "What a loss art sustains when Mrs. Grundy prevents such a Venus from posing without such stupid accessories as diaphanous draperies and fig foliage."

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HENRY ALTEMUS, Philadelphia, 1921. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good. AUTHOR - Linda Stevens Almond, Illustrated by J.L.G.. First Thus. 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" wide, 3/8" thick. **Copyrighted by Altemus in 1921, for the ORIGINAL PETER RABBIT Series !** First American Publisher's Pirated Beatrix Potter Tale of Peter Rabbit, Copyrighted by Altemus in 1921, done in Lavender grey boards with deep green, almost black, lettering & design; Nice Front Paste-on Illustration, and it is in GOOD Condition. Spine is in red linen. Edge and corner wear, Lightly soiled boards, solid spine. Complete with all 21 Color Plates, in 6o pages, Decorative end Papers. Ownership name penned on front flyleaf. Tight & Strong binder, pages have smudging from little fingers here and there. SCARCE EARLY AMERICAN PIRATED EDITION in GOOD CONDITION. No Dust Jacket. As Pictured.

This book,printed in 1910, is the first book in a of a series of three adventure books intended for young readers during the period just before WWI. Dave Darrin and his best friend, Dan Dalzell, have been appointed as midshipmen and will now attend school at Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy. Here is where they will train to hopefully become Naval officers. They have a tough road ahead of them with four years of school as midshipmen, then sent to sea for two more years, after which they must pass rigorous examinations before they could be commissioned as ensigns. They both have big dreams and hope to someday become admirals. This volume gives the story of the rough, first year at Annapolis for these green, young men who really have no idea where this adventure of a lifetime will lead.