Condition: Good. The book has clearly been used. The title on the spine is very hard to read. There is some damage to the book corners. A name and date inside the cover has been heavily crossed out, creating a small hole in the page. A couple of pages in the middle have been torn but are complete, still allowing the instructions on Serviette folding to be easily read. The full title of the book is: The Art of the Table: How to Wait at Table. How to Fold Serviettes. How to Carve. As the Preface notes: "Cookery books to meet the requirements of all classes have been written in abundance, but few have essayed the almost equally important, if less interesting, subject of Table Service. ... The term Service rightly embraces, and it used in this book to include, besides actual waiting, many other attendant arts. ... The important matter of Laying the Table is also considered in all it's details; ... This section embodies all the most modern features now in vogue in the highest class