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1930H4313Nice: R. Mercier 1930. Paperback. Very Good. No publication date but ca. 1925-30 wraps with color cover 32 pp printed in blue with small in-text illustrations throughout. Very good light creasing to cover corner and a few pages. RARE no copies in OCLC. With 2pp price list at rear of the products Mercier was offering for the care and treatment and beautification of the face and body: creams ointments soaps powers oils lotions baums makeup etc. Much of the text is advice for women. R. Mercier paperback
19982092902141207999Chinese social studies 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Chinese social studies paperback
19942092902141207000Peking University 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Peking University paperback
19972092902141204854jiangsu people 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 jiangsu people paperback
19922092902141208179Shanhai bungei 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shanhai bungei paperback
19892092902141202829Liaoning people 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Liaoning people paperback
19892092902141208066international culture 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 international culture paperback
19962092902141204620jiangsu people 1996. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 jiangsu people paperback
19852092902141202020People's Literature 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. People's Literature paperback
19822092902141202814commercial stamp office 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 commercial stamp office paperback
19822092902141202889Chinese book office 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Chinese book office paperback
19922092902141206843Shanhai bungei 1992. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Shanhai bungei paperback
19972081502111903937China friendship 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. China friendship paperback
19492110502150401944Nihon-sha 1949. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Nihon-sha paperback
19812110502150415333Sutairu-sha 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Sutairu-sha paperback
19692110502150413495Naniwashobo 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Naniwashobo paperback
19435014Oklahoma City 1943. Very good. Broadsheet approximately 11 x 8.5 inches. With original mailing envelope. Original folds light toning and wear. A rare advertising circular issued by Sun-Ray Hair Preparation an African-American beauty supply company based in Oklahoma City. The circular features illustrations and brief descriptions for three main products -- a "Hair Dressing Comb" a "Hair Straightening and Shampoo Comb" available in both metal and wooden handles and a "Curling Iron" aimed at African-American women "Every woman has to have a curling iron and this one will give you service and satisfaction". The verso of the broadsheet is an order form which is filled out in ink pen by a woman in Independence Kansas who ordered a hair dressing comb and "hair pressers." Both the circular and the original transmittal envelope include the name of the company agent M.F. Luster. OCLC lists just a single copy of this circular in a small collection of Sun-Ray material located at the Hagley Museum. unknown
1971List3111Tallahassee Florida 1971. Single photograph measuring 6 ¼ x 9 inches. Manuscript caption verso reading “Joyce Warner Tallahassee / Miss Black America†with newspaper article affixed and stamped “SEP231971â€. Near Fine. A press photo of Joyce Warner who was crowned Miss Black America in 1971. The Miss Black America competition was founded in 1968 by entrepreneur J. Morris Anderson as a protest of Miss America’s whites-only policy; the first Miss Black America competition was held in Atlantic City New Jersey on the same day and location as that year’s Miss America.<br /> <br /> As described in the newspaper article affixed to the back of the photo Joyce Warner refused to attend subsequent Miss Black America competitions alleging that the organizers had misled her about the prizes she claimed to have never received a promised $600 scholarship $5000 cash and trips to Haiti and the Catskills and used her photograph for cosmetics advertising without her permission.<br /> <br /> The Miss Black America pageant is still active; Miss America hosted its first Black contestant Sheryl Browne in 1971. unknown
1928018959No Place: C.F.G.E. Publisher 1928. Wraps. Good. No place California: 1928. Illustrated wraps. 16 pp. including covers. Black and white photos made to look like drawings throughout. A work promoting the use of California lemons as a health and beauty product for use on the hair skin hands manicuring teeth and gums. Seemingly aimed at a female audience with the illustrations depicting what could be considered Flapper Girls. Suggestions for application and use of lemons included. What appears to be either an artist's or photographer's monogram visible on the front cover looking like an M with a triangle. GOOD condition. Some fading soiling and toning to the covers with a few tiny stains present. Extremities bumped in a bit scuffed. C.F.G.E., Publisher unknown
194062380New York: Good Housekeeping Magazine 1940. Seven pieces. 6 - 12mo.; 1 - 8vo. 154 pp separately paginated numbered & unpaginated. First five as 12mo. w/ text illustrations & diagrams colour-printed softcovers w/ die-cut window to illustration on title; 6th mimeographed text stapled at gutter margin w/ pink & white litho cover art by Felten 7th - 12mo. Blue & black printed softocovers NF all. First editions of these exceedingly scarce Good Housekeeping cosmetics beauty and hair-care from the noted columnist and editor of Good Housekeeping magazine’s Ruth Murrin. Although she lacked a medical degree she established her professional status and credentials by overseeing the magazine’s Beauty Clinic which was a practical laboratory run by women and specialists in order to offer correct health advice and beauty tips to their readership. She was a key advocate of the Good Housekeeping Bureau which had originally been founded by Harvey W. Wiley considered the “Father†of the Federal Pure Food and Drug Acts. The guide included here encompasses hundreds of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products available for women on the eve of World War II. No copies in Worldcat 1 copy located of similar Buying Guide half the size in 1938 -- Harvard; See: Kim Chuppa-Cornell Filling a Vacuum: Women’s Health Information in Good Housekeeping’s Articles and Advertisements 1920-1965 The Historian Vol. 67 No. 3 Fall 2005 pp. 454-473. Good Housekeeping Magazine, paperback
1931000012729Dresden: Greiling Cigarettes 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated. Volume one only. Beige paper wrappers printed in black with a photograph of a young woman holding a lit cigarette on the front wrapper. With dozens of cigarette trading cards mounted on orange leaves. The cards are black and white photographs of various women who won European beauty pageants in 1929 and 1930 with Miss Italy Miss Poland Miss Spain and several other European countries represented in the album. Toning and minor wear to the covers. [Greiling Cigarettes] hardcover
193662308Chicago IL: American Hairdresser 309 West Jackson Blvd. 1936. 4to. 159 1 pp. With over 150 text illustrations photos diagrams tables charts. Colour-illustrated softcovers wire comb-binding as issued minor edgewear slight rubbing some age toning still VG copy w/ faint former ownership marking on front cover. 8th edition of this uncommon work issued by American Hairdresser trade magazine during the Great Depression designed to not only offer the latest hair styles techniques products and equipment but also offering advice on how to expand the business increase sales introduce properly lighted window displays and introduce massage and other health & beauty services. Kozlay 1898-1987 was columnist printer editor and publisher for American Hairdresser following the death of her father Charles Kozlay in 1924 and was the essential force behind the in-house magazine quickly expanding in the 1930’s. She contracted with such names as Oster Belvedere Andis Takara Belmont and Helene Curtis along with Revlon to introduce new products and marketing strategies. The American Hairdresser also actively promoted chemical products developed by Inecto Zotos which would both permanently wave hair without electric curling and straighten curly hair for the African-American market. No copies in Worldcat 1934 6th ed. at Bowling Green. American Hairdresser, 309 West Jackson Blvd., paperback
193163302Hollywood CA: Beauty Arts Institute 1931. 8vo. 240 pp. With text illustrations throughout by Winfield Scott Hoskins. Red publisher’s cloth Art Deco cover art illustration by Hoskins minor sunning & soiling to spine minor fraying to head of spine faint tidemark at gutter margin foot ffep. still a G bright copy. Third printing of this surprisingly uncommon cosmetology work issued by this husband and wife team who operated the Beauty Arts Institute industrial school of cosmetology in Hollywood CA during the studio system heyday. They also offered classes treatments and advice on diet health exercise hair and skin treatments plastic surgery and beauty improvements to increase the woman’s self-esteem and improve opportunities with suitors and employers. Unfortunately during the Great Depression the school closed and Viola 1894-1978 became a home economics teacher until retirement with Fremont High School in Los Angeles. Hoskins 1905-1961 was a Fleischer Studio cartoonist and animator in Hollywood who became a book illustrator gained recognition for his illustrations of the 1942 “Golden Book of Fairytales†for Little Golden Books and also an artist in Los Angeles during the 1930’s and following World War II. Worldcat locates 6 copies Stanford Claremont DLC Cleveland Pub. Free Lib. of Phil. LA Public. Beauty Arts Institute, hardcover
19243416<p>Stapled yellow-tan wrappers printed in black. B&w illustrations. Light toning to wrappers; slight bump to lower corner throughout; light soiling to first page of text and slightly to a few scattered pages. Good.</p><p>The third booklet in a series of ten on "Beauty - Health - Charm" first published in 1921 by Industrial Correspondence University. Focuses on "healthy reduction" through diet and exercise with numerous illustrations of simple exercises followed by a section on "fattening" and "building-up" through muscle-building exercises diet and managing stress and worry.</p><p>Not located in OCLC in either edition; we note only three holdings for single titles of other books in the series.</p> Women's College of Health and Beauty paperback
19486373New York 1948. Very good. Thirty-six parts plus twelve extra brochures. With original envelopes. Light wear. The complete six week mail order course for debutante success. First published in 1940 and re-copyrighted every subsequent year the DuBarry Success Course was originated by the Richard Hudnut Salon in New York City. It was originally designed to assist debutantes with their coming out -- and as a means to sell DuBarry cosmetics. The course focused heavily on low-calorie dieting purgatives light calisthenics and correct hair and makeup application. In addition to the six week course included here is a quick index to the course materials a "charm test" and a color-scope chart together with tissue papers to help you determine your best colors and what makeup to wear with what dress. A complete look at how to be a "correct" 1940s woman. unknown
