Making up the Difference: Women, Beauty and Direct Selling in Ecuador
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011. Hardcover. xix, 239p., very good first edition in like dj. Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series, Book 25. More
Cat.No: 293945
Cosmetics
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Modern Girls Guide Everyday Uses for K-Y brand.
2003: K-Y Brand Personal Products Company, 2003. Album. A postcard album with perforations that allow a cardstock leaf to be removed from this booklet and used as a postcard, each pretty card a separate "idea" conventionally postcard-adaptable. Seventeen such cards (counted carefully, confirmed) wire-bound securely into an oblong mini-album measuring..... More
Cat.No: 301116
Sepik, Land der sterbenden Geister. Bilddokumente aus Neuguinea. Einfuhrender text und bildlegenden von Alfred Buhler
Bern: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1958. Hardcover. 144p., profusely illustrated in color photography (strictly in color) printed recto facing verso texts, presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock, all texts in the German language. Hardbound in 11x9 inch maroon cloth boards lettered and decorated in white. Lacks the jacket, but in nice square..... More
Cat.No: 300110
The Guinea Pig Turns
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1934. Hardcover. 254p., first edition, clay-colored cloth boards, endpapers toned and front endpaper foxed, the dustjacket has tears at the bottom edge and down the spine on the rear panel; some minor soiling, else in very good condition. A drug-racket novel. More
Cat.No: 276611
Viva, The International Magazine For Women: Vol. 4 No. 4
New York: Viva International, 1977. 114 p., 8.76x11 inch women's magazine in very good condition. Viva (1973-1980) was a women's erotic and general interest magazine founded as the female companion to Penthouse. Ad campaigns described how "the Viva woman lives the life that the Cosmo girl only dreams about." This..... More
Cat.No: 340359
Cosmetics, fashions, and the exploitation of women. With an introduction by Mary-Alice Waters
New York: Pathfinder Press, 1986. Hardcover. 138p., stated first edition, very good condition in an edge worn dj with an old bookstore sticker on the rear panel. More
Cat.No: 268805
Hair; its power and meaning in Asian cultures
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998. Paperback. xvi, 297p., wraps lightly handled, else in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 290315
Her dream of dreams; the rise and triumph of Madam C. J. Walker
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Hardcover. 481p., first edition, dj, entirely sound, clean and unmarked. Born to emancipated slaves on the Mississippi, Walker built a cosmetics business that made her America's first self-made woman millionaire. More
Cat.No: 83005
Manuel du Posticheur, contenant quatre-vingt-dix-sept dessins. Nouvelle edition
Paris: Ulysse Boucoiran, Editeur, 1936. vii, 170p., ads, illustrated with line drawings and diagrams; entirely in French. A small softbound in 7x5 inch plain printed wraps with a decorated back cover. Very worn with lots of dust and a bit of dirt to covers and blanks; spine panel has undergone..... More
Cat.No: 249517
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La fabuleuse histoire de Edouard Pinaud [1810-1868] 百年異香之旅
Taiwan: Haoju wenhua chuban, 2008. Hardcover. 187p. plus unpaginated plates (original packaging labels are largely in French), a huge color-plate art-book with all the bells & whistles of fine art-book production, text almost exclusively in Chinese. Hardbound in 12.5x9.5 inch boards and enclosed in the dust jacket and an obi..... More
Cat.No: 305557
Care of the hand and arm, manicuring, massage
Culver City, CA: [Cornelia J. Mitchell], 1935. 70p., several illustrations, stiff wraps edge worn with a previous owner's name on the front wrap, a little light pencilling. Front fold has torn away from textblock, rear hinge still sound. OCLC shows only two holdings (Library of Congress and Detroit Public Library)..... More
Cat.No: 129379
Discussion bulletin, A-23, October, 1954
New York: Socialist Workers Party, 1954. Newsletter. 69p., wraps neatly separated but present, paper evenly browned, owner's name penned at upper right corner of front cover, 8.5x11 inches. Entire issue is on Joseph Hansen's article in the Militant newspaper (as Jack Bustelo) on women and the cosmetic industry. Contributions by..... More
Cat.No: 102190
Discussion bulletin, A-23, October, 1954
New York: Socialist Workers Party, 1954. Newsletter. 69p., disbound with staples removed, paper browned, 8.5x11 inches, two holes punched at left for binder (not reaching text). Reading copy. Entire issue is on Joseph Hansen's article in the Militant newspaper (as Jack Bustelo) on women and the cosmetic industry. Contributions by..... More
Cat.No: 146441
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