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The Human Hair, Popularly and Physiologically Considered with Special Reference To Its Preservation, Improvement and Adornment, and the Various Modes of Its Decoration In all Countries.
by ROWLAND. Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Piper, Brothers, & Co., 1853. First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), vii, [1], & 214 pages with frontis & 6 plates (3 color tinted) plus [2] pages of advertisements for the author's "Elegant Personal Requisites." Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine & decorated in blind on the covers.
Moderately rubbed & sunned, brief wear at corners & spine extremities, spine cocked, previous owner's name & his small rubber stamped mark at the front pastedown, toning & sporadic light foxing, otherwise good or better.
"Hitherto, of all the tissues of the human body, the Hair has occupied the the least attention among the scientific, and less among popular writers; and yet how much is the personal appearance dependant on its healthy vigor; and how great the care bestowed on its culture and arrangement in all countries ..." ~Excerpted from the preface.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1792
- Title
- The Human Hair, Popularly and Physiologically Considered with Special Reference To Its Preservation, Improvement and Adornment, and the Various Modes of Its Decoration In all Countries.
- Author
- ROWLAND. Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Piper, Brothers, & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hair, Coiffure, Illustrated, Alexander Rowland, Science, Physiology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Technology, Medical; Fashion, Coiffure; Illustrated Books;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Cocked
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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