Africa Adorned.
New York: Abrams, 1984. 457 illustrations, including 414 in full color, 304pp., tall 4to, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1984). A near fine copy. A panorama of Jewelry, Dress, Body decoration and hairstyle. More
HAIR
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Good and Bad Hair
Syracuse: 1996. Exhibition catalog. Thin oblong 8vo, blue photographic wrappers. Syracuse: Robert Menschel Photography Gallery, (1996). Near fine. The photographer's aim was to counteract an Afrophobic culture of beauty by portraying hair style as cultural resistance. These photographs were incorporated in a book with the same title, published a year later. More
Antique Combs & Purses
Carmel: Gallery Graphics Press, 1983. Nearly 850 color and b/w photo Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (Carmel, CA): Gallery Graphics Press, (1983). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Kenneth's Complete Book on Hair
Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. Illustrations by Cornelia Smith. viii + 227 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w.; light wear to dust wrapper. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, (1971). Book Club Edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Carrot-Pomade
New York: James Gregory, 1864. Illustrated throughout with 26 wood-engraved prints, all with tissue guards. 32 pages, unpaginated. Short slim 4to, original white glossy pictorial stiff wrappers, lightly faded and soiled, rebacked in plain brown cloth. A charming children's alphabet book satirical in nature with rhymes. Each letter begins a rhyme with an illustration and together they tell the story of the origin, manufacture, & use of a hair dressing that was supposed to cure baldness. New York: James g...... More
Beethoven's Hair
New York: Broadway Books, 2000. 276 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed brown boards, d.w. New York: Broadway Books, (2000). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
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