"Secrets for Women Only by a Famous English Actress" -- Beauty Tips for Women
Boston, Massachusetts: A.B. Courtney, 1895. A small booklet of beauty and hygiene tips for women, published in what is referred to on the cover as the "Smallest Magazine in the World". This issue, published in July 2895, is Vol. 2, No. 19 of the so-called "Multum In Parvo Library" published by A.B. Courtney of Boston. Topics covered in the little volume include: "how to obtain a handsome form"; complexion; cleanliness; preventing grey hair; removing freckles and tans; removing blemishes and wrinkles; bleaching hair; curing chapped lips; and what colors blend nicely together in window dressings. Also includes some miscellaneous household tips, such as: "To restore gilt frames, rub with a sponge moistened with turpentine". Single vol. (4.25" by 3"), pp. 16, in original printed self wrps. Very good. Toned.
Price: $125.00
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