Originally published in 1874, 'Carrot-Pomade' is a humorous illustrated tale of a young girl's misadventures in the beauty industry. Augustus Hoppin's witty text and charming illustrations capture the absurdity and vanity of fashionable society in late nineteenth-century America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the ...
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Originally published in 1874, 'Carrot-Pomade' is a humorous illustrated tale of a young girl's misadventures in the beauty industry. Augustus Hoppin's witty text and charming illustrations capture the absurdity and vanity of fashionable society in late nineteenth-century America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Fair. New York: James G. Gregory, 1864. 32 pp. 23 x 17.5 cm. Glossy white stiff wraps containing 26 engraved wood illustrations. Front cover and spine missing; considerable chipping, nicking, and soil to back cover. Large dampstain affecting first eight pages; splash marks to half-title page. Foxing throughout. All tissue guards present, but many have been wrinkled and stained. Binding still quite stable. A satire about a cure for baldness in the style of a children's alphabet book. Soft Cover. Fair.
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Very good. 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. Gregory, 1864. Scarce. Very good.
