Beautiful Hair Every Day
by A. F. Willat
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
The Prest-O-Press, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first and only edition of Cosmetology Hall of Fame inductee Arnold F. Willat's Beautiful Hair Every Day. Notably, Willat developed the first cold permanent wave equipment, in its time a revolutionary advancement in hair care and Willat himself became a celebrity in his field. In 1952, the year of this publication, he famously boasted he would pay $1,000 to any person whose hair he couldn't curl. He was never proven wrong. Includes priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve. Scarce. Three copies only located in WorldCat library database. No copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 127 pp. 7 3/4" x 5 1/2". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Dust jacket unclipped with tiny chips to head and tail of spine panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midnight Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 376263
- Title
- Beautiful Hair Every Day
- Author
- A. F. Willat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Prest-O-Press
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Midnight Books
Biblio member since 2005
Frederick, Maryland
About Midnight Books
Midnight Books specializes in hard-to-find books in high demand by collectors. This includes (but is not limited to) vintage and antiquarian titles, signed first editions and scarce ephemera. All books offered come with an unconditional, lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Worldcat
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