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74. [COSMETIC SURGERY]. Facial Restoration, By The hystogene Plastic Process Based on 7,000 Treated cases. London; The Hystogene institute Ltd., circa 1920.
£128
8vo. original blue boards lettered in gilt, printed with a crocodile skin design (surely subliminal marketing); pp. 59 + [i]; with photographic before and after photographs throughout printed in half-tones, images of the consulting studios, and other diagrams; minor wear to joints and corner tips but a very nice copy; internally fine.
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72. [COINTREAU] LEVRON, Jacques. cointreau 1849 - 1949. Angers. [Cointreau]. 1948.
£298
8vo., original stiff card boards with printed dust wrapper and glassine wrapper. illustrated in colour by Jean A mercier. A fine copy.
First edition of this booklet printed to celebrate the centenary of the cointreau company. Limited numbered edition, this no. 5 of an unstated limitation, signed by André cointreau, the grandson of the founder. A handsomely printed volume with portraits of the family, illustrations of the winery, its products and advertising posters. Also included are recipes for souffle and crepes suzette, and four cocktails.
The company’s centenary in 1949 was the cause of various celebratory events on the 9th and 10th of July 1949. included with this copy of the book is a booklet of tickets issued for the celebrations, which included a mass in the cathedral at Angers, a Soiree Théatrale at the Grand Théatre, and a picnic and dinner.
These, unused, tickets were issued to madame Edouard cointreau, the wife of the son of the founder of the company and the mother of André who was in charge of the company at its centenary.
73. COOMBS, Charles. Skyrocketing into the unknown. new York: William Morrow and Company. 1954.
£75
8vo. original pictorial paper-covered boards and wrapper; pp. 256, illustrated with 141 b&w photographs; very good.
First edition. A fascinating exploration of current jet and rocket technology and the possibilities for future space flight, with dramatic photographs of experimental planes and rockets.
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First edition. “it is a woman’s paramount duty to always look her best”, so says the introduction, and this guide to the hystogene Plastic Process shows women how to attain their goal. The process is truly miraculous, claiming that “to remove a frown or the lines from nose to mouth, only one single sitting is necessary”, while an imperfect nose can be corrected in less than 2 hours. All treatments are given painlessly, are absolutely harmless to the constitution, and last for practically a lifetime. There follows a series of comparative photographs of subjects who one assumes have undergone the treatment, which is never expressly described, but a rider at the back of the book explains that “For obvious reasons no actual photographs showing appearances before and after treatments can be given in this brochure. All illustrations herein have been specially prepared to show what can be effected by the hystogene cosmetic-Plastic Process.”
75. [CRANFORD SERIES]. BURNEY, Fanny (author). Hugh THOMSON (illustrator). Evelina or, The history of a Young Lady’s Entrance into The World. London, Macmillan & Co. Limited. [1910].
£88
8vo. original deep green cloth elaborately and extravagantly gilt to upper cover and spine, all edges gilt, cream endpapers; pp. [xxxv] + 477 + [iii]; illustrated throughout after engravings by hugh Thomson; externally near fine, and bright; internally extremely clean and crisp throughout with the front free endpaper neatly, and almost imperceptibly, replaced.
Early edition illustrated thus, issued in the fine Cranford Series of lavish pictorial cloth bindings.
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