To help researchers in this area, scans of booklets put out by cosmetic companies in the first half or so of the twentieth century are being put online. If you have booklets you could contribute to this project please email me for further details. Additions to the list of scanned booklets will be made through Twitter.
Note: DATE: published date included with the booklet; EST: estimated date of publication; PAGES: does not include the inside or outside of the front or back cover; SIZE: in centimetres to the nearest whole number.
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1920 | A talk on superfluous hair | USA | Mentioned in Motion Picture. | |||
1922 | Beauty’s greatest secret | USA | Mentioned in Photoplay. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1928 | Youthful you | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1910 | Culture rationnelle et scientifique de la beauté | 30 | FRA | Available though Bibliothèque Nationale de France. | ||
1922 | The other side of the moon | USA | Mentioned in Harper’s Bazaar. | |||
1925 | The other side of the moon | 40 | 10x15 | USA | ||
1930 | L’art de rester jeune | FRA | Mentioned in French Vogue. | |||
1933 | Understanding your skin | 32 | 10x15 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1914 | Marinello beauty book | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. | |||
1928 | How to care for your skin by the method of a Marinello treatment | USA | ||||
1928 | The Marinello way to be beautiful | USA | Sales booklet. | |||
1937 | Beauty a career | 24 | 12x17 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1930 | Beauty through home treatment | 20 | 8x12 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1943 | Design for Beauty |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1938 | Mary Pickford introduces her own personal beauty aids to you | 24 | 11x15 | USA | Includes two pages for notes. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1917 | Max Factor and Company, recognized leader in the production of artistic toupees and wigs | 32 | 18x11 | USA | ||
1925 | Concerning Max Factor’s grease paint | 12x9 | USA | Came with a box of greasepaint. | ||
1928 | The new art of society make-up | 36 | 11x15 | USA | ||
1929 | Hints on the art of make-up | 8 | 10x22 | USA | ||
1929 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x15 | USA | 2nd printing of 1928 booklet. | |
1929 | A personal complexion analysis and make-up color harmony chart | 15x10 | USA | |||
1929 | Color harmony make-up by Max Factor with an all-star cast | 12 | 11x14 | USA | ||
1930 | Make-up hints | 24x12 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1930 | A catalog of Max Factor’s theatrical make-up | 12 | 10x22 | USA | ||
1931 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x15 | USA | 5th printing of 1928 booklet. | |
1932 | A personal complexion analysis and make-up color harmony chart | 15x10 | USA | Came with a letter dated 1932. | ||
1932 | Color harmony shades of Max Factor Hollywood face powder | 44x6 | USA | Four-panel fold out. Real powder used for the samples. Made of heavy cardboard for make-up counter use. | ||
1932 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x14 | USA | 6th Edition. | |
1933 | Make-up hints | 24x12 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1933 | Theatrical make-up color chart | 10x23 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1935 | Here’s something new! Test your color in lip make-up | 10x6 | USA | Came in an envelope postmarked 1935. | ||
1935 | A catalogue of Max Factor’s theatrical make-up | 12 | 10x23 | USA | Similar in content to 1938 edition but front cover purple & pink. | |
1936 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x14 | USA | New Edition. | |
1936 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x14 | UK | No date, but cover identical to US 1936 edition. | |
1937 | How to create beauty with make-up | 12x6 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1937 | How to create beauty with make-up | 12x6 | UK | Four-panel fold out. Cover & most actresses are different from the U.S. edition. | ||
1937 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x14 | USA | New Edition. | |
1937 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x14 | UK | ||
1938 | The new art of society make-up | 44 | 11x14 | UK | ||
1938 | A catalog of Max Factor’s theatrical make-up | 12 | 10x23 | USA | ||
1939 | Max Factor Hollywood color chart | 30x10 | USA | Three-panel fold out. Real makeup or color samples glued onto cardboard probably for make-up counter use. | ||
1940 | The new art of make-up | 28 | 11x14 | CAN | New Edition. | |
1940 | Lecture for Max Factor Hollywood Art School of Make-up | 8 | 21x27 | USA | ||
1946 | Max Factor’s hints on the art of make-up | 10x22 | USA | 11th Edition. 9 Booklets and an order form. | ||
1951 | The new art of make-up | 26 | 11x15 | AUS | Booklet dates at 1948 but Pan-Stik insert is from 1951. | |
1949 | The new art of make-up | 28 | 11x15 | USA | ||
1950 | New worlds of beauty for you | 6x8 | USA | Four-panel fold out. Came inside a Worlds of Beauty lotion box. | ||
1950 | The new way – Night facial stik | 27x5 | USA | Three-panel fold out. Came in a package of Night Facial Stik. | ||
1950 | Make-up for the stars and you | UK | ||||
1950 | The new art of make-up | 28 | 11x15 | USA | Contains price list dated 28/10/50. | |
1950 | Color harmony make-up chart | 15x11 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1952 | The new art of make-up | 44 | 11x14 | USA | 6th Edition. | |
1952 | You at your loveliest | 20 | 28x22 | USA | Sales counter booklet. | |
1954 | You at your loveliest | 32 | 11x16 | USA | ||
1956 | You at your loveliest | 32 | 15x23 | UK | British spelling but printed in Holland. | |
1957 | You at your loveliest | 39 | 18x12 | UK | ||
1958 | Television make-up for black-and-white and color | 8 | 21X14 | USA | ||
1959 | Max Factor beauty secrets | 4 | 16x12 | USA | ||
1959 | Ligne de soins | 20 | 28x19 | FRA | ||
1961 | Pour comprendre | 34 | 28x19 | FRA | ||
1961 | Fabulous new colors for fingertip luxury, Max Factor nail satin | 27x18 | USA | Heavy card. Used by sales staff at the make-up counter. | ||
1962 | Max Factor skin care | 16 | 13x18 | UK | Mentioned in Chemist and Druggist. | |
1962 | New make-up color fashions by Max Factor | 8 | 24x19 | USA | Used by sales staff at the make-up counter. | |
1962 | The art of make-up for photography | 12 | 20x22 | UK | ||
1963 | Once upon a red | 29x22 | USA | Sales counter display. | ||
1963 | Retail price list (Oct) | UK | ||||
1963 | You at your loveliest | 40 | 12x18 | UK | ||
1963 | Salon charges | UK | Fold out. | |||
1964 | Go for baroque | 28x22 | USA | Three-panel fold out. | ||
1965 | You at your loveliest | 12 | 14x22 | UK | ||
1965 | 6 new fashion hairstyles | 11 | 8x11 | USA | ||
1967 | Tried & True Shampoo-in soft color for hair | 14 | 18x36 | USA | ||
1970 | Geminesse lash creations | 11 | 8x11 | USA | ||
1972 | The pure magic place | 19x8 | USA | Five-panel fold out. | ||
1973 | All about beauty from Geminesse | 23x9 | USA | Eight-panel fold out. | ||
1975 | Beauty lessons with California Naturals and Pure Magic | 32 | 18x17 | USA | Written by Max Factor for Montgomery Ward & Co. | |
1977 | The sinfully rich look | 12 | 15x10 | USA | Probably an insert in Glamour magazine. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1919 | The woman beautiful | USA | Maybell Laboratories. | |||
1961 | Color chart and shade selector | 25x18 |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1928 | What is charm? | 12 | 7x9 | USA | ||
1928 | Any girl can be pretty | 12 | 7x9 | USA | ||
1935 | The new vogue in powdering | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1956 | A door to a more beautiful you | 20 | 10x23 | USA | ||
1962 | A more beautiful you | 20 | 10x15 | USA | ||
1965 | A more beautiful you | 28 | 10x14 | USA | ||
1966 | A more beautiful you | 28 | 10x14 | USA | Cover and content different to 1965 edition. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1922 | Thoughts on personal beauty | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1965 | Total beauty care | 8 | 14x20 | USA | Includes Cover Girl. | |
1973 | Total beauty care | 8 | 14x19 | USA | Includes Cover Girl. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1917 | The truth about perspiration | USA | Mentioned in Harper’s Bazaar. | |||
1918 | The appealing charm of daintiness | USA | Mentioned in Photoplay. | |||
1918 | The assurance of perfect grooming | USA | Mentioned in Photoplay. | |||
1922 | The double meaning of daintiness | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1924 | Beautiful hair by common sense methods | 24 | 9x16 | USA | ||
1929 | Is your hair beautiful? | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. | |||
1931 | Ogilvie sisters on care of the hair | 24 | 10x15 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1934 | 5-minute Beauty Treatment | USA | Available from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney | |||
1937 | The Art of Make-up | UK | Mentioned in The Daily Mirror. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1910 | The easy way to beauty | USA | Mentioned in Colliers. | |||
1931 | Danger lurks in complexion cure-alls | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | Luxurious Toiletries | 12 | 16x9 | USA | ||
1935 | Brush up on charm | USA | ||||
1938 | Beautiful hands | 4 | 10x16 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1910 | Hair and Beauty | USA | ||||
1912 | Paris beauty products | 26 | 9x15 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1930 | Culture physique du visage | 12 | 12x15 | FRA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1927 | Le secret de manicure | USA | Mentioned In Vogue. | |||
1935 | Brush up on charm | USA | ||||
1939 | Beautiful hands by Peggy Sage | 4 | 10x16 | USA | ||
1940 | Beautiful hands by Peggy Sage | 12 | 10x16 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1903 | Beauty rules | UK | Mentioned in London West End Review 1898. | |||
1919 | Hands and their care care | UK | Mentioned in The Tatler. | |||
1930 | Modern complexion care | UK | ||||
1936 | Pomeroy beauty for all | 12 | 23x7 | UK | ||
1936 | Pomeroy beauty culture | 7x18 | UK | Four-panel fold out. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1915 | How to get real beauty sleep | USA | Mentioned in LIFE. | |||
1919 | Liberty girl | USA | ||||
1920 | Sweetest story ever told | USA | ||||
1920 | Toilet preparations | USA | ||||
1922 | Honeymooning in Venice | USA | ||||
1924 | Honeymooning on the alps | USA | ||||
1927 | Your type of beauty | USA | ||||
1928 | Quel est votre type de beauté? | 20 | 11x12 | CAN | ||
1935 | Face facts | 28 | 10x13 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1904 | Beauty | 16 | 5x18 | USA | Single sided booklet. Text by Harriet Hubbard Ayer. | |
1936 | Carol Lunne beauty guide | 8x11 | UK | Six-panel fold out. | ||
1942 | Guideposts to skin beauty | USA | ||||
1961 | Secrets of beamaxuty and style from the world of fashion | 36 | 14x19 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1938 | Surface beauty is not enough | 14 | 13x17 | UK | ||
1955 | Gifts by Potter & Moore | 4 | 11x17 | UK |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1922 | The new beauty | USA | Mentioned in Harper’s Bazaar | |||
1928 | Here dwells youth | 32 | 9x16 | USA | Also 1922, 1924. | |
1928 | Here dwells youth | 48 | 11x15 | USA | ||
1929 | The suntan group | USA | Leaflet. | |||
1932 | Here dwells youth | 40 | 11x15 | USA | Cover and content different to earlier version. | |
1937 | On keeping your skin young | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1922 | Making beauty yours | USA | Mentioned in Beauty. | |||
1923 | The promise of a princess | 40 | 9x11 | USA | ||
1926 | Devoted to beauty | 12 | USA | |||
1930 | This exquisite beauty | 28 | 10x14 | USA | At least two versions. Products & prices identical but some pages transposed. | |
1931 | Modern story magazine No. 2 | 12 | 13x17 | USA | Published monthly by Princess Pat Ltd. | |
1932 | For you – exquisite beauty | 36 | 10x15 | USA | ||
1932 | How to apply Princess Pat harmonized make-up | USA | ||||
1932 | Princess Pat way to beauty | USA | ||||
1941 | Does your charm come and go? | 9x16 | USA | Bi-fold. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1927 | Les secrets de la beaute | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1939 | How to give … how to sell Revlon manicures | USA | Trade publication mentioned in AP&EOR. | |||
1941 | Fashion in hands | 12 | 13x18 | USA | ||
1950 | Dreamy eye make-up | 9x20 | US | Three-panel fold out. | ||
1955 | Retail sales training course | 16 | 22x28 | USA | Course for sales staff. | |
1955 | Professional tips for beasuty salons | 24 | 10x22 | USA | ||
1956 | Correct selection and application of make-up | 10x22 | AUS | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1959 | Revlon for a lovelier you | 16 | 13x18 | UK | ||
1962 | Revlon guide to nail care | 8 | 13x18 | AUS | Printed in Holland. | |
1963 | Your guide to hair care | 24 | 9x21 | USA | ||
1963 | The romance of fragrance by Revlon | 16 | 15x22 | USA | ||
1963 | Revlon’s vacation coloring book | 8 | 22x28 | USA | ||
1964 | The complete guide to skin care | 16 | 13x20 | USA | 05/64 on the cover. | |
1964 | The complete guide to make-up by Revlon | 28 | 13x20 | USA | 05/64 on the cover. | |
1964 | Revlon guide to nail care | 20 | 10x22 | USA | ||
1964 | Revlon’s skin care guide for teens | 32 | 14x19 | USA | ||
1964 | Tips on shade selection | 8 | 10x24 | USA | ||
1965 | The complete guide to make-up by Revlon | 28 | 16x25 | USA | ||
1965 | Tips on shade selection | 16 | 10x23 | USA | Back cover opens out. | |
1965 | The Revlon guide to beauty treatment | 16 | 13x18 | UK | Back cover folds out to show Renaissance Treatment Collection. | |
1965 | Choosing eye make-up by Revlon | 10x23 | USA | Six-panel fold out. | ||
1966 | The romance of fragrance by Revlon | USA | ||||
1966 | Revlon guide to nail care | 20 | 9x21 | USA | Same as 1964 except for shade changes. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1935 | Rexona has bought happiness … | 12x21 | AUS | Leaflet. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1896 | 20th century toilet hints | USA | Mentioned in the Indianapolis Journal. | |||
1907 | Beauty book | 16 | 8x12 | USA | ||
1910 | Beauty book | 16 | 8x12 | USA | 11th edition. | |
1911 | Toilet hints | USA | ||||
1915 | Beauty book | 48 | USA | Available though Harvard University Library. | ||
1919 | The secrets of beauty | 16 | 9x14 | USA | ||
1923 | The book of Du Barry | 32 | 11x15 | USA | ||
1923 | The secrets of beauty | 24 | 9x15 | USA | Three Flowers products. Printed in USA but list of UK chemist branches inside front cover. | |
1924 | Fleurette walks in beauty | USA | Three Flowers. | |||
1925 | The book of Du Barry | 32 | 11x15 | USA | ||
1925 | How to be charming | 32 | 10x13 | USA | Three Flowers products. | |
1927 | The way to lovely skin | 32 | 9x12 | USA | ||
1927 | At 20 rue de la paix | 12 | 15x23 | USA | Contains illustrations of new salon, which opened in 1927. | |
1927 | Du Barry Beauty Preparations | 23x8 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1930 | 1880-1930 Richard Hudnut book of values | 52 | 17x20 | USA | Meant for distribution in Canada. Includes a letter from Richard Hudnut dated March 1930. | |
1930 | Cleansing treatment by Doris Hale | USA | ||||
1930 | Home method of Du Barry beauty treatments by the new hand principle | 48 | 9x13 | USA | Also printed in 1929, 1931. | |
1932 | Holiday creations with Richard Hudnut | USA | ||||
1933 | Gifts for Du Barry | UK | ||||
1934 | Marvelous make-up guide | USA | ||||
Marvelous a synonym for beauty | USA | |||||
1935 | Home method of Du Barry beauty treatments by the new hand principle | 48 | 9x13 | USA | ||
1936 | What colour are your eyes? | USA | ||||
1936 | Du Barry hand principle of skin treatments | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. | |||
1937 | A new slant on beauty | USA | Includes Du Barry Beauty Angle. Also 1938. | |||
1937 | New loveliness for you | 32 | 10x12 | USA | ||
1938 | La chiave della vostra bellezza | 18 | 14x11 | ITA | Gemey range of products. | |
1940 | How to take the beauty angle treatment in your Du Barry salon-at-home | 6 | 9x11 | USA | ||
1941 | Beauty is yours | 52 | 10x13 | USA | ||
1942 | Du Barry 6 weeks from tonight | 20 | 15x23 | USA | Du Barry success school course. | |
1944 | Beauty is your duty | 52 | 10x13 | Includes the Beauty Angle. | ||
1946 | Success-o-plan | USA | Includes Du Barry Success School chart. | |||
1946 | Du Barry success stories | 12 | USA | Part of the Success Course beginner packet. | ||
1947 | Your face, your figure, your future | USA | Includes Du Barry Success School chart. | |||
1947 | The new look in beauty | USA | ||||
1947 | Du Barry beauty preparations | 36 | 7x11 | USA | ||
1948 | Your personal problems and how to solve them | 12 | USA | Part of the Du Barry Success Course. | ||
1949 | Du Barry contour make-up plan | USA | Part of the Du Barry Success Course. | |||
1949 | Care of the hair | 20 | 11x18 | UK | ||
1951 | Be a Du Barry beauty | USA | ||||
1955 | Help yourself to new beauty by Du Barry | 20 | 13x18 | USA | ||
1959 | Du Barry’s royal family | 4 | 13x16 | USA | ||
1959 | The clear future of a young complexion | 4 | 13x16 | USA | ||
1959 | Now ... prettier hair for you | 4 | 13x16 | USA | ||
1959 | Du Barry Sales training manual | 40 | 15x23 | USA | Includes fragrances and Sportsman products. | |
1966 | Teenage complexion digest | Features ‘All clear’ range. | ||||
1969 | Du Barry’s new sporting goods for girls – “Playthings” | 10x10 | USA | Four-panel fold out. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1901 | A beauty builder | 8 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1969 | A personal guide to beauty | 20 | 15x23 | UK |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1910 | Souvenir de l’exposition de Bruxelles | 4 | 8x11 | FRA | Commercial catalogue. Available at the Forney Library | |
1913 | Parfumerie Roger & Gallet | 226 | 19x28 | FRA | Commercial catalogue. Available at the Forney Library | |
1922 | Parisian toilet specialties [sic] de lux | USA | ||||
1930 | Parfumerie Roger & Gallet | 4 | 14x15 | FRA | Commercial catalogue. Available at the Forney Library |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1917 | Laird’s care and treatment of the skin | 8 | USA | |||
1921 | Daily care and treatment of the hair and scalp | USA | ||||
1928 | Winning beauty from the passing years | 38 | 12x16 | USA | Also 1925, 1926. UK prices and spelling. Last two pages blank. | |
1935 | To your natural beauty give protection … to any blemish give correction | 36 | 8x13 | USA | UK prices and spelling. | |
1938 | This way to loveliness | 46 | UK | Also 1937. UK spelling but USA prices. | ||
1945 | Rose Laird tells you what to do | USA | Mentioned in Seventeen |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1935 | Rudemar System | 28 | 15x23 | USA | ||
1936 | Charm—the result of intelligent care | UK |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1949 | Bathing for health looks and pleasure | USA | ||||
1958 | Christmas gifts | 4 | 21x28 | USA | Trade brochure. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1919 | How to make-up | USA | Available from Tara Maginnis. | |||
1929 | From behind guarded stage doors | USA | Mentioned in Screenland. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1936 | Cosmetics from tropical fruits | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1927 | The art of make-up | USA | George W. Luft. | |||
1927 | The art of make-up | UK | Coleman & Naste. |
See Lehn & Fink |
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Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1928 | Preparations for stage screen and street | 36 | 9x13 | USA | ||
1929 | The new way to beauty | 36 | 10x14 | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1924 | Around the clock with Vivaudou remembrancer | UK | Mentioned in Pictures and Picturegoer. | |||
1925 | The Vivaudou remembrancer | 43 | 8x12 | UK | Half of booklet is devoted to etiquette plus pages for addresses, engagements and memoranda. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1937 | Gold book for blondes | USA | ||||
1937 | Gold book for brunettes | USA | ||||
1937 | Gold book for redheads | USA | ||||
1939 | Perc Westmore’s perfect make-up guide | USA |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1905 | Personal charm | USA | ||||
1919 | The Woodbury preparations | USA | ||||
1927 | A skin you love to touch | 12 | 7x15 | USA | Also 1928. | |
1931 | The index to loveliness | 48 | 12x15 | USA | ||
1931 | Woodbury’s outline of care for normal hair | 5x7 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1931 | Woodbury’s special treatment for oily hair | 5x7 | USA | Four-panel fold out. | ||
1931 | How Woodbury’s creams beautify your skin | 7x15 | USA | Three-panel fold out. | ||
1932 | The index to loveliness | 48 | 12x15 | USA | ||
1933 | A skin you love to touch | 10 | 7x15 | USA | Also 1930 | |
1934 | A skin you love to touch | 10 | 7x15 | USA | ||
1934 | The beauty secret of the woman who never grew old | 44 | 12x14 | USA | ||
1936 | Bathe yourself in sunshine | USA | Five-panel fold out. | |||
1936 | Beauty . . . twice as lovely twice as sure | USA | Five-panel fold out. | |||
1937 | Powder shade chart | 17x28 | USA | |||
1939 | Rouge and lipstick shade chart | 18x28 | USA | |||
1940 | Woodbury facial cocktail | USA | ||||
1941 | How to give your skin romantic beauty | USA | Four-panel fold out. Also 1943. |
Date | Est | Title | Pages | Size | Origin | Comments |
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1925 | Old English lavender water | 4 | 10x15 | USA | ||
1933 | Complexions in the Mayfair manner | 24 | 16x17 | USA | ||
1934 | A beauty secret from across the sea | 8 | 6x12 | USA | Mentioned in Vogue. 1935 Price list. | |
1935 | Yardley’s triple compact and lipsticks | 9x14 | USA | Fold out. Came with a triple compact. | ||
1937 | Beauty secrets from Bond Street | 32 | 14x19 | UK | Includes American price list. Also 1936, 1939, 1940. | |
1938 | Yardley beauty book | UK | ||||
1938 | The essentials of beauty | UK | ||||
1939 | Yardley way to beauty | UK | Also 1938. | |||
1942 | Colors by authority | USA | ||||
1949 | The Yardley way to beauty | 20 | 15x18 | UK | Mentioned in The Chemist and Druggist. Cover reads Let’s be practical. Includes 6 cards on massage. | |
1955 | Time to be beautiful | 12 | 13x16 | UK | Inside front cover opens out to show ‘Shopping Guide’. | |
1957 | Trade price list | 12 | USA | |||
1962 | Beauty by Yardley | 4 | 18x24 | UK | ||
1963 | Retail price list | UK | Three-panel fold out | |||
1969 | Sigh shadows | 6x9 | USA | Three-panel fold out. |
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