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Beauty, Personal

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• Body marking
• Clothing and dress
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• Manicuring
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• Beauty
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• Toilet (Grooming)

• No More Alibis! (Chicago: Photoplay Pub. Co., 1935), by Sylvia of Hollywood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Etiquette of Beauty (New York: G. H. Doran Co., c1927), by Dorothy Cocks, illust. by Josephine Arnold Bonney (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Arts of Beauty, or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet: With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art of Fascinating (New York: Dick and Fitzgerald, c1858), by Lola Montez (multiple formats at Google)
• The Arts of Costume and Personal Appearance (second edition; New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, c1955), by Grace Margaret Morton, contrib. by Carolyn Ruby, Bess Steele, and Mary E. Guthrie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lady's Dressing Room (London: Cassell and Company, 1893), by baronne Staffe, trans. by Lady Colin Campbell (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Physical Beauty: How to Develop and Preserve It (New York: Social Culture Publications, c1922), by Florence Courtenay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Clothes for You (second edition; New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, c1954), by Mildred Graves Ryan and Velma Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty Culture (London: Hutchinson, 1898), by H. Ellen Browning (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Etiquette for Ladies; With Hints on the Preservation, Improvement, and Display of Female Beauty (Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840)
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• Health, Beauty, and the Toilet: Letters to Ladies From a Lady Doctor (London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1886), by Anna Bonus Kingsford (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Jewish Manual: or, Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery , With a Collection of Valuable Recipes and Hints Relating to the Toilette (1846), by Judith Cohen Montefiore (Gutenberg text)
• Hollywood Undressed: Observations of Sylvia as Noted by Her Secretary (New York: Brentano's, 1931), contrib. by Sylvia of Hollywood (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dialogue on beauty. In the manner of Plato. (Printed by W. Wilkins, 1731), by George Stubbes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fair women in painting and poetry. (Seeley;, 1894), by William Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous beauties in art from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present day. (L. C. Page & co., 1907), by Armand Dayot and Hannah Twitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der schöne Mensch in Mittelalter und Renaissance (G. Hirth, 1900), by Artur Weese (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Crito: or, A dialogue on beauty. (G. Faulkner, 1752), by Joseph Spence (page images at HathiTrust)
• Objets de toilette (Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1911), by Georges Aaron Bénédite and Egypt. Maṣlaḥat al-Āthār (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romantic love and personal beauty; their development, casual relations, historic and national peculiarities. (Macmillan and co., 1887), by Henry Theophilus Finck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das weib im leben der völker (Verlagsanstalt für litteratur und kunst, 1910), by Albert Friedenthal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die kultur des weiblichen körpers als grundlage der frauenkleidung. (E. Diederichs, 1922), by Paul Schultze-Naumburg (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The religion of beauty in women : and other essays on Platonic love in poetry and society (The Macmillan company, 1911), by Jefferson Butler Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal beauty and racial betterment (C.V. Mosby Company, 1920), by Knight Dunlap (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Middle English ideal of personal beauty : as found in the metrical romances, chronicles (Folcroft Press, 1970), by Walter Clyde Curry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The arts of beauty; or, Secrets of a lady's toilet. (Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858), by Lola Montez (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anîs el-'ochchâq; traité des termes figurés relatifs à la description de la beauté (F. Vieweg, 1875), by Sharaf Rāmī and Clément Huart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die kultur des weiblichen körpers als grundlage der frauenkleidung. Mit 139 illustrationen. (E. Diederichs, 1910), by Paul Schultze-Naumburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'art et les artifices de la beauté; illustrations documentaires. (F. Juven, 1902), by Octave Uzanne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The art of make-up, for the stage, the screen, and social use (London. D. Appleton and company., 1927), by Helena Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le nouveau recueil de curiositez rares & nouvelles des plus admirables effets de la nature & de l'art : composé de quantité de beaux secrets gallans & autres ; dont quelques-uns ont été tirez du cabinet de feu Monsieur le Marquis de l'Hôpital : ouvrage tres-utile et nécessaire à toutes sortes de personnes, pour la conservation de leur vie (À Leide : Chez Pierre Vander Aa, marchand libraire, 1685., 1685), by Nicolas Lémery and Pieter van der Aa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentals of dress (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1941), by Marietta Kettunen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Physical beauty, how to keep it (George H. Doran company, 1918), by Annette Kellerman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Romantic love and personal beauty ; their development, causal relations, historic and national peculiarities : in two volumes (New York :, 1887), by Henry T. Finck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hints toward physical perfection (Fowler & Wells, 1859), by D. H. Jacques (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beautiful women in art. (L. C. Page & company, 1902), by Armand Pierre Marie Dayot and Hannah Twitchell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pocket book of good society. (Geo. A. Leavitt, 1850), by Cairns Collection of American Women Writers and George A. Leavitt & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal appearance and the culture of beauty, with hints as to character. (Allen, Lane and Scott, 1877), by Thomas S. Sozinskey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Designing women; the art, technique, and cost of being beautiful (Simon and Schuster, 1938), by Margaretta Byers and Consuelo Hermer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Let's face it; a guide to good grooming for Negro girls. (Lippincott, 1959), by Elsie Archer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Everyday grooming (McKnight & McKnight, 1951), by Helen Livingstone and Ann Maroni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pull yourself together, baby! (Macfadden Book Co., 1939), by Sylvia Ullback (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hijutsu denpō (Hakubunkan, 1897), by Otowa Ōhashi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Don Lux Academy Teacher Training Course (The Mercury Press], 1935), by Ltd. Don Lux Academy and Lenora Estell Herman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theory and science of cosmetology; a practical handbook for the cosmetologist (Adair Publishing Co., 1931), by Nora M. McNamara and Sallyneill W. Braden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romantic love and personal beauty; their development, causal relations, historic and national peculiarities. (Macmillan Co., 1902), by Henry Theophilus Finck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Take care of yourself; a practical guide to health and beauty, stressing the proper way to use and the prudent way to buy home remedies and cosmetics (Simon and Schuster, 1937), by Jerome William Ephraim (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pretty, please. (Dodd, Mead, 1948), by Sheila John Daly (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Middle English ideal of personal beauty; as found in the metrical romances, chronicles, and legends of the XIII, XIV, and XV centuries. (J. H. Furst Company, 1916), by Walter Clyde Curry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Individually yours, a guide to your personal beauty and charm. (Lippincott, 1951), by Celeste Carlyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Applied science related to cosmetology : suggested course of study. (The New York state vocational & practical arts association, 1941), by New York (State). Bureau of industrial and technical education, Fanny Freirich, and New York State Vocational and Practical Arts Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Design for glamour (Prentice-Hall-inc., 1941), by Terry Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous beauties of two reigns; being an account of some fair women of Stuart & Georgian times (E. Nash, 1906), by Mary Craven and Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dream of fair women (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907), by Harrison Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Health and beauty (Philadelphia, F. A. Davis, 1908), by John V. Shoemaker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern etiquette in public and private; including society at large, the etiquette of weddings, the ball-room, the dinner-table, the toilet, &c, &c. (Frederick Warne and Co., 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life's elixier discovered; scientifically proven regime for radiant health--beauty--youth and personal charm; the only easy way. (Mentalphysics, 1932), by Edwin John Dingle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romantische Liebe und personliche Schonheit; their development, causal relations, historic and national peculiarities. (Schottlaender, 1890), by Henry Theophilus Finck and Romantic love and personal beauty (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geist des Schönen in Kunst und Leben : praktische Aesthetik für die gebildete Frauenwelt (Nicolaische, 1870), by Jeanne Marie von Gayette-Georgens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das weibliche schönheitsideal in der malerei; 200 nachbildungen mit geschichtlicher einführung und erläuterungen (E. Diederichs, 1912), by Hanns Schulze (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les secrets de la beauté du visage et du corps : traité complet d'hygiène de physiognomonie et d'embellissement. (Chez l'auteur, 1855), by Séjour de Lorraine (page images at HathiTrust)
• My secrets of beauty (The Circulation Syndicate, inc., 1914), by Lina Cavalieri (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The secrets of beauty & mysteries of health; being practical suggestions for the right care of the person, together with a collection of valuable receipts pertaining to health & beauty, gathered during the author's state experiences & travels in all parts of the world (P. Elder and Company, 1908), by Cora Urquhart Potter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty is power. (G.W. Carleton & Co.;, 1871) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of beauty (Harper, 1878), by Mary Eliza Joy Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mirror of the graces; or, The English lady's costume; combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion in dress ... with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness and manners ... offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health and loveliness ... (Published by I. Riley, C. Wiley, printer, 1813), by Lady of distinction (page images at HathiTrust)
• The woman beautiful (Jamieson-Higgins, 1901), by Helen Follett Jameson (page images at HathiTrust)
• My lady beautiful : or, The perfection of womanhood (Fowler ;, 1908), by Alice Mattie Long (page images at HathiTrust)
• La toletta della dame, ossia, Trattato intorno alla bellezza : che contiene delle riflessioni intorno alla natura della bellezza, alle cause fisiche e morali che la alterano, ai mezzi di conservarla sino a un'età avanzata, a ciò che appo noi la constituisce e alla cura che aver si deve di ogni parte del corpo : indi un quadro storico delle mode di Francia, e consigli di un buon-gustajo per la toletta delle dame (Batelli e Fanfani, 1822), by Auguste Caron and G... de C...a (page images at HathiTrust)
• Crito; or, A dialogue on beauty (Chez Dubroca, libraire, 1803), by Joseph Spence and D*** (page images at HathiTrust)
• What to wear; a book for women (Good health publishing co., 1916), by Belle Armstrong Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
• El arte de ser bonita : secretos de la coquetería, de la seducción y de la belleza (Editorial Cooper, 1915), by Margarita Ruiz de Escolar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die körperformen in kunst und leben der Japaner (F. Enke, 1902), by C. H. Stratz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schönheit und liebe; ein beitrag zur erkenntnis des menschlichen seelenlebens ... (Thomas, 1904), by W. Rheinhardt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das Weib im Leben der Völker (H. Klemm, 1911), by Albert Friedenthal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Güzellik sanʾatı. (s.n., 1900), by A. Lefebvre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les jolies femmes de Paris; vingt eauxfortes par Martial, ornements par Morin. (Librairie Internationale, 1870), by Charles Diguet and Adolph Théodore Jules Martial Potémont Martial (page images at HathiTrust)
• Susan, be smooth! a hand-book of good-grooming for girls, especially girls under twenty, who want to be seen and heard. (Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1940), by Nell Giles and Winifred W. Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Etiquette for ladies : with hints on the preservation, improvement, and display of female beauty. (Lindsay and Blakiston, 1843), by Diana R. Tillson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty is not an age. (Harper, 1953), by Eleanor Arnett Nash (page images at HathiTrust)
• The way to beauty; a complete guide to personal loveliness (Pitman publishing corporation, 1937), by Sonya Joslen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern beauty culture (Prentice-Hall, inc., 1935), by Adelaide Smith and Reuben Rockwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Susan, be smooth! a hand-book of good grooming for girls, especially girls under twenty, who want to be seen and heard. (Ralph T. Hale & co., 1944), by Nell Giles and Winifred W. Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Any girl can be good-looking (D. Appleton and company, 1927), by Hazel Rawson Cades (page images at HathiTrust)
• Everyday beauty culture (McKnight & McKnight, 1945), by Helen Livingstone and Ann Maroni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty, glamour and personality (Prang Co., 1947), by Ern Westmore and Bud Westmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shin bijin (Hifumikan, 1909), by Itsujin Agarie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Beauty after forty. (Ziff-Davis, 1949), by Edyth Thornton McLeod (page images at HathiTrust)
• Making the most of your looks (Brentano's, 1926), by Dorothy Stote (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why men like us; your passport to charm (Stackpole sons, 1937), by Louise Paine Benjamin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Frau in der bildenden Kunst; ein kunstgeschichtliches hausbuch (F. Enke, 1905), by Anton Hirsch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The complete coiffeur; or, An essay on the art of adorning natural, and of creating artificial, beauty ... (Stereotyped for the Proprietors, and sold by all the Principal Booksellers, 1817), by J. B. M. D. Lafoy and Samuel Woodworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romantic love and personal beauty; their development, casual relations, historic and national peculiarities. (Macmillan and Co., 1891), by Henry T. Finck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Harrison Fisher book; a collection of drawings in colors and black and white (C. Scribner's sons, 1907), by Harrison Fisher and James Beebee Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty culture at home (Sun book & job printing office, inc., 1914), by Washington Paulette School (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty culture; a practical handbook on the care of the person (G. W. Dillingham company, 1911), by William A. Woodbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• American belles (Dodd, Mead & company, 1911), by Harrison Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arte de conservar la hermosura y la salud, y de corregir los defectos físcios. Teoría y practica científica de los mejores procedimientos conocidos para realzar y perfeccionar las gracias naturales, impidiendo su decadencia prematura. Obra dedicada al bello sexo, extractada de varios autores, y en particular de la Enciclopedia higiénica de la hermosura del Dr. A. Debay: precedida de una idea general de la belleza, y seguida de un formulario de excelentes recetas. (Estab. Tip. Editorial de S. Manero, 1866), by A. Debay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ricette de fare bella a Margherita di Leo S. Olschki nelle sue nozze col Erwin Rosenthal. (Firenze, 1912), by Arnaldo Bonaventura (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty a duty; the art of keeping young (Rand, McNally & Company, 1915), by Susanna Cocroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to be beautiful (Harper & Brothers, 1913), by Marie Montaigne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The cosmetiste; a handbook on cosmetology with special reference to the employment of electricity in the care of the hair, scalp and face. (The Wm. Meyer Co., 1926), by Bill. Meyer and Ida Hitchcock Blood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The complete beauty book (D. Appleton and company, 1906), by Elizabeth Anstruther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal beauty : how to cultivate and preserve it in accordance with the laws of health (W. J. Holland, 1870), by Daniel G. Brinton and George H. Napheys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Health and beauty. An explanation of the laws of growth and exercise; through which a pleasing contour, symmetry of form, and graceful carriage of the body are acquired ... (E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1838), by John Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal health (W.J. Holland, 1870), by Daniel G. Brinton and George H. Napheys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty: Illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman. (H. G. Bohn, 1846), by Alexander Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The power of beauty. (J.S. Taylor, etc., etc., 1852), by J. T. Headley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty; illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman : Preceded by a critical view of the general hypotheses respecting beauty, by Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and followed by a similar view of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. (E. Wilson, 1836), by Alexander Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Harrison Fisher book; a collection of drawings in colors and black and white (C. Scribner's sons, 1908), by Harrison Fisher and James Beebee Carrington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Schönheit des weiblichen Körpers. (F. Enke, 1900), by C. H. Stratz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Schöne Mensch in der Kunst aller Zeiten ([The author], 1912), by Georg Hirth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Frau in der bildenden Kunst; ein kunstgeschichtliches Hausbuch (F. Enke, 1905), by Anton Hirsch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dream of fair women (Bobbs-Merrill, 1907), by Harrison Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die rassenschönheit des weibes (F. Enke, 1902), by C. H. Stratz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gespräche über die schönheit der frauen. (R. Rothbarth, 1907), by Agnolo Firenzuola and Paul Seliger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The woman beautiful : A practical treatise on the development and preservation of woman's health and beauty, and the principles of taste in dress (W.M. Young & co., 1899), by Ella Adelia Fletcher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Men, women, and books : a selection of sketches, essays, and critical memoirs, from his uncollected prose writings (Smith, Elder and co., 1847), by Leigh Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beautiful women of twelve epochs (Printed by the Gast art Press, 1890), by Frank Leslie and Lydia Frances Gwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hygiene of the face, and cosmetic guide ... (E. P. Dutton & co., 1917), by Richard W. Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amours d'Extrême-Orient (C. Carrington, 1905), by Olivier Diraison (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secrets of beauty & mysteries of health; being practical suggestions for the right care of the person, together with a collection of valuable receipts pertaining to health & beauty, gathered during the author's stage experiences travels in all parts of the world (P. Elder and company, 1908), by Cora Urquhart Potter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Facts for ladies. (A. G. Ayer, 1890), by Amy G Ayer and Robert Alexander Gunn (page images at HathiTrust)
• How she became beautiful; a guide to the cultivation and preservation of beauty (Brandow printing company, 1890), by A. H. Mrs Emms (page images at HathiTrust)
• The science of eugenics and sex life, the regeneration of the human race ... (National publishing co., 1914), by Mary Ries Melendy, Charles H. Robinson, and Walter J. Hadden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beauty book of Roxana Rion ... (The Elizabeth Towne company; [etc., etc.], 1913), by Roxana Rion (page images at HathiTrust)
• The pretty girl papers (Little, Brown, and company, 1910), by Emma Elizabeth Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal appearance and the culture of beauty, with hints as to character. (Allen, Lane & Scott, 1877), by Thomas S. Sozinskey (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to preserve youthful looks. (Printed for the author, 1864), by Lawrence S. Fitzgibbons (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of beauty, vigor and elegance (Hurst & co., 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harriet Hubbard Ayer's book; a complete and authentic treatise on the laws of health and beauty ... (Home topics book company, 1899), by Harriet Hubbard Ayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vivilore : the pathway to mental and physical perfection, the twentieth century book for every woman (s.n.], 1904), by Mary Ries Melendy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The laws of nature revealed ([Philadelphia] : W. R. Vansant, c1914., 1914), by Mary Ries Melendy, Charles H. Robinson, and Walter J. Hadden (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ladies' beauty book and the old home doctor : containing over 1300 toilet receipts and hints to assist in improving one's personal appearance, as well as over 2300 doctors' prescriptions, medical formulas and suggestions for relief from the many ailments to which the human flesh is heir (Keppel Publishing Co., 1915), by William H. Keppel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Woman (The Werner Company, 1899), by Robert A. Gunn and Amy G. Ayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• System of physical and beauty culture (New York : Mme. Yale, [1909], 1909), by Madame Yale (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of fair women; thirty two plates from photographs (A.A. Knopf, 1922), by E. O. Hoppé and R. King (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The art of beauty (Chatto & Windus, 1883), by Mary Eliza Joy Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical beauty; how to obtain and how to preserve it. With illustrations by May R. Kern. (C. L. Webster & co., 1892), by Annie Jenness Miller and Mary R. Kern (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elegant arts for ladies : comprising ... (Ward and Lock, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Ladies book of useful information compiled from many sources. (s.n.], 1896) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le trésor de la beauté ([s.n.], 1896), by Dr Nemo (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Care of the face: how to have clear, healthy skin and how to eradicate blemishes of face and features, for professional and private use (G. W. Dillingham Co., 1915), by William A. Woodbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fountain of youth (F.A. Stokes, 1905), by Grace Peckham Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kalogynomia : or, The laws of female beauty : being the elementary principles of that science (Walpole Press, 1899), by Thomas Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to grow handsome : or, hints toward physical perfection, and the philosophy of human beauty : (Fowler & Wells, 1890), by D. H. Jacques (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to be beautiful : nature unmasked : a book for every woman (T. Howard, 1889), by Teresa H. Dean (page images at HathiTrust)
• Of the beauty of women, dialogue (J.R. Osgood McLlvaine and Co., 1892), by Agnolo Firenzuola, Theodore Child, McIlvaine & Co James R. Osgood, and Gilbert & Rivington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Health, beauty and the toilet : letters to ladies from a lady doctor (F. Warne, 1886), by Anna Bonus Kingsford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret revealed : how to acquire personal beauty (R.S. Peale, 1889), by Society lady (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beauty book : a comprehensive discussion of beauty and adornment (Economical Drug Co., 1912), by Ethelyn Friend Middleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Physical beauty; how to obtain and how to preserve it (C. L. Webster & co., 1892), by Annie Jenness Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts for ladies : beauty, dining, by Kinsley's, house decoration, health of women and children (Chicago : Amy G. Ayer, publisher, 109 and 111 Wabash Avenue, 1890., 1890), by Robert A. Gunn and Amy G. Ayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty illustrated by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman : with a critical view of the hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, etc., and the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, etc. (London : Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, MDCCCLII [1852], 1852), by Alexander Walker, Henry G. Bohn, Henry Howard, and C. and J. Adlard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schöne Frau in der Kunst. (R. Piper, 1917), by Reinhard Piper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The beauty book of Roxana Rion. (The Elizabeth Towne company; [etc., etc.], 1913), by Roxana Rion (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai de callilplastie, ou, L'art d'embellir le visage dans ses lignes et dans ses formes et de remédier à ses difformités. (Ledoyen, 1855), by Dr Cid (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Toilette of health, beauty, and fashion : embracing the economy of the beard, breath, complexion, ears, eyes, eye-brows, eye lashes, feet, forehead, gums, hair, head, hands, lips, mouth, mustachios, nails of the toes, nails of the fingers, nose, skin, teeth, tongue, etc., etc., : including the comforts of dress and the decorations of the neck ... with directions for the use of most safe and salutary cosmetics ... and a variety of selected recipes for the dressing room of both sexes. (Allen and Ticknor, 1833) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The woman beautiful, or, Maidenhood, marriage and maternity : containing full information on all the marvelous and complex matters pertaining to women ... ([The Cornerstone Publishing Company], 1901), by Monfort B. Allen and Amelia C. McGregor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harriet Hubbard Ayer's book : a complete and authentic treatise on the laws of health and beauty. (King-Richardson, 1902), by Harriet Hubbard Ayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Findens' tableaux of national character, beauty, and costume. Containing a series of sixty-one illustrations, engraved by and under the superintendence of W. and E. Finden. With origianl tales in prose and poetry, written expressly for the work, by the Countess of Blessington, Miss Mitford, L.E.L. ... and others of the most popular authors of the day. (Pub. by T. G. March, 1843), by William Finden and Edward Francis Finden (page images at HathiTrust)
• A complete course in hair straightening and beauty culture (Memphis, Tenn. : 20th Century Art Co., [1919], 1919), by B. S. Lynk (page images at HathiTrust)
• Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary (Scofield and Voorhies, J. & H.G. Langley, 1840), by A. Walker, J. T. Bowen, and Anthony Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book of beauty (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833), by L. E. L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon) and Marguerite Blessington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schönheit des weiblichen körpers : Den müttern, ärzten und künstlern gewidmet (F. enke, 1920), by C. H. Stratz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The quest of the beautiful (Elizabeth Arden, 1928), by Elizabeth Arden, Seymour B. Durst, and Inc Elizabeth Arden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous beauties of two reigns : being an account of some fair women of Stuart & Georgian times (J. Pott ;, 1907), by Mary Craven and Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Streifzüge im Reiche der Frauenschönheit (Leipzig : A. Schumann's Verlag, 1903., 1903), by Friedrich S. Krauss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Rassenschönheit des Weibes (Ferdinand Enke, 1904), by C. H. Stratz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The beauties of Moore: a series of portraits of his principal female characters, from paintings by eminent artists, executed expressly for the work. (Chapman and Hall, 1846), by Edward Francis Finden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to beauty, charm, poise. (Milady, 1963) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty and health : a course in loveliness (Merit Publications, 1946), by John Howard Crum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Any girl can be good-looking. (D. Appleton century company, 1943), by Hazel Rawson Cades (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The fashion festival. (Christopher Pub. House, 1962), by Fannie B. Sebastian (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Why be short. (Little manual publishing company, 1943), by Paul O'Neil (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Beauty; illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman. (S. Andrus, 1848), by Alexander Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret revealed : how to acquire personal beauty (R.S. Peale, 1889), by Society lady (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentals and theory of beauty culture; a text-book for the scientific teaching of personal hygiene & beauty culture in schools (Milady publishing corp., 1938), by Emma Kathryn Jamer and Margaret Warmsley Bellus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The truth about beauty; how to acquire a beautiful face and figure (Blue ribbon books, inc., 1936), by John Howard Crum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handsome is as handsome does; how to make your daughter better looking (Appleton-Century, 1938), by Hazel Rawson Cades (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aids to beauty (Chicago : Physical Culture Extension Society, 1911., 1911), by Susanna Cocroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Good grooming (Little, Brown, 1942), by Elizabeth Hawes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Teen-age glamor (Doubleday, 1955), by Adah Broadbent (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Awaken your sleeping beauty (E.P. Dutton & co., inc., 1935), by Lilyan Isabelle Malmstead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The lady's toilette : containing a critical examination of the nature of beauty, and of the causes by which it is impaired : with instructions for preserving it to advanced age : an historical sketch of the fashions of France and England : directions for dressing with taste and elegance : and receipts for preparing all the best and most harmless cosmetics proper for a lady's use (Printed for W.H. Wyatt, 1808), by Auguste Caron (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of make-up, for the stage, the screen, and social use (D. Appleton and company, 1925), by Helena Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The road to beauty : an adventure in rejuvenation. (Greenberg, Pub. Inc., 1924), by Mabelle Antonette Burbridge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Romantic love and personal beauty : their development, causal relations, historic and national peculiarities (Macmillan, 1912), by Henry T. Finck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The glory of woman; or, Love, marriage, and maternity [publisher's dummy] ... (Whitaker & Ray Co., 1896), by Monfort B. Allen, Amelia C. McGregor, and Whitaker & Ray Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Findens' tableaux. A series of picturesque scenes of national character, beauty, and costume. (Charles Tilt, 1838), by W. Finden, William Perring, Edward Francis Finden, and Mary Russell Mitford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beauty culture, theory and practice for students and operators (Pittsburgh, Pa., 1939), by Harriet Weaveretta Morgan and Rosella M. Geisler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Professional beauty secrets for every woman. (Hearthside Press, 1963), by Lisa Morrow (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glamour secrets. (Greenberg, 1952), by Claire Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Successful beauty culture (The Blakiston company, 1940), by Winifred Fayant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Walker on female beauty (Thomas Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1837), by A. Walker, Thomas Hurst, M. Gauci, E. T. Parris, John William Wright, Anthony Carlisle, R. Martin & Co, and J. and C. Adlard (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Food for beauty (I. Washburn, 1938), by Helena Rubinstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete analysis and classification of the elements, nature, standard, causes, anatomy, species, defects and effects of beauty in woman (Derby & Jackson, 498 Broadway, 1861), by Alexander Walker, American physician, and Derby & Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cosmetology jurisprudence; a treatise and manual on the legal liabilities, duties, and constitutional rights of beauty culture operators, cosmeticians and barbers, and of manufacturers and dealers in appliances, cosmetics, drugs, etc. (Parker & Baird company, 1938), by Romeyn Sammons and United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Eleanore King home course in beauty, charm and poise. (Prentice-Hall, 1947), by Eleanore Helen King (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die schönheit des menschlichen antlitzes in der christlichen kunst (J. P. Bachem, 1914), by Walter Rothes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Female beauty, as preserved and improved by regimen, cleanliness and dress : and especially by the adaptation, colour and arrangement of dress, as variously influencing the forms, complexion, and expression of each individual, and rendering cosmetic impositions unnecessary (Thomas Hurst, 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1837), by A. Walker, John William Wright, E. T. Parris, M. Gauci, and Anthony Carlisle (page images at HathiTrust)
• La chirurgie esthétique : son rôle social (Paris : Masson et Cie, Éditeurs, 1926., 1926), by Suzanne Noël (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The lady's guide to perfect gentility : in manners, dress, and conversation, in the family, in company, at the piano forte, the table, in the street, and in gentlemen's society : also a useful instructor in letter writing, toilet preparations, fancy needlework, millinery, dressmaking, care of wardrobe, the hair, teeth, hands, lips, complexion, etc. (New York : Derby & Jackson, 119 Nassau St. ; Cincinnati : H.W. Derby, 1857., 1857), by Emily Thornwell and Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• "No more alibis!" (Macfadden Book Company, Inc., 1936), by Sylvia Ullback (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Washington Square (Boni, 1926), by Henry James (page images at HathiTrust)
• The theory and science of cosmetology. (Adair pub. co., 1935), by Nora M. McNamara and Sallyneill W. Braden (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern cosmetology (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1940), by Reuben Rockwood and Irene Ruddock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Beauty : illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman. (J. & H. G. Langley, 1840), by Alexander Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Face culture; the value of your smile, presenting a natural method for improving facial expression, for face rejuvination, for face lifting and for wrinkle wrecking. (Pageant Press, 1956), by Frederick M. Rossiter (page images at HathiTrust)
• This side of your mirror. (Fleet Pub. Corp., 1960), by Doreen Teeling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das Weib im Leben der Völker (H. Klemm, 1922), by Albert Friedenthal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My lady's dressing-room. (Cassell, 1892), by baronne Staffe and Harriet Hubbard Ayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indian types of beauty, by Robert W. Shufeldt (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Mirror of the Graces: Containing General Instructions for Combining Elegance, Simplicity, and Economy with Fashion in Dress; Hints on Female Accomplishments and Manners; and Directions for the Preservation of Health and Beauty, by active 19th century Lady of distinction (Gutenberg ebook)
• Amours d'Extrême-Orient: Illustrations d'après nature par Amédée Vignola (in French), by Olivier Diraison-Seylor, illust. by Amédée Vignola (Gutenberg ebook)
• Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their development, causal relations, historic and national peculiarities, by Henry T. Finck (Gutenberg ebook)
• Veien til Skjønhed, Sundhed og et Langt Liv (in Norwegian), by Boyd Laynard (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Book of Fair Women, contrib. by Richard King, illust. by E. O. Hoppé (Gutenberg ebook)
• Beauty: Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman, by Alexander Walker (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Ladies Book of Useful Information: Compiled from many sources (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture, by Helen Follett Jameson (Gutenberg ebook)
• A discourse of artificial beauty, in point of conscience between two ladies with some satyrical censures on the vulgar errors of these times. (London : Printed for R. Royston ..., 1662), by John Gauden and Jeremy Taylor (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A wonder of wonders, or, A metamorphosis of fair faces voluntarily transformed into foul visages or, an invective against black-spotted faces / by a well-willer to modest matrons and virgins Miso-Spilus, i. qui maculas odit ; published by R. Smith, gent. (London : Printed by J.G. for Richard Royston ..., 1662), by Miso-Spilus and R. Smith (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Accomplish'd ladies delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, and cookery.: Containing I. The art of preserving, and candying fruits and flowers, and the making of all sorts of conserves, syrups, and jellies. II. The physical cabinet, or excellent re[c]eipts in physick and chirurgery, together with s[o]me rare beautifying waters, to adorn and add l[ov]eliness to the face and body: and also some n[e]w and excellent secrets and experiments in the art of angling. III. The compl[e]at cook's guide, or, directions fo[r] dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl and fish [...] English and French mode, [...]; and the making pyes, [...] with the forms and [...] ([S.l. : Printed for Sarah Harris, 1686]), by Hannah Woolley, T. P., and Robert Midgley (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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