Perfumes, Cosmetics and Soaps; With Especial Reference to Synthetics. Volume I, Being a Dictionary of Raw Materials

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Chapman & Hall, Ltd. London.

BINDING
Light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.

BOOK CONDITION
Boards are generally worn. Fraying, scuffing and bumping to edges and spine. Faded and discoloured, especially spine. External splits along edges. Hinges are weak, but binding feels mostly secure. Some browning and foxing to block edges and outer leaves, but printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked.

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
Second edition 1925.

DESCRIPTION
An interesting period dictionary of the more important raw materials and miscellaneous bodies, including pigments and dyestuffs of interest to the perfume-chemist. Illustrated with 24 monochrome photographic plates. Also many tables, an appendix of measurement conversions etc and several pages of advertisements. 304 pp. Octavo.