Soaps

Hyderabad: Indian Central Oilseeds Committee, 1959. First edition (stated). Large quarto in white color illus DJ, white spine, 198 pages, b&w illustrations, 29 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, very gentle bumping to rear corners, exceedingly gentle rubbing to top corners, paperclip and light spotting to front free endpaper and front pastedown, faint spotting to front endpaper and (paperclip stain to) title page and few pages throughout book, pale soiling to fore-edges and DJ, almost one half clipped tear and one inch clipped tear to rear DJ, mylar moderately torn, else very good(+) in good DJ. in good dust-jacket. Hardcover.

DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. A well-illustrated and produced book. Inscribed and signed by author. Scarce. Soap, Hygiene, Health, Beauty.