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Product Description: Nice women never wore makeup. Even the word was taboo in polite society—until Max Factor entered the scene. Born in Poland in 1877, Factor worked as a beautician for the Russian royal family, the Romanovs. In 1904, he fled to America, where he opened a cosmetics store in Los Angeles...read more

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9781559708753 | 1 edition (Arcade Pub, August 13, 2008), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Not so long ago, nice girls never wore make-up--in fact, the word itself was taboo!

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9781611451351 | Reprint edition (Arcade Pub, April 15, 2012), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Nice women never wore makeup.
9781611451894 | Arcade Pub, April 18, 2011, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The extraordinary story of Max Factor, the man who quite literally changed the faces of the world and created a cosmetics empire.
9781559709132 | Reprint edition (Arcade Pub, July 30, 2010), cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Not so long ago, nice girls never wore make-up--in fact, the word itself was taboo!

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Product Description: Early in the 20th century, as Americans climbed into their Model-Ts and took to the open road, American manufacturers and retailers discovered miles and miles of new advertising space, and the audaciously oversized billboard was born...read more

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9781580086585 | Ten Speed Pr, December 15, 2006, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Early in the 20th century, as Americans climbed into their Model-Ts and took to the open road, American manufacturers and retailers discovered miles and miles of new advertising space, and the audaciously oversized billboard was born.

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The brother of the Motown legend shares his account of life with Marvin Gaye in this revealing, loving portrait of a music legend, his professional success, his turbulent personal life, and his tragic death. 50,000 first printing.

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9780879307424 | Backbeat Books, May 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Frankie Gaye, the brother of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, discuses the life and career of the singer who was killed one day before his 45th birthday when he was shot by his father.

Product Description: Softcover.

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9781883318055 | Angel City Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A treasury of retro Las Vegas of Rat Pack days, when Liberace's candles flamed and Elvis was an opening act.

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9781883318376 | Angel City Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Softcover.

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Product Description: Wide beaches curve out into the Pacific, mountains frame the palm-studded views, fascinatingly diverse communities line the littoral: it is no wonder that many do consider Santa Monica Bay a paradise on earth. SANTA MONICA BAY is a sweeping illustrated history of the region...read more
By Fred E. Basten and Carolyn See (introduced by)

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9780940512306 | Hennessey & Ingalls, May 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Wide beaches curve out into the Pacific, mountains frame the palm-studded views, fascinatingly diverse communities line the littoral: it is no wonder that many do consider Santa Monica Bay a paradise on earth.

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Product Description: Nostalgic essays and archival photographs of Hollywood in its Golden Age.

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9780789304995 | Universe Pub, November 1, 2000, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Nostalgic essays and archival photographs of Hollywood in its Golden Age.

Five hundred black-and-white and color reproductions of rare advertisements, posters, displays, and other graphics from newspapers and magazines follow the trends in American culture from 1900 to the present, from transportation to fashion. 35,000 first printing.

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9781575440439 | General Pub Group, June 1, 1999, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Reproductions of advertisements, posters, and other graphics follow the trends in American culture through the twentieth century

Presents the life of this famous Hollywood make-up artist, from his early years as a Russian immigrant to his rise as owner of a cosmetics empire, complete with more than two hundred photos of the celebrities with whom he worked, such as Bette Davis and Natalie Wood. Reprint.

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9781575441085, titled "Max Factor's Hollywood: Glamour-Movies-Make-Up" | General Pub Group, May 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents the life of this famous Hollywood make-up artist, from his early years as a Russian immigrant to his rise as owner of a cosmetics empire, complete with more than two hundred photos of the celebrities with whom he worked, such as Bette Davis and Natalie Wood.

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Features illustrations from the thirties and forties used for promotion within the film industry

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9780823083459 | Watson-Guptill Pubns, October 1, 1996, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Features illustrations from the thirties and forties used for promotion within the film industry

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Featuring two hundred rare photographs from the Max Factor Museum, a chronicle of the career of the father of modern make-up includes beauty tips for women today and a survey of the greatest beauties of this century.

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9781881649069, titled "Max Factor's Hollywood Glamour, Movies, Make-Up: Glamour, Movies, Make-Up" | General Pub Group, September 1, 1995, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A chronicle of the career of the father of modern make-up

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Product Description: Here is the story of the long-awaited American Soviet walk, and the peace-loving citizens of two distinctly different cultures, uniting to express their mutual desire to end an arms race nobody wants.

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9780962167706 | United World of the Universe, December 1, 1988, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Here is the story of the long-awaited American Soviet walk, and the peace-loving citizens of two distinctly different cultures, uniting to express their mutual desire to end an arms race nobody wants.

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Product Description: Book by Sarlot, Raymond R., Basten, Fred E.

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9780915677238 | Roundtable Pub, October 1, 1987, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Book by Sarlot, Raymond R.

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Product Description: A pictorial overview of Malibu, California from the 1870s to the 1970s.

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9780937536001 | Graphics Pr, October 1, 1980, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A pictorial overview of Malibu, California from the 1870s to the 1970s.

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