Name: Popcorn
SKU: POPCORN
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Popcorn

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A collection of autobiographical essays by Cornelia Otis Skinner, an American writer and actress of the 1930s and 40s. Showing that some things never change, in two of the pieces The Body Beautiful and The Skin Game, the author consults experts on skin care and health regimes, who bamboozle her into spending a lot of money on their products. She then regales us with her attempts at learning to dance, ice skating, horse riding and flower arranging, all with a self-deprecating and witty tone; perhaps the Bridget Jones of the 1940s. This is the 1947 hardback edition with a preface by F. Tennyson Jesse and illustrations by Alajalov and Soglow, and is in good condition.

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SKU: POPCORN Categories: Chap Books, Humour

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A collection of autobiographical essays by Cornelia Otis Skinner – an American writer and actress of the 1930s and 40s. Showing that some things never change, in two of the pieces The Body Beautiful – and The Skin Game, the author consults experts on skin care and health regimes, who bamboozle her into spending a lot of money on their products. She then regales us with her attempts at learning to dance, ice skating, horse riding and flower arranging, all with a self-deprecating and witty tone; perhaps the Bridget Jones of the 1940s. This is the 1947 hardback edition with a preface by F. Tennyson Jesse and illustrations by Alajalov and Soglow, and is in good condition.