This is the first edition of Gayelord Hauser's "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Invitation to Beauty," published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, copyright 1960/1961. Hauser was one of the original celebrity nutritionists, a genuine pioneer who counted Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and the Duchess of Windsor among his devoted clients. This book was his follow-up to the massive bestseller "Look Younger, Live Longer" and covers his full inside-outside beauty philosophy, including cosmetic diet, vitamins and minerals, figure and reducing, skin, hair, hands, feet, sleep, and what he called "beauty-full foods." Illustrated throughout by Carl Malouf with lovely line drawings, including a full-page Eve illustration and decorative menu spreads that look almost like art prints. The jacket flap price is $3.95. Publisher is Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York.

Hauser is having a real moment right now. The wellness and "old Hollywood beauty secrets" space on social media has brought serious renewed interest in his work, and first editions with dust jackets are consistently outperforming later printings. This one has the original DJ.

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