A Stiff Drink & Close Shaveop

by Robert Sloan, Bob Sloan, Steven Guarnaccia

The stuff of men's lives-found in their pockets, closets, bureau drawers, and medicine cabinets-is sublimely catalogued in this entertaining look at the paraphernalia men routinely used in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s for grooming, smoking, eating, drinking, and other essential activities. A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave showcases 150 full-colour illustrations of typical men's trappings of the day, from shaving brushes to cigarette lighters. Collectors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811807576
• ISBN13: 9780811807579
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Step by step instructions on how to be a man

This is the book that explains clearly what a man was supposed to be, back when being a man meant more than just an identification of gender. A book that Archie Bunker, George Jefferson and Robert Young could all agree on.