Women of all nations : an enthralling pictorial story of womankind the world over : their habits, types of beauty, social status, marriage customs and influences
eminent contributors, T. Athol Joyce, M.A.. N.W. Thomas, M.A., Dr. Theodore Kock Grungerg, Archibald Ross Colquhoun, M.I.C.E., F.R.G.S., Miss Alice Werner, Annette M.B. Meakin, Prof. Otis T. Mason, R. Shelford, M.A., F.L.S., Clive Holland, Lady Ramsay, Lucy M.J. Garnett, Mary Edith Durham ; illustrated by magnificent plates in color from paintings made expressly for this work by Norman Hardy, and more then five hundred rare photographs taken by experts in every land
10 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
OCLC
ocm80553386
Cover title.
"This special edition is issued in sixteen parts, with original color plates, photographs and text used in the $15.50 edition."--Part 1 cover.
"The only work of its kind in the history of literature, presenting in sixteen art sections a record of the characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence of women in every part of the world."--Part 1 title page.
Part 7 has note that this special edition has been changed to be completed in ten parts.