"Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work" by Mark Campbell 1893 Third Edition PDF Download
This scan presents my original copy of the 1893 Third Edition of the book, spanning 296 pages, with an additional 16 BONUS pages exclusive to this edition and not found in previous releases or online reproductions. Notably, this scan represents the pinnacle of quality and clarity of braids and pattern details ever achieved for this book, now offered for your access.
“Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work Dressing Hair, Making Curls, Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description. Compiled from Original Designs and Latest Parisian Patterns,” by Mark Campbell (1867, 1875, 1893)
Verbiage added to the title for the 1893 BONUS pages is, "Also Dying Hair All Shades and Colors, Bleaching Hair, White Blonde, Auburn, Etc., and Lessons on Ventilating Wigs, Waves, Bangs, Fronts, Frizzes, Etc., With Drawings so Complete a Child Can Learn the Art Without Any Other Teacher”
In Mark’s own words:
This work illustrates clearly to every body by the aid of diagrams and simple instructions, the art of braiding all kinds of hair into any pattern or style that can be desired, for Chains, Bracelets, Pins, Necklaces, Lockets, Armlets, Braids, etc.
The instructions are so complete and simple, that any party, with the aid of this book may learn, in a short time, the art of making over 1,000 different patterns of hair work, and can create a profitable business for themselves, as the demand for many styles of braids is unlimited.
Zen’s note: This book taught me how to create intricate hair braids, but the instructions can be confusing, and the suggested tools are hard to find. This experience inspired me to write a modernized "Guide to Table Braiding." Expected to be released by mid-2024, this comprehensive guide is designed to simplify the learning process for enthusiasts of this historic craft. To receive prompt notification upon availability, consider joining the waitlist on the product page.
This scan presents my original copy of the 1893 Third Edition of the book, spanning 296 pages, with an additional 16 BONUS pages exclusive to this edition and not found in previous releases or online reproductions. Notably, this scan represents the pinnacle of quality and clarity of braids and pattern details ever achieved for this book, now offered for your access.
“Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work Dressing Hair, Making Curls, Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description. Compiled from Original Designs and Latest Parisian Patterns,” by Mark Campbell (1867, 1875, 1893)
Verbiage added to the title for the 1893 BONUS pages is, "Also Dying Hair All Shades and Colors, Bleaching Hair, White Blonde, Auburn, Etc., and Lessons on Ventilating Wigs, Waves, Bangs, Fronts, Frizzes, Etc., With Drawings so Complete a Child Can Learn the Art Without Any Other Teacher”
In Mark’s own words:
This work illustrates clearly to every body by the aid of diagrams and simple instructions, the art of braiding all kinds of hair into any pattern or style that can be desired, for Chains, Bracelets, Pins, Necklaces, Lockets, Armlets, Braids, etc.
The instructions are so complete and simple, that any party, with the aid of this book may learn, in a short time, the art of making over 1,000 different patterns of hair work, and can create a profitable business for themselves, as the demand for many styles of braids is unlimited.
Zen’s note: This book taught me how to create intricate hair braids, but the instructions can be confusing, and the suggested tools are hard to find. This experience inspired me to write a modernized "Guide to Table Braiding." Expected to be released by mid-2024, this comprehensive guide is designed to simplify the learning process for enthusiasts of this historic craft. To receive prompt notification upon availability, consider joining the waitlist on the product page.
This scan presents my original copy of the 1893 Third Edition of the book, spanning 296 pages, with an additional 16 BONUS pages exclusive to this edition and not found in previous releases or online reproductions. Notably, this scan represents the pinnacle of quality and clarity of braids and pattern details ever achieved for this book, now offered for your access.
“Self-Instructor in the Art of Hair Work Dressing Hair, Making Curls, Switches, Braids, and Hair Jewelry of Every Description. Compiled from Original Designs and Latest Parisian Patterns,” by Mark Campbell (1867, 1875, 1893)
Verbiage added to the title for the 1893 BONUS pages is, "Also Dying Hair All Shades and Colors, Bleaching Hair, White Blonde, Auburn, Etc., and Lessons on Ventilating Wigs, Waves, Bangs, Fronts, Frizzes, Etc., With Drawings so Complete a Child Can Learn the Art Without Any Other Teacher”
In Mark’s own words:
This work illustrates clearly to every body by the aid of diagrams and simple instructions, the art of braiding all kinds of hair into any pattern or style that can be desired, for Chains, Bracelets, Pins, Necklaces, Lockets, Armlets, Braids, etc.
The instructions are so complete and simple, that any party, with the aid of this book may learn, in a short time, the art of making over 1,000 different patterns of hair work, and can create a profitable business for themselves, as the demand for many styles of braids is unlimited.
Zen’s note: This book taught me how to create intricate hair braids, but the instructions can be confusing, and the suggested tools are hard to find. This experience inspired me to write a modernized "Guide to Table Braiding." Expected to be released by mid-2024, this comprehensive guide is designed to simplify the learning process for enthusiasts of this historic craft. To receive prompt notification upon availability, consider joining the waitlist on the product page.
Preface
The necessity for a comprehensive work, giving a full and detailed explanation of the Art of manufacturing Hair Work in all its various branches, has been so frequently urged upon the attention of the author, that, in compliance with an almost universal demand, he has concluded to publish a book which will clearly illustrate the Art of Hair Dressing, and making Hair Jewelry and Hair Work of every description. His perfect familiarity with the business—the result of many years' successful experience—renders him eminently competent to impart the fullest information upon the subject of which he treats, while the great consumption and rapidly increasing demand for every description of Hair Goods, will make this work he now presents to the public, one of particular interest to all classes. Heretofore the Art of making these goods has been zealously guarded by a few dealers, who have accumulated fortunes, and would still retain it a profound secret but for the publication of this book. This is the only descriptive volume ever published on Hair Work. It is an elaborate, carefully prepared book, containing over one thousand drawings, devices and diagrams, engraved at great expense to the publisher, and accompanied with the most comprehensive instructions. It not only reveals to the most ordinary comprehension the hitherto concealed mysteries of the Art, but will prove an indispensable adjunct to every lady's toilet table, as by its aid she will not only be able to dress her own hair in every variety of style, but make her own Hair Jewelry and articles of Hair work, including Switches, Braids, Curls, Waterfalls, &c., assisted by a reference to plates of the most modern European and American styles. For children, no art or accomplishment is more useful than the ability to make articles of tasteful ornament in Hair Work. This work will open to all such persons a path to agreeable and profitable occupation. Jewelry Dealers, from the clear instructions herein given, can manufacture any required pattern of Hair Jewelry, and add, without extra expense, a new and lucrative branch to their business.
Persons wishing to preserve and weave into lasting mementos, the hair of a deceased father, mother, sister, brother, or child, can also enjoy the inexpressible advantage and satisfaction of knowing that the material of their own handiwork is the actual hair of the "loved and gone."
No other work ever met with such an earnest demand as this treatise upon the art of Hair Braiding. It must certainly commend itself to the ladies of our country as invaluable. Even a hasty perusal will convince every one of its utility and worth.
