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© 1995 by Susan Miller Cavitch

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cavitch, Susan Miller, 1959–

The natural soap book : making herbal and vegetable-based soaps / Susan Miller Cavitch.

            p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.

ISBN 978-0-88266-888-8 (pbk.)

1. Soap. I. Title.

TP991.C39 1995

668′.12—dc20

95-6061
CIP